AlertAQ vs Mysa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlertAQ
This platform offers businesses actionable insights for water and HVAC systems to reduce operating costs, enhance sustainability, and protect assets. It provides real-time data on water usage, leak detection, and environmental conditions, powered by IoT sensors.
- Minute-by-minute water use monitoring
- Automatic water leak detection
- Temperature and humidity tracking
- HVAC system performance insights
- Power outage alerts
- Sustainability improvement metrics
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The AlertAQ water and HVAC intelligence platform provides businesses and organizations with actionable insights that help lower operating costs, protect people and buildings and improve sustainability. Over $20,000,000 saved in water costs, 34,000,000 pounds of CO2e emissions prevented, and more than 10,000 water leaks detected. Insights & Alerts - minute-by-minute water use - automatic water leak detection - temperature - humidity - superheat & subcooling - liquid & vapor line pressure & temperature - power outages The AlertAQ platform works with Alert Labs cellular-connected IoT sensors for water and HVAC. Visit alertlabs.com to learn more.
Mysa
Control your home's heating and cooling remotely, set schedules, and monitor energy usage to save money and energy. Integrates with smart home platforms for seamless control.
- Remote access from anywhere
- Customizable heating/cooling schedules
- Geofencing for occupancy detection
- Energy usage monitoring
- Smart home platform integration
- Shared access control
- Vacation mode
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With Mysa's regularly-updated, feature-packed mobile app, you get seriously smart control and home energy savings — all you need is a WiFi connection. Remote access from anywhere via the Mysa app means you can easily set heating or cooling schedules, use geofencing, see your heating and cooling usage, and much more. Stay energy-efficient and save money (and the planet!) with a few simple taps from your smartphone or tablet. Mysa works with your favourite smart home platforms and home assistants, so you stay conveniently connected and in control. Compatibility: Mysa for Electric Baseboard Heaters works with high voltage baseboard, convector (short cycle), fan-forced convector (long cycle), and radiant ceiling heating systems. Mysa for Electric In-Floor Heating works with most high voltage electric in-floor heating systems and flooring types. Mysa for Air Conditioners replaces remotes with displays for most ductless mini-split heat pump, window, or portable air conditioners. Energy-Saving App Features: Remote Control: Get out there. Use your smartphone or tablet to control your home heating or cooling from wherever you are. Scheduling: Life's busy. Create the flexible heating or cooling schedule that works best for you in less than a minute. Bye-bye, buttons! Geolocation: Boundaries are important. Mysa uses your location to detect if anyone is home, so that you're not paying to heat or cool an empty house. Shared Access: Teamwork works. Share access to your account easily so others can control your Mysas through the Mysa app. Vacation Mode: Take a well-deserved break. Away from home for a while? No worries! Mysa will keep helping you save energy while you're away. Energy Insights (Baseboard, In-Floor, AC): Track and monitor your humidity, setpoint, and temperature to create efficient heating or cooling schedules. Energy Spending (Baseboard & In-Floor): See your spending. Track your real-time energy use in kWh cost to find ways to reduce your electricity bill. Energy Runtime (AC): Get cool insights. Know your AC's runtime history and use it for help with making smart decisions about your cooling or heating schedules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlertAQ at 80% against Mysa's 30%. AlertAQ also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Mysa's advantage is ratings volume (572 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AlertAQ holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mysa has 572 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of AlertAQ's written reviews are positive against 30% of Mysa's.
AlertAQ ships an update weekly, Mysa every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlertAQ | Mysa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (572 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 30.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 572 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alert Labs | Empowered Homes Inc. |
Customer experience
AlertAQ
Mysa
Bugs and requests
AlertAQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mysa
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when changing schedules
- Thermostat settings not syncing properly
- Geofencing not working as expected
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Inability to add new devices
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Brightness control scheduling
- Improved HomeKit integration
- Ability to disable display
- Geofencing improvements
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- More scheduling flexibility
In-app purchases
AlertAQ
No in-app purchases
Mysa
No in-app purchases









