Flair vs beestat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flair
Control your home's heating and cooling room by room from your smartphone. Create custom schedules, save energy with geofencing, and integrate with smart home devices for ultimate comfort and efficiency.
- Room-by-room temperature control
- Customizable schedules
- Geofencing for energy saving
- Smart home device integration
- Remote access and control
- Share access with family
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Flair is Next Degree™ climate control for your home air conditioning and heating system. With the Flair app, you can enjoy room-by-room comfort anytime, anywhere by adjusting your temperature setpoints and creating schedules for individual rooms. Away from home? Our geofencing will make sure you save energy by automatically setting rooms as active or inactive as needed. You can use the Flair app to -Easily set up your Flair Puck and Smart Vents. You can also connect your Flair devices to your mini split, Nest, ecobee, Honeywell Lyric, and even your Alexa or Google Assistant devices. -Get room-by-room comfort. You can create schedules to make sure every room in your home is comfortable. -Save energy. Set up geofencing and Smart Away to make sure your rooms are exactly how you want them when you're out of the house. -Share home comfort. Set up account permissions for friends, family, or a house sitter. But don't worry: anyone can set a temperature directly from the Puck, even if they don't have the App. Have some thoughts? We always want to hear your feedback on our app. Send them our way: hello@flair.co
beestat
Gain deeper insights into your home's energy consumption with advanced thermostat analytics. Visualize runtime, sensor data, and air quality history to understand and reduce your environmental impact.
- Current thermostat and sensor status
- Thermostat runtime chart
- Sensor runtime chart
- Aggregate historical runtime
- 3D sensor data visualizer
- Advanced thermostat profiling
- Comparisons to other homes
- Air quality history
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Use your thermostat data to help inform your decisions and see how the changes you make lower your energy footprint. Features: • Current thermostat and sensor status • Thermostat runtime chart • Sensor runtime chart • Aggregate historical runtime • 3D sensor data visualizer • Advanced thermostat profiling • Comparisons to other homes • Air quality history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: beestat at 98% against Flair's 42%. beestat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). Flair's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
beestat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 159 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Flair's written reviews are positive against 98% of beestat's.
Flair ships an update every 6 weeks, beestat every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flair | beestat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (125 ratings) | 5.0 (159 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 97.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Standard Euler | beestat, LLC |
Customer experience
Flair
beestat
User reviews
Flair
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Solves temperature imbalance issues effectively
- 🔧 Easy hardware installation
- 📱 Useful scheduling and geofencing features
- 🏠 Seamless integration with Ecobee systems
- 💰 Cost-effective alternative to zoned HVAC
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is buggy and unreliable
- 🐌 Slow app response times and updates
- 😕 Poor user interface design
- 🔌 Requires cloud connectivity for all functions
- 🔐 Installer code restrictions limit user control
beestat
From 159 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📊 Detailed data & analytics
- 📈 Excellent historical graphs
- 💡 Provides valuable insights
- 👍 Great for troubleshooting HVAC
- 🏠 Helps understand home usage
Room to improve
- 🐛 Charts reset settings
- 🐛 UI feels janky/basic
- 🐛 Date picker is awful
Bugs and requests
Flair
Reported bugs
21 issues- App loses API connection and requires reconfiguration
- Thermostat puts out max heat despite room being above setpoint
- Vents don't respond to app commands inconsistently
- App splash screen overlay blocks interface in portrait mode
- Back button unresponsive on iPhone 14/15
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- Temperature settings revert to previous values
- Vent stuck in manual mode and won't return to auto
- App doesn't follow thermostat priority schedules
- Motion sensors override schedule settings incorrectly
- 5+ minute delay in temperature updates from sensors
- Devices show offline despite active WiFi connection
- App hangs on iPad initial load screen
- Firmware updates delete system configuration
- Geofencing fails to detect home/away status
- System switches between heat and cool modes excessively
- Hold function defaults to permanent with no obvious duration option
- Temperature adjustment dial is oversensitive
- Text selection appears when trying to adjust temperature
- App doesn't communicate mode changes to pucks
- Nest thermostat integration inconsistent
- Historical vent open percentage data no longer visible
Requested features
17 requests- Dark mode for app interface
- Dual setpoint control (separate heat/cool temperatures)
- HomeKit integration
- Local control without cloud dependency
- Manual mode scheduling
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- Ability to set vents to mixed automatic/manual states
- Faster app refresh and response times
- Visible vent open/close status in main view
- Better integration with Nest thermostat
- Puck temperature offset adjustment
- Temperature range settings instead of single setpoint
- Matter protocol support
- Zigbee or Z-Wave compatibility
- Occupancy sensor integration from other platforms
- Mode switching delay to prevent heat/cool cycling
- Default vent state when HVAC is off
- Improved schedule UI and temperature adjustment controls
beestat
Requested features
2 requests- Humidifier data integration
- Floorplan/data visualizer improvements
In-app purchases
Flair
No in-app purchases
beestat
No in-app purchases









