EnviroMonitor vs Sferic Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EnviroMonitor
This app simplifies the setup, monitoring, and interaction with your environmental sensor hardware. It guides you through configuring systems, activating cloud connections, and installing sensors, ensuring reliable data flow with helpful notifications.
- Effortless configuration
- Monitor hardware and sensor systems
- Configure unlimited systems
- Activate cloud connection
- Establish mesh network
- Install supported sensors
- Team access to devices
- Problem identification notifications
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Effortless configuration. The EnviroMonitor® installation app is used to easily install, monitor and interact with your EnviroMonitor hardware and sensor systems. The app guides you through the steps to configure an unlimited number of systems, activate a cloud connection to your Gateways, establish your mesh network and install supported sensors. Once the systems are set up, you can give anyone on your team access to all devices. You’ll be certain of the free flow of data because the EnviroMonitor installation app’s notifications make it simple to identify and address any problems that may arise.
Sferic Mobile
Access a global network of hyper-local weather stations and lightning detection. Customize alerts by location and view them visually for context. Requires a license from Earth Networks.
- Hyper-local weather data
- Global lightning detection
- Customizable location alerts
- Visual alert context
- Professional-grade weather stations
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Sferic Mobile provides on-the-go access to Earth Networks’ proprietary network of more than 12,000 professional-grade hyper-local weather stations and long-range world-wide lightning detection capabilities. Customize notifications by location and see alerts visually for context. Use of the application requires a license to Sferic Mobile from Earth Networks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EnviroMonitor at 100% against Sferic Mobile's 0%. EnviroMonitor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Sferic Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
EnviroMonitor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of EnviroMonitor's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sferic Mobile's.
EnviroMonitor ships an update every 3 months, Sferic Mobile every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EnviroMonitor | Sferic Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Davis Instruments Corp. | Earth Networks |
Customer experience
EnviroMonitor
Sferic Mobile
In-app purchases
EnviroMonitor
No in-app purchases
Sferic Mobile
No in-app purchases
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