EB vs SMART Air Hood
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EB
This app facilitates communication with specific airflow transmitters via Bluetooth. It allows users to view real-time airflow and temperature data, capture complete traverse data, and save it for emailing as a text file.
- Bluetooth communication with transmitters
- Real-time airflow and temperature data
- Complete traverse data capture
- Data saving to phone
- Email data as text file
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EB-Link enables communication to EBTRON Inc. Gold and Hybrid Series transmitters via a Bluetooth communication link. Real time airflow and temperature data can be read as well as complete traverse data. The data can be saved to the phone and emailed as a txt file.
SMART Air Hood
This app transforms your mobile device into a remote control and measurement tool for balancing commercial air systems. It allows for easy logging of readings, viewing measurements, and exporting data into reports, streamlining the process for HVAC professionals.
- Remote control functionality
- Measurement logging
- View real-time measurements
- Export data reports
- Connects with SMART Air Hood instrument
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Quickly and accurately balance commercial air systems by using the award-winning SMART Air Hood® balancing instrument and connected mobile app. This app turns your mobile device into a remote control and measurement balancing tool. You’ll be able to easily log readings, view measurements, and export logs into a report. Dwyer Instruments, Inc. is recognized across the globe for excellence in product design. Customers love the SMART Air Hood® balancing instrument: “Air balancers’ time is very expensive. It’s an instrument that’s truly going to help the industry change.” – Jeff S. “I have been balancing for over 20 years and this has been the best equipment that I have used. It has cut my time down to about 20%. [...] It is light and very easy to assemble. The pole also eliminates the use of a ladder, which is a big plus.” – Angel R.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SMART Air Hood at 14.0 against EB's 16.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EB against 5.0 for SMART Air Hood. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively.
EB ships an update every 3 months, SMART Air Hood every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EB | SMART Air Hood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ebtron Inc. | Dwyer Instruments, Inc. |
Customer experience
EB
SMART Air Hood
In-app purchases
EB
No in-app purchases
SMART Air Hood
No in-app purchases
