CI Smart Sensor vs Engbird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CI Smart Sensor
Monitor humidity and temperature in your humidor or container remotely. Receive alerts for out-of-range conditions or unauthorized access. Analyze historical data to optimize storage and protect your valuables.
- Continuous humidity and temperature gauging
- Push notifications for custom ranges
- Alerts for container access
- Hourly, daily, and monthly data analysis
- Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity
- Remote monitoring
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CI Smart Sensor, Humidity Management System Keep a watchful eye on your cigars without lifting the lid of your humidor or container. The CI Smart Sensor will continuously gauge humidity and temperature levels inside your humidor and container providing access to those vital readings. You will receive push notifications if readings are outside your customized humidity ranges or if someone dips into your container. Analyze your hourly, daily and monthly readings, then use that info to adjust for seasonal changes or newly introduced valuables. Once you’ve linked your CI Smart Sensor to your iOS device, you can rest easy knowing that your sensor will monitor your valuables using Bluetooth Low Energy technology. The CI Smart Sensor keeps watch even when you can’t.
Engbird
Monitor environmental conditions like temperature and humidity with smart sensors. View real-time and historical data, export it, and manage multiple devices and users. Supports various sampling intervals and multiple languages.
- Real-time temperature and humidity display
- Configurable sampling intervals
- Historical data viewing (day, week, month, year)
- CSV data export
- Multi-sensor and multi-user support
- Multi-language support
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Engbird is the easiest way to monitor the environmental conditions affecting the things you care about. Quickly pair the app with our Temperature & Humidity Smart Sensors and enjoy the sleek interface for viewing current and past conditions.It supports the following features: - Displays Temperature & Humidity in real-time. - The sampling interval can be configured for 10s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min, 30min, record length up to 30000. - Can easily view historical data by day, week, month, year, and can export historical data in csv format. - Support a mobile phone to access multiple sensors, you can also access multiple mobile phones with the same sensor - Multi-language support: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CI Smart Sensor at 69% against Engbird's 13%. CI Smart Sensor also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (358 vs 37). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CI Smart Sensor holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CI Smart Sensor has 358 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of CI Smart Sensor's written reviews are positive against 13% of Engbird's.
CI Smart Sensor ships an update every 2 months, Engbird every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CI Smart Sensor | Engbird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (358 ratings) — better | 1.8 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better | 13.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 358 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BPA Sales, LP | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd |
Customer experience
CI Smart Sensor
Engbird
User reviews
CI Smart Sensor
From 358 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📊 Accurate humidity and temperature readings
- 🔍 Helpful for monitoring cigar humidors
- 🔋 Long-lasting battery life
- 🔧 Easy to calibrate
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues and app crashes
- 🕰️ Slow app performance and delayed updates
- 🔔 Unreliable push notifications
- 🤖 Forced account creation
Engbird
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works well
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Stores historical data
- 👍 Graphs temperature and humidity
- 👍 Bluetooth connectivity works well
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on launch after updates
- 🐛 Unreliable connection and data collection
- 🐛 Inaccurate temperature and humidity readings
- 🐛 Graphs and UI are difficult to use
- 🔋 Drains batteries quickly
Bugs and requests
CI Smart Sensor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sensor readings not updating in real-time
- Calibration process not working as expected
- Battery draining faster than expected
- App losing historic data after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Wi-Fi connectivity for remote monitoring
- Customizable alert thresholds
- Ability to rearrange sensor order in app
- Bring back analog hygrometer display
Engbird
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on startup after updates
- Bluetooth connection issues, sensors not detected
- Temperature and humidity values displayed incorrectly
- Graph time scales do not match actual data
- Sensor names not displayed in app
Requested features
5 requests- Add push notifications for temperature/humidity alerts
- Improve graph functionality (zoom, customize, etc.)
- Allow calibration of temperature and humidity sensors
- Provide more detailed historical data export options
- Add support for multiple sensors/devices in one view
In-app purchases
CI Smart Sensor
No in-app purchases
Engbird
No in-app purchases
