CI Smart Sensor vs tempi.fi
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.
tempi.fi
This app connects to wireless sensors to continuously monitor temperature and humidity. Receive alerts for out-of-range conditions, store historical data, and export readings in CSV format. Ideal for various environments like refrigerators, nurseries, and greenhouses.
- Wireless sensor connection
- Continuous temperature/humidity monitoring
- Out-of-range alerts
- Historical data storage
- CSV data export
- Automatic sensor setup
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tempi.fi's wireless temperature and humidity sensors record a new reading every minute using best-in-class Swiss made temperature and humidity sensing components, sync directly to your smart phone, fit almost anywhere, and last longer than a year on a single coin cell battery. They are ideal for monitoring refrigerators, freezers, children’s rooms, animal & pet conditions, wine cellars, greenhouses, senior living conditions, freezing pipes, art collections, cigar humidors, chicken incubation, musical instruments and more… With this app, you can connect and setup one or more sensors, continuously monitor temperature and humidity, get notifications when the temperature or humidity is out of range, store a virtually unlimited history, and export data in CSV format. How it works: • Automatically setup your sensor by holding it over your phone or tablet • Name your sensor and set your desired conditions (if any) • When in range, the app will automatically upload the sensor data • If temperature or humidity is higher or lower than desirable, you get an app notification • View historical data and create reports anytime
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: tempi.fi at 4.7 against CI Smart Sensor's 4.2. tempi.fi also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 69%). CI Smart Sensor's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (358 vs 19). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
tempi.fi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CI Smart Sensor has 358 ratings behind it against 19, 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 93% of tempi.fi's.
CI Smart Sensor ships an update every 2 months, tempi.fi every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CI Smart Sensor | tempi.fi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (358 ratings) | 4.7 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 358 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BPA Sales, LP | VITALNOMAD LLC |
Customer experience
CI Smart Sensor
tempi.fi
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
tempi.fi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CI Smart Sensor
No in-app purchases
tempi.fi
No in-app purchases









