CI Smart Sensor vs Klaro
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.
Klaro
Monitor and manage your home's humidity and temperature with guided actions. This app helps you maintain optimal environmental stats and configure new hygrometers.
- Track humidity and temperature
- Guided actions for environmental stats
- Configure new hygrometers
- Environmental monitoring
- Home climate control
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Klaro will: - Keep track of your Humidity and Temperature - Notify with guided actions to maintain the Humidity and Temperature stats. - Allow you to configure new Hygrometers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Klaro at fortnightly against CI Smart Sensor's every 2 months. CI Smart Sensor's advantage is ratings volume (358 vs 95) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for CI Smart Sensor against 4.1 for Klaro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 358 and 95 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 69% and 70% positive.
CI Smart Sensor ships an update every 2 months, Klaro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CI Smart Sensor | Klaro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (358 ratings) — better | 4.1 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 358 — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BPA Sales, LP | Michael Slate |
Customer experience
CI Smart Sensor
Klaro
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
Klaro
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for monitoring humidors
- 👍 Convenient remote monitoring
- 👍 Helpful for cigar enthusiasts
- 👍 Good customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate humidity readings
- 🐛 Annoying glitches in app
- 🐛 App doesn't scale properly
- 🐛 Unpolished GUI
- 🐛 App can be kludgy
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
Klaro
Reported bugs
15 issues- Humidity readings are wrong
- App report doesn't change after calibration
- App doesn't update readings
- GUI doesn't scale correctly on iPhone SE
- Overlapping icons in Collection menu
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- Data History windows lack scroll bars
- Does not get past intro screen
- Lose connection to Hydrometer often
- App will not connect with bridge
- Latest update caused disconnection
- Cannot get hydrometer reconnected
- Valet has had several disconnects
- App keeps asking to subscribe despite existing membership
- App tells me to update firmware when it's already updated
- Troubleshooting and reinstalling app multiple times
Requested features
17 requests- Adjust desired temp and humidity levels
- Add scroll bars for data history
- Predictive text for cigar info
- Connect more than 1 hygrometer to a bridge
- Bluetooth connectivity option
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- Allow same cigar names with notes
- Ability to use two separate sensors
- Take photo of cigar for identification
- Sort inventory alphabetically
- Keep stick on list with zero inventory
- Add tasting notes and ratings to cigars
- Dropdown of cigar choices for inventory
- Allow adding existing membership
- Improve inventory portion
- Add details about cigars (date purchased, price, aging)
- Easy replacement of hygrometers
- Add multiple hygrometers for multiple humidors
In-app purchases
CI Smart Sensor
No in-app purchases
Klaro
No in-app purchases
