Hoot Wifi vs BlueLink Solo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoot Wifi
Manage your home's electric heating system remotely with this app. Set 7-day schedules or make on-the-fly adjustments to temperature for optimal comfort. Control baseboard, fan-forced, and radiant electric heaters from your smartphone or tablet.
- Remote thermostat control
- 7-day scheduling
- Temporary temperature adjustments
- Control line voltage heaters
- Smartphone and tablet compatible
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Take control of your comfort with the Hoot Wifi. Hoot Wifi connected thermostats simplify managing your home comfort but allowing you instant control of any line voltage baseboard heater, fan forced heater or radiant electric heaters from a single app. Control your thermostat from anywhere by simply using your smartphone or tablet. You can program your thermostat based on your 7-day schedule or make temporary changes when needed. Offering simple thermostat programming and temperature control. Now That’s Smart!
BlueLink Solo
Remotely monitor and control your smart thermostat. Adjust temperatures, fan modes, and program schedules from anywhere. Lock or unlock your thermostat for added convenience.
- Remote temperature monitoring and adjustment
- Fan and system mode control
- Program schedule configuration
- Thermostat configuration settings
- Remote lock and unlock functionality
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With the BlueLink SOLO App, users can monitor and control their BlueLink SOLO Wi-Fi thermostats remotely, including: • View and adjust current set-point temperatures • View and adjust fan and system modes • View and configure a program schedule • View and adjust thermostat configuration • Lock and unlock the thermostat remotely ...and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hoot Wifi at 2.7 against BlueLink Solo's 1.0. Hoot Wifi also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). BlueLink Solo's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Hoot Wifi holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoot Wifi has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hoot Wifi ships an update every 2 months, BlueLink Solo every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoot Wifi | BlueLink Solo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | King Electrical Manufacturing Company | Salus North America, Inc. |
Customer experience
Hoot Wifi
BlueLink Solo
In-app purchases
Hoot Wifi
No in-app purchases
BlueLink Solo
No in-app purchases
