Comparison

CircleCI Remote vs Thermals

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CircleCI Remote

Manage your CircleCI workflows and builds on the go. View project statuses, build logs, and test results. Trigger new builds, stop or rerun workflows, and browse artifacts directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple CircleCI accounts
  • View projects, builds, and workflows
  • Monitor build and pipeline status
  • Stop/rerun workflows
  • View output logs and test results
  • Browse artifacts
  • Trigger new builds
Features
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CircleCI Remote help you manage your workflows and builds from CircleCI You can use CircleCI Remote to: * Add and manage multiple circleci accounts * View projects * View builds and workflows * View status of builds and pipelines * View job build hierarchy relationship and their status * Stop / rerun workflows * View output logs * View test results * Browse your artifacts * Trigger new builds Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Thermals

Monitor your device's thermal state and processor activity to diagnose performance issues. Understand why your phone might be running slowly, charging slowly, or have reduced brightness due to overheating. Export data for further analysis with other development tools.

Highlights
  • Displays device thermal state
  • Shows active processor count
  • Monitors device uptime
  • Troubleshoots performance issues
  • Helps diagnose slow charging
  • Identifies brightness limitations
  • Exports raw data for analysis
Features
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Phone running slowly, charging slowly or low brightness? See if your device is overheating using Thermals. Thermals displays your device’s thermal state, as well as how many processors are active on your device and its uptime, as reported by iOS. Thermals helps troubleshoot: • Poor performance — iOS reduces processor speed and potentially disables processors temporarily when the device is hot. • Slow charging — battery charging causes a lot of heat and iOS can limit charging speed to reduce the additional heat that might make a device too hot. • Low maximum brightness — if your device screen stays dark despite being on full brightness, it could be limited by iOS due to heat. • Manufacturing defects — if not all processors are active when the device is cool and not in low power mode. Your device's thermal state is monitored regularly in the background and recorded in the app (if Background App Refresh is enabled). Open the app or tap the widget to record a data point manually. Export the raw data to file for corroboration with Screen Time, Xcode's Instruments, or other development tools. Also an independent Apple Watch app shows the thermal status, active processors and uptime, and thermal history of your watch.

Screenshots

CircleCI Remote4 screens
Thermals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thermals at none against CircleCI Remote's 1. Thermals also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 1) and chart position (#129 vs unranked). CircleCI Remote's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CircleCI Remote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Thermals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CircleCI Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thermals has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CircleCI Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, Thermals every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CircleCI Remote versus Thermals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircleCI RemoteThermals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#129 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKirubakaran ManimaranGeorge Garside

Customer experience

CircleCI Remote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thermals

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CircleCI Remote

Subscriptions1
  • Remove ad$0.991 Month
None

Thermals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CircleCI Remote free?
CircleCI Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thermals free?
Thermals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CircleCI Remote or Thermals?
CircleCI Remote is rated higher. CircleCI Remote averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Thermals averages 4.6 from 29 ratings.
Do CircleCI Remote or Thermals have ads?
Neither CircleCI Remote nor Thermals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CircleCI Remote or Thermals?
CircleCI Remote ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thermals every 3 months. Most recently, CircleCI Remote was updated on October 27, 2026 and Thermals on October 27, 2026.

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