EasyStart vs The Sandsara App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EasyStart
This free application allows users to monitor, troubleshoot, and upgrade their Micro-Air EasyStart soft starter via Bluetooth LE. It's designed to help manage air conditioning units on limited power sources like generators or inverters.
- Bluetooth LE connection
- Monitoring capabilities
- Troubleshooting assistance
- Firmware updates
- Test data upload
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Monitoring, troubleshooting, relearning, and upgrading your Micro-Air EasyStart can now be accomplished via a Bluetooth LE connection and this simple and free application. EasyStart is the very popular soft starter for air conditioning applications, manufactured in the USA by Micro-Air, Inc. EasyStart is world famous since it allows you to start and run your air conditioner on a limited power source like a generator or inverter, when it otherwise would not have been possible. Thousands have been sold into the marine, RV, and home/commercial markets. The newest versions of EasyStart that have Bluetooth LE capability utilize this application for easy troubleshooting, uploading of detailed test data to Micro-Air with a single button tap, and downloading of new firmware versions, if available. Visit www.microair.net to find out more about the Micro-Air EasyStart and to order yours today.
The Sandsara App
Control your SANDSARA device and explore new creative possibilities. Customize your experience by choosing from a library of paths, downloading new patterns, or translating existing ones. Curate your own collections for endless enjoyment.
- Full device control
- Explore new possibilities
- Path library access
- Download new patterns
- Translate polar/SVG paths
- Curate custom collections
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The official SANDSARA app gives you full control of your SANDSARA and lets you explore new possibilities. Everything you need to customize your experience is here! Enjoy any track, any time. Easily find the path you want and play it whenever you wish. The SANDSARA app allows you to choose from its own path library, download new patterns and translate existing polar or svg ones, which means you will be able to play pretty much any path you want. Curate your own collections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EasyStart at 3.6 against The Sandsara App's 3.1. The Sandsara App's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
EasyStart holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of EasyStart's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Sandsara App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EasyStart ships an update every 10 months, The Sandsara App weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EasyStart | The Sandsara App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (46 ratings) — better | 3.1 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CseaTec LLC | Eduardo Hernandez Cano |
Customer experience
EasyStart
The Sandsara App
In-app purchases
EasyStart
No in-app purchases
The Sandsara App
No in-app purchases
