Comparison

CORE Thermal Sensor vs Connected Hydration

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

Head to head
About

CORE Thermal Sensor

This app continuously monitors your core body temperature and thermal strain, providing critical data for heat training and optimal race performance. It helps athletes of all levels improve their training and achieve better results.

Highlights
  • Continuous core body temperature monitoring
  • Real-time Heat Strain Index
  • Heat Zones for training and racing
  • Heat Training Load and Adaptation Score
  • Passive heat training tracking
  • Data trends and historical analysis
  • Connectivity with sports devices
Features
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The CORE Thermal Sensor accurately measures your core body temperature and thermal strain on your body – continuously and non-invasively. Thermal data and insights are critical for facilitating safe and effective heat training and for performing optimally on race day. Designed for athletes at all levels, CORE will help to improve your training and performance in your personal adventures or races. IMPORTANT: The CORE app is designed to work with the CORE device which you can order at www.corebodytemp.com Here's how it works: • Set up your CORE sensor: connect your heart rate monitor and sports devices for optimal sensor use. • Measure your thermal vitals during training: mount the newly designed clip on your heart rate strap and snap in the CORE sensor. Shake the sensor to wake it up, wear it and track your thermal data. • Core body temperature: the interior temperature deep in your body, including organs and other tissues. A critical measure during sports, it can reach up to 40°C (104°F) during vigorous activity in hot environments. Be aware that hotter is not better – cooler is faster. • Heat Strain Index: A combination of your core body temperature and skin temperature representing the thermal strain on your body. The real-time feedback on how hard your body is working to stay cool, delivering a value from 0 (no heat strain) to around 10 (extremely high heat strain). • Heat Zones: Your Heat Strain Index divided into easy-to-use zones. Heat Zone 3 will likely lead to a performance loss, BUT it is the needed stimuli to create adaptations in your body. During heat training, strive for time in heat zone 3. During racing, stay cool and prevent a performance loss by staying in heat zone 1 or 2. • Heat Training Load: a cumulative daily metric of the heat strain on your body. A daily value of 10 out of 10 indicates ideal contribution to heat adaptations. More is not always better! • Heat Adaptation Score: Track your heat adaptations over time with effective heat training. Get a heat champion to perform best in the heat. Long-term heat training will most likely lead to improvements also in cool conditions. • Add your passive heat training: Supplementing your active heat training or general training with passive heat exposure in a sauna or hot bath. You can track your sessions in the app manually, contributing to your heat adaptation score. NOTE: do NOT take your CORE sensor into the sauna or hot environments. What else you can do in the CORE app: • Dig into the details: See a breakdown of your thermal data, and even see trends across days, weeks and months. • Share your CORE metrics with your friends through the social sharing feature, earning more kudos and likes • Connect your connectivity accounts (e.g. Garmin) to directly synchronize your data after the training. • Update your sensor to the latest firmware ensuring having the best sensor functionality. Note: CORE provides products and services designed for general fitness and training purposes. For accurate measurement readings during sports, a connection to a heart rate monitor is necessary. CORE products and services are not medical devices, not intended to treat or diagnose any disease, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content available through CORE products and services is for general informational purposes only.

About

Connected Hydration

This app tracks fluid and electrolyte intake by working with a proprietary wearable sensor. It measures real-time sweat and electrolyte loss to provide comprehensive hydration data.

Highlights
  • Real-time sweat/electrolyte loss measurement
  • Fluid intake tracking
  • Electrolyte intake tracking
  • Works with proprietary wearable sensor
  • Hydration data analysis
Features
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Connected Hydration is an app that works with Epicore Biosystems Inc.’s proprietary wearable sensor to measure real-time sweat/electrolytes loss, as well as track fluid and electrolyte intake. Disclaimer: Connected Hydration is not used for any diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of a patient or for compensation or alleviation of disease, injury or disability. Users should seek a doctor’s advice before making any medical decisions.

Screenshots

CORE Thermal Sensor4 screens
Connected Hydration4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Connected Hydration at 5.0 against CORE Thermal Sensor's 2.5. Connected Hydration also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). CORE Thermal Sensor's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 8) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Connected Hydration holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CORE Thermal Sensor ships an update every 2 months, Connected Hydration monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CORE Thermal Sensor versus Connected Hydration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCORE Thermal SensorConnected Hydration
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (35 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergreenteg AGEpicore Biosystems, Inc

Customer experience

CORE Thermal Sensor

All ratings35 ratings
Positive22.9%
Neutral20.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral25.0%
Negative56.3%

Connected Hydration

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CORE Thermal Sensor

No in-app purchases

None

Connected Hydration

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CORE Thermal Sensor free?
CORE Thermal Sensor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connected Hydration free?
Connected Hydration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CORE Thermal Sensor or Connected Hydration?
Connected Hydration is rated higher. CORE Thermal Sensor averages 2.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Connected Hydration averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do CORE Thermal Sensor or Connected Hydration have ads?
Neither CORE Thermal Sensor nor Connected Hydration shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CORE Thermal Sensor or Connected Hydration?
CORE Thermal Sensor ships an update every 2 months, and Connected Hydration monthly. Most recently, CORE Thermal Sensor was updated on October 15, 2026 and Connected Hydration on October 2, 2026.

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