TrickleStar App vs Touchstone Fireplace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrickleStar App
Manage your home's climate and water heating remotely. Adjust thermostat settings, monitor power consumption, and utilize a feature-rich scheduler. Supports cloud and local network operation, with administrator functions for multiple users.
- Remote thermostat control
- Water heater power monitoring
- Feature-rich scheduler
- Cloud and LAN modes
- Administrator functions
- Push notifications
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With the TrickleStar App, you can: - Control your Thermostat: - Turn on or off, adjust temperature setpoints and change operation modes. - Support multiple remote Bluetooth Occupancy Sensors with temperature sensor to ensure correct temperature through the home. - Control your Water Heater: - Turn on or off - Observe its power consumption. - Feature rich scheduler, enable and disable pre-configured schedules. - Work in Cloud and LAN Modes (no internet connection required). - Administrator functions and provide multiple users with basic controls. - Execute pre-configured modes. - Manage your account details, messages and password. - Receive push notifications on system events and alerts.
Touchstone Fireplace
Control your smart fireplace remotely with this app. Adjust flame colors, heat settings, and set timers. It offers easy Bluetooth setup and supports multiple fireplaces.
- Bluetooth setup
- Remote control
- Programmable flame colors
- Adjustable ember bed colors
- Heater on/off and output control
- Thermostat adjustment
- Programmable timer
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Connect and control your Touchstone Fireplace with your mobile or smart home voice control device. This app can support multiple smart Touchstone Fireplaces. 1. Easy Setup – Pair fireplace via Bluetooth connection to your home network 2. Remote Control – Control your fireplace directly from the app. 3. Programmable Flame and Ember Bed Colors – Select different flame colors and select different ember bed colors. 4. Turn On/Off Heater – Turn On/Off the heater right from the app and change the heat output setting. 5. Thermostat – Change the temperate of the thermostat directly from the app. 6. Programmable Timer – Set a start and/or shutoff time for the fireplace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrickleStar App at 100% against Touchstone Fireplace's 0%. TrickleStar App also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). Touchstone Fireplace's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.0). 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.
Touchstone Fireplace holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of TrickleStar App's written reviews are positive against 0% of Touchstone Fireplace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TrickleStar App ships an update every 3 months, Touchstone Fireplace every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrickleStar App | Touchstone Fireplace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 3.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tricklestar Inc. | Touchstone Home Products, Inc. |
Customer experience
TrickleStar App
Touchstone Fireplace
In-app purchases
TrickleStar App
No in-app purchases
Touchstone Fireplace
No in-app purchases
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