Klaro vs ChefsTemp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Klaro
Monitor and manage your home's humidity and temperature with guided actions. This app helps you maintain optimal environmental stats and configure new hygrometers.
- Track humidity and temperature
- Guided actions for environmental stats
- Configure new hygrometers
- Environmental monitoring
- Home climate control
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Klaro will: - Keep track of your Humidity and Temperature - Notify with guided actions to maintain the Humidity and Temperature stats. - Allow you to configure new Hygrometers.
ChefsTemp
This app works with a smart meat thermometer to provide precise temperature monitoring and control for cooking. Achieve perfectly cooked meats remotely with real-time notifications and an intuitive interface.
- Precision temperature monitoring
- Remote cooking control
- Real-time notifications
- User-friendly interface
- Achieve perfect cooking results
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ChefsTemp: The Perfect Temp. Every Time. Experience precision cooking like never before with ChefsTemp ProTemp Plus, the world's Next Generation Smart Meat Thermometer. This innovative device, coupled with our intuitive Chefstemp application, revolutionizes your cooking process, ensuring perfectly juicy meats every time. Monitor and Control with Ease: Our user-friendly app, designed exclusively for use with ChefsTemp ProTemp Plus, provides seamless control and monitoring of your cooking process. Effortlessly adjust settings, track temperatures, and receive real-time notifications to achieve the desired results with precision. Perfect Results, Anywhere: Whether you're grilling in your backyard or cooking indoors, ChefsTemp ProTemp Plus allows you to achieve optimal cooking results from anywhere. Monitor your meat's progress remotely, ensuring it reaches the ideal temperature for mouthwatering perfection. Get the Chefstemp ProTemp Plus: To experience the full potential of our app, make sure to get your hands on the Chefstemp ProTemp Plus. Visit www.chefstemp.com to purchase this cutting-edge smart meat thermometer and unlock a new level of cooking mastery. Join the Culinary Revolution: Embrace the future of cooking with ChefsTemp ProTemp Plus and elevate your culinary skills. Download the Chefstemp app now and explore a world of precision cooking at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ChefsTemp at 13.0 against Klaro's 15.1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Klaro against 4.2 for ChefsTemp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 76 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Klaro's written reviews are positive against 75% of ChefsTemp's.
Klaro ships an update fortnightly, ChefsTemp every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Klaro | ChefsTemp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (95 ratings) | 4.2 (76 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 76 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Slate | Leadtek Inc |
Customer experience
Klaro
ChefsTemp
User reviews
Klaro
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for monitoring humidors
- 👍 Convenient remote monitoring
- 👍 Helpful for cigar enthusiasts
- 👍 Good customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate humidity readings
- 🐛 Annoying glitches in app
- 🐛 App doesn't scale properly
- 🐛 Unpolished GUI
- 🐛 App can be kludgy
ChefsTemp
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup and intuitive interface
- 📶 Excellent wireless and Bluetooth connectivity
- 📈 Real-time temperature monitoring and graphing
- 🏠 Remote monitoring from anywhere
- ⏱️ Accurate estimated cook times
Room to improve
- 🔋 High battery consumption (for some users)
- 📉 Terrible chart/graph visualization
- 🔌 Connectivity issues and dropping connection
- 🔊 Alarm sound could be louder
- 🛠️ Bad tutorials for setup
Bugs and requests
Klaro
Reported bugs
15 issues- Humidity readings are wrong
- App report doesn't change after calibration
- App doesn't update readings
- GUI doesn't scale correctly on iPhone SE
- Overlapping icons in Collection menu
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- Data History windows lack scroll bars
- Does not get past intro screen
- Lose connection to Hydrometer often
- App will not connect with bridge
- Latest update caused disconnection
- Cannot get hydrometer reconnected
- Valet has had several disconnects
- App keeps asking to subscribe despite existing membership
- App tells me to update firmware when it's already updated
- Troubleshooting and reinstalling app multiple times
Requested features
17 requests- Adjust desired temp and humidity levels
- Add scroll bars for data history
- Predictive text for cigar info
- Connect more than 1 hygrometer to a bridge
- Bluetooth connectivity option
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- Allow same cigar names with notes
- Ability to use two separate sensors
- Take photo of cigar for identification
- Sort inventory alphabetically
- Keep stick on list with zero inventory
- Add tasting notes and ratings to cigars
- Dropdown of cigar choices for inventory
- Allow adding existing membership
- Improve inventory portion
- Add details about cigars (date purchased, price, aging)
- Easy replacement of hygrometers
- Add multiple hygrometers for multiple humidors
ChefsTemp
Reported bugs
8 issues- Bluetooth no longer working after update
- App crashes when changing meat type mid-cook
- Losing connection frequently, even at short distances
- App opens to a white screen and freezes
- External temperature reading incorrect or broken
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- Errors in Bluetooth searching without timeout
- Strange email verification code process
- Buttons leading to empty web views
Requested features
11 requests- Add widgets for phone and watch
- Webpage for temperature tracking
- Dynamic Island support
- Watch app functionality
- Ability to connect more than two ProTemp Plus devices
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- Add custom temperature presets for recipes
- Etch numbers on probes for easier identification
- Password manager support
- Face ID or Apple ID functionality
- Cloud storage for temperature data
- More advanced features
In-app purchases
Klaro
No in-app purchases
ChefsTemp
No in-app purchases
