Comparison

aerMist vs Intermatic Optimizer

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

Head to head
About

aerMist

Control high-pressure misting systems remotely via Bluetooth. Adjust misting modes, set schedules, and manage multiple systems simultaneously for cooling, mosquito control, and dust reduction.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth control
  • Multiple misting modes (non-stop, interval, schedule)
  • Customizable misting schedules
  • Control up to 4 misting systems
  • Individual and global device control
  • Monitor running hours and filter status
Features
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At aerMist LLC, we live by the slogan “a smarter way to stay cool”. A range of our high pressure misting systems enable our customers to enjoy their outdoor patios despite the hot weather, mosquitos, and flies. Our high pressure misting systems turn water into super tiny droplets which then cool surrounding air through evaporative cooling. Our systems can also be set to saturate the air with these tiny droplets to create a fog effect, thus reducing flies and mosquitos while also creating cool landscape and pool fog effects, or to reduce dust and odor from surrounding air. This APP enables full control of our high pressure misting systems through mobile Bluetooth with advanced features such as full ON/OFF control of the misters, placing misters into interval mode (modulating misting), and allowing users to set a Schedule when to run misting based on days of the week and time intervals. Through global control screen, this APP enables users to control 4 separate misting systems at once. Up to 4 systems can be controlled at once. Use Add Device screen to register misters with the device. Each mister can be given a meaningful name, such as “patio mister” , “pool fog effects”, etc. Each mister can be controlled individually through “Devices” menu, or, all registered misters can be controlled with a single press of a button through Global “Home” control screen. Individual device control screen will display additional information about a mister, such as current status, cumulative running hours, and water filter hours. APP allows users to place aerMist misters into 3 distinct operational modes: non-stop, interval, and schedule misting. Non-stop misting will turn ON and run the mister in non-stop mode. Mist will be continuous until user turns the mister OFF Interval misting will allow user to modulate misting, in another words, tell the mister to run misting for set amount of time, then pause (turn OFF) misting for set amount of time, and repeat until user completely turns it off. Mist modulation is useful on days when evaporative capacity of air is lower than what the system puts out and prevents over saturation of air with humidity and thus wetting of surrounding area. It also allows a user to set the amount of desired “fog” effect and enables installation of mist nozzles closer to the occupied areas, where cooling is needed, instead of only running nozzles along outer edges. Schedule misting will allow a user to create a schedule when misting can run automatically. Schedule command is saved locally on the mister and does not require a presence of mobile device to run and keep scheduled misting. The user can select days of the week and also further refine schedule with up to 4 time intervals when misting should run. Schedule function can be set to run as non-stop or interval misting during selected days and/or time intervals. Running hours will show cumulative running hours for each mister that can be used to schedule required maintenance. This data is directly available from the mister itself. Filter hours tracks use of water filter. This data is only tracked by the app and to be accurate, requires that the user resets filter in the app each time water filter is replaced. Each time filter is reset, the app will remember cumulative running hours and use that number to calculate for how many hours has the water filter been used since the last replacement (filter reset).

About

Intermatic Optimizer

Control your pool and spa automation system remotely from your mobile device. Monitor and track energy usage for your pool equipment on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Manage multiple pools and spas with an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Remote pool and spa control
  • Energy usage monitoring
  • Multi-pool management
  • Advanced iOS interface
  • Anytime, anywhere access
Features
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Your Intermatic® Optimizer automation system for pool/spa is a powerful pool and spa automation control system that offers anytime, anywhere remote access to control your pool and spa. From your iPhone®, iPad® mobile digital device, you can monitor and track your daily, weekly and monthly pool equipment energy usage. Control multiple pools and spas and easily switch between them with advanced iOS interfaces.

Screenshots

aerMist4 screens
Intermatic Optimizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Intermatic Optimizer at weekly against aerMist's every 2 weeks. Intermatic Optimizer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for aerMist against 5.0 for Intermatic Optimizer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

aerMist ships an update every 2 weeks, Intermatic Optimizer weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
aerMist versus Intermatic Optimizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraerMistIntermatic Optimizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperaerMist LLCIntermatic LLC

Customer experience

aerMist

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Intermatic Optimizer

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

In-app purchases

None

aerMist

No in-app purchases

None

Intermatic Optimizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is aerMist free?
aerMist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intermatic Optimizer free?
Intermatic Optimizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, aerMist or Intermatic Optimizer?
aerMist and Intermatic Optimizer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do aerMist or Intermatic Optimizer have ads?
Neither aerMist nor Intermatic Optimizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, aerMist or Intermatic Optimizer?
aerMist ships an update every 2 weeks, and Intermatic Optimizer weekly. Most recently, aerMist was updated on July 7, 2026 and Intermatic Optimizer on June 1, 2026.

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