INKBIRD vs Havaworks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
INKBIRD
Transform your home into a smart environment with intuitive controls for appliances and automated adjustments of temperature and humidity. Remotely monitor food temperatures and set custom alarms for optimal cooking, creating a more connected and enjoyable life.
- Smart home appliance control
- Automated temperature and humidity adjustment
- Remote food temperature monitoring
- Customizable temperature alarms
- Family network setup
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INKBIRD helps you create a smart home, smart life. We make hard things simple by convenient and fast operation, clear and intuitive interface, considerate and practical functions. Here, you can smartly make home appliances intelligent and automated adjustment of temperature and humidity so as create an optimal environment for your family. Here, you can remotely monitor the food temperature and customize temperature alarms to always cook delicious meals for your family. Here, you can set up a family network of things of your own and experience a more wonderful, more enjoyable life.
Havaworks
Control and manage your smart home devices from anywhere. Automate device operations based on various conditions like location, time, and weather. Integrate with smart speakers for voice control and share access with family.
- Remote device control
- Automated device operations
- Voice control integration
- Device sharing with family
- Multi-condition automation
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A smart device control and management application that helps you easily link to smart devices for intelligent control. -Good device control experience, you can control your home devices anytime, anywhere -Powerful equipment automation control capabilities, which can allow equipment to operate automatically based on multiple conditions such as location, time, weather, equipment status, etc., bidding farewell to the manual era -Easily connect to home smart speakers and play with the device through voice control -Share devices with family and friends, enjoy smart life together
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: INKBIRD at 3.7 against Havaworks's 2.1. INKBIRD also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 64) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
INKBIRD holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INKBIRD has 6.8K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 23% and 22% positive.
INKBIRD ships an update fortnightly, Havaworks every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | INKBIRD | Havaworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | 2.1 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews — better | 22.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 396 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd | Ecodot Trading Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
INKBIRD
Havaworks
User reviews
INKBIRD
From 6.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to set up and use
- 🔒 Reliable connection
- 👍 Useful features
- 🚀 Accurate temperature monitoring
- 👍 Great customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and connectivity issues
- 👎 Unintuitive app interface
- 🔋 Battery life concerns
- 👎 Difficult to configure
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with mandatory account
Havaworks
From 64 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup and pairing
- 👍 Functional for basic on/off
- 👍 Scene automation is amazing
- 👍 Visually appealing and easy to use
- 👍 Works how it should
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashing frequently
- 🐛 Temperature control issues
- 🐛 Connectivity problems
- 🐛 Limited scheduling functionality
- 🐛 Unchangeable temperature units
Bugs and requests
INKBIRD
Reported bugs
5 issues- Custom menu names reset after exiting app
- Widgets not working as expected
- Frequent app crashes and disconnections
- Sensor temperature readings inconsistent
- Unable to remove/delete connected devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve temperature graph functionality
- Allow custom alarm sounds
- Implement low temperature alerts
- Add support for more devices
Havaworks
Reported bugs
30 issues- App suddenly crashing
- Cannot manage temperature
- Only way to control temperature is in eco mode
- App won't connect
- App only works to cut heater on and off
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- Cannot get app to turn on heater
- App disconnects frequently
- Thermostat doesn't read correct temperature
- Cannot get Fahrenheit indicator to hold
- Non-stop screeching unless on Eco mode
- App requires mandatory login
- Device doesn't connect
- Always disconnects
- Constantly disconnecting
- Wi-Fi going offline means app stops functioning
- Temperature control doesn't work
- App insists on Celsius for outside temp
- Cannot switch light color via Google Home
- Light color defaults to blue when turned on
- Automations don't work
- Some controls are finicky and confusing
- Heaters default to 77F and cannot be changed
- Scheduling commands time out
- Mute always turns itself off
- Alexa icon missing from app
- Cannot change mode or target temperature
- Annoying on/off sound cannot be turned off
- Resets to original mode and settings after being turned off
- Barely functional on modern iPhones
- Lacks features
Requested features
9 requests- Add ability to specify mode in scheduling
- Implement Siri Shortcuts integration
- Improve scheduling functionality
- Add automation and advanced functions
- Allow switching light color via Google Home
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- Fix temperature unit display issue
- Add customer service number
- Improve app UX
- Make app instructions clearer
In-app purchases
INKBIRD
No in-app purchases
Havaworks
No in-app purchases
