HotKup vs Hcalory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotKup
This app allows you to control the temperature of your mug, boil water, brew beverages, and maintain your ideal drinking temperature. It offers both app and manual control, with versatile power options including battery, AC, and 12v car power.
- Boil water
- Brew coffee/tea
- Maintain perfect temperature
- App and manual control
- Battery, AC, and 12v power options
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Temperature control mug can boil water, brew coffee or tea, maintain perfect temperature. App or manual control. Battery, AC or 12v car power.
Hcalory
Control your air heater remotely with this app. Monitor parameters, adjust temperature and gears, set schedules, and activate modes like plateau and ventilation. Designed for specific supported heater models.
- Remote heater control
- Parameter monitoring
- Temperature and gear adjustment
- Plateau mode activation
- Ventilation control
- Scheduling functionality
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Our Hcalory air heater app provides a smarter remote control solution for air heater users (The supported heater models are: F1-S, L1-S, L2-S, W1-S, W2-S, TB1, TB2, TC1SE). You can see all the parameter info on your phone, switch temperature/gears, start plateau mode, start ventilation, switch temperature settings, schedule time, etc. We will continue to collect user suggestions to improve the user experience of our products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hcalory at 67% against HotKup's 0%. Hcalory also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hcalory holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of HotKup's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hcalory's.
HotKup ships an update every 2 months, Hcalory every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotKup | Hcalory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sinospec | HONG KONG TING HUI LIMITED |
Customer experience
HotKup
Hcalory
In-app purchases
HotKup
No in-app purchases
Hcalory
No in-app purchases
