HotKup vs scentcast
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.
scentcast
This app uses weather data and AI to recommend fragrances from your collection or help you discover new ones. Build your scent library, get daily picks based on conditions, and refine suggestions with filters.
- Weather-based scent recommendations
- AI-powered fragrance discovery
- Build and manage fragrance collection
- Camera identification of perfumes
- Mood and occasion filters
- Shopping links to retailers
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ScentCast is your personal fragrance companion — helping you discover the perfect scent for any moment, and manage your collection with ease. Today's Recommendation Every day, ScentCast's AI considers the current weather, season, your mood, and the occasion to recommend the perfect fragrance. Choose from your own collection or discover something new. Build Your Collection Add the fragrances you own and ScentCast remembers them. Filter by mood, occasion, or season to find exactly what fits right now. Photo ID Point your camera at any fragrance and ScentCast identifies it instantly — scent notes, seasons, and all. Bath & Body Works Tracker The ultimate B&BW collection manager. Track every product you own across Candles, Body Care, Fragrances, Home Fragrance, Hand Soaps & Sanitizers, Men's Shop, and more. Get daily AI-powered picks from your B&BW stash, and use In-Store Mode to check if you already own something before you buy it. Search Everything Find any fragrance or product across your entire collection instantly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: scentcast at 2.7 against HotKup's 1.5. scentcast also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). HotKup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. scentcast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HotKup asks for nothing beyond the download.
scentcast holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of HotKup's written reviews are positive against 40% of scentcast's.
HotKup ships an update every 2 months, scentcast every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotKup | scentcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) | 2.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sinospec | HRCWA Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
HotKup
scentcast
In-app purchases
HotKup
No in-app purchases
scentcast
- Premium$4.99
