Comparison

Síminn vs Window Cooling Forecast

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

Head to head
About

Síminn

Manage your services, view usage history up to six months back, and top up prepaid numbers. Easily track all your charges and fees in one place.

Highlights
  • View service status
  • Usage history (6 months)
  • Top-up prepaid numbers
  • Track charges and fees
  • Manage services
Features
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Náðu þér í þjónstuapp Símans Þú getur skoðað stöðuna á þínum þjónustum með einum smelli, 6 mánuði aftur í tímann. Þú getur fyllt á Frelsi og Þrennu og skoðað yfirlit yfir kostnað á einfaldan og þægilegan hátt. ------------------ Download the Síminn app Get an overview over all your services and usage with Síminn, top-up your prepaid number and stay on top of all charges and fees.

About

Window Cooling Forecast

Features
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The Window Cooling Forecast app compares the temperature and humidity of outdoor air to indoor air to show when outdoor air can be used for cooling. Energy codes such as ASHRAE 90.1 require many large buildings to use equipment like air-side economizers to cool the building using outdoor air when its temperature and humidity are more favorable, meaningfully cutting cooling costs and compressor wear. Most residential HVAC systems do not have an air-side economizer but the underlying opportunity is the same. The trick is knowing when outdoor air is actually better than what's already indoors — and that's where temperature alone can mislead you. To determine when outdoor air is more favorable, we need to use a metric called 'enthalpy'. Enthalpy combines air temperature (as sensible heat) and humidity (as latent heat) into a single number representing the true energy of the air. Outdoor air is more favorable for cooling a building when its enthalpy is lower than that of the indoor air. Instead of guessing whether outdoor air will help cool your house, this app calculates the difference in the enthalpy (ΔH) of indoor and outdoor air and advises you when it makes sense to open your windows. It will even give you a 12-hour forecast for effective window cooling availability. The app needs to know the temperature and humidity of the inside and outside air. If you have a thermostat (e.g. Nest or Ecobee) that gives you that information you can enter it manually. The app also needs the temperature and humidity of the outdoor air. The app can query Apple Weather using your location to obtain this information but it is best if you use sensors that measure the temperature and humidity of the air outside your window. For this first version of the app, you can also obtain and use a low-cost Govee hygrometers which can provide temperature and humidity to the app over Bluetooth LE. If you have two of them you can use one for indoor data and another for outdoor data.

Screenshots

Síminn2 screens
Window Cooling Forecast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Síminn at 15.0 against Window Cooling Forecast's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Síminn versus Window Cooling Forecast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSíminnWindow Cooling Forecast
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSíminnPaul Hanson

In-app purchases

None

Síminn

No in-app purchases

None

Window Cooling Forecast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Síminn free?
Síminn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Window Cooling Forecast free?
Window Cooling Forecast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Síminn or Window Cooling Forecast have ads?
Neither Síminn nor Window Cooling Forecast shows ads.

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