Comparison

AirBot vs Thermowire

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

Head to head
About

AirBot

This app helps you manage room ventilation to improve air quality and prevent mildew. It reminds you when to open windows and for how long, offering energy-saving benefits. The full version allows unlimited rooms and weather station integration.

Highlights
  • Room ventilation reminders
  • Open window alerts
  • Customizable ventilation schedules
  • Energy saving tips
  • Unlimited room support (Full Version)
  • Netatmo weather station integration (Full Version)
Features
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We spend a lot of time inside of closed rooms. How we feel in these rooms depends on the behavior of heating and ventilation. Furthermore the exchange of air reduces the base of mildew and wet areas. AirBot is the perfect assistance to ventilate rooms and reminds you reminds you of rooms which needs to ventilate or in which windows are open. You decide when and how much time you want to ventilate a room. You decide how often and when you will ventilate a room. AirBot reminds you to do the right thing. AirBot can help to save energy and money. Too long ventilation times or a forgotten windows cools down a room very much. To heat the room again, unnecessary heating costs are necessary. AirBot features: * capture a unrestricted number of rooms (Full Version, otherwise just one room) * reminds at open windows in one room * audible reminders (can switched off) * use your Netatmo weather station for calculating the aeration time and the ventilation recommendation (Full Version)

About

Thermowire

This utility app assists in cooking by monitoring food temperatures with a connected probe. It offers pre-set and custom food profiles, audible alarms when desired temperatures are reached, and the ability to track cooking progress with graphs. Users can also share their culinary creations on social media.

Highlights
  • Temperature probe integration
  • Pre-set and custom food profiles
  • Audible temperature alarms
  • Real-time cooking graphs
  • Social media sharing
  • Countdown and stopwatch
  • CSV data export
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Thermowire is designed to take the guesswork out of cooking and help make you a better cook. Used in conjunction with a state-of-the-art temperature probe, Thermowire allows you to boil grill, or roast anything to perfection. The app is preloaded with various food profiles, which can be selected to indicate the optimum internal temperature. You can also create your own profile with your own customizable temperature settings. When the internal temperature you set has been reached, an alarm will sound. This means you no longer need to poke, prod, and worry about whether your meal is over or undercooked! This is a unique device that employs an innovative method to measure and display temperature on you iOS devices. Thermowire is not just a thermometer; it allows to you share you most fantastical creations on social media too! Detail about Thermowire can be found at http://www.lavatools.co. The app will operate in simulation mode when the Thermowire probe is not connected to iOS device. FEATURES: - Wide temperature range and highly accurate - °C and °F changeable - 13 default profiles with various cooking temperature pre-programmed - 8 custom cooking profiles available for users to create - Maximum three settable temperature alarms - Push notification implemented for remote monitoring - Countdown and stopwatch - Graph plotting with extension and contraction for easy viewing - Graph information can be time stamped and sent out - Graph data export as CSV - Capture feature available for user to share cooking result with the world in both picture and text to create a social media community - Airprint support - Post to Facebook, Twitter directly

Screenshots

AirBot4 screens
Thermowire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Thermowire at Free against AirBot's $0.99. Thermowire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). AirBot's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 17%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Thermowire is free to download; AirBot costs $0.99 up front. AirBot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thermowire asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirBot ships an update every 6 months, Thermowire every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AirBot versus Thermowire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirBotThermowire
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas DubielLavatools

Customer experience

AirBot

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%

Thermowire

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AirBot

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99
None

Thermowire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AirBot free?
AirBot costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Thermowire free?
Thermowire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AirBot or Thermowire have ads?
Neither AirBot nor Thermowire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AirBot or Thermowire?
AirBot ships an update every 6 months, and Thermowire every 6 weeks. Most recently, AirBot was updated on October 21, 2026 and Thermowire on October 12, 2026.

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