Comparison

Ice Barrel vs StackMate

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

Head to head
About

Ice Barrel

This app enhances cold water therapy by allowing remote control of a connected chiller, tracking session progress, and offering guided coaching. It also facilitates connections with other cold therapy practitioners.

Highlights
  • Remote chiller control
  • Session tracking
  • Guided coaching
  • Community connection
  • Temperature control
  • Notifications
Features
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Whether you’re an ice bath enthusiast or just starting your journey, the Ice Barrel App will help you make your cold therapy practice even better. CONTROL YOUR ICE BARREL CHILLER FROM ANYWHERE Wi-Fi connectivity enhances your control over the Ice Barrel Chiller with features like advanced scheduling (coming soon), precise temperature control, important notifications, multi-user support, and more. SESSION TRACKING TO MEASURE PROGRESS Log the temperature, duration and type of cold therapy session to build consistency and measure your progress over time. GUIDED COACHING TO LEAD YOUR JOURNEY From beginner to advanced, explore our coaching sessions to guide you through your cold journey every step of the way. CONNECT WITH ICE BATH ENTHUSIASTS Discover a like-minded group of others practicing cold therapy near you that you can connect and share with. Disclaimer: Always consult with a doctor before doing the cold therapy exercises mentioned in this app.

About

StackMate

Features
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Everything you take, in one calm place. StackMate is a thoughtful way to organize your peptides, supplements and medications. Keep your schedule together, log your doses, do the vial math, and get gentle reminders that fit into your day. Built with women in mind, StackMate brings a little more ease to a routine that already has plenty of moving parts. YOUR STACK, BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED Add what you take from a library of nearly 200 peptides, vitamins, minerals and botanicals, each with its own page: what it is, route, half-life, storage and sources. Set daily, weekday or custom days, days on and off, weeks on and off, or a set length that counts Day 12 of 30. SNAP THE VIAL Photograph a vial label and StackMate AI reads the name and amount for you to check. Vial math shows units on a U-100 syringe from the numbers you enter, and keeps past vials when you start a new one. A LITTLE LESS TO REMEMBER Today shows what's scheduled, what you've logged and what's still ahead. Log a dose with the site on a front and back body map, and see where you logged that compound last time. GENTLE REMINDERS A quiet nudge when it's time. Discreet notifications keep the names of what you take off your lock screen. SEE YOUR RHYTHM A calendar of complete, partial and missed days, weekly insights, check-ins on how you feel, and weigh-ins on a simple chart. YOUR RECORDS, IN THE SAME PLACE Bring in bloodwork, InBody and DEXA pages. StackMate AI reads the printed values and the lab's own ranges into a record you can check and edit, and lines them up across visits and labs. LEARN AT YOUR PACE Short lessons on syringe units, reconstitution, half-life, storage and reading lab ranges, with drawn diagrams and a Listen button. A KIND COMMUNITY Optional. Share your week with photos or a short video, follow friends and cheer each other on. No medical advice and no selling, with reporting and blocking built in. ASK STACKMATE AI Ask about your own data and get a plain answer drawn from what you logged. It describes; it never advises. Off until you turn it on. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL StackMate works fully without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want a cloud copy, the web view or Community, and delete your account any time. Your stack, made simple. StackMate is a tracking and organization tool and does not provide medical advice or suggest treatments or dosages. Check with your clinician before starting or changing any medication, supplement or peptide routine. Terms: https://stackmate.rork.app/terms Privacy: https://stackmate.rork.app/privacy

Screenshots

Ice Barrel4 screens
StackMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StackMate at weekly against Ice Barrel's every 3 weeks. Ice Barrel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, StackMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ice Barrel versus StackMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIce BarrelStackMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIce BarrelDylan Capshaw

In-app purchases

None

Ice Barrel

No in-app purchases

None

StackMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ice Barrel free?
Ice Barrel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StackMate free?
StackMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ice Barrel or StackMate have ads?
Neither Ice Barrel nor StackMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ice Barrel or StackMate?
Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, and StackMate weekly. Most recently, Ice Barrel was updated on November 3, 2026 and StackMate on October 31, 2026.

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