Comparison

Fabisense vs TasmoShelf

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

Head to head
About

Fabisense

Features
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Fabisense serves as a smart environment guardian for outdoor enthusiasts. It monitors temperature, humidity, CO₂ levels, and UV intensity in real time, supporting simultaneous Bluetooth connections with up to 4 devices. Data is automatically logged and visualized through interactive dashboards, with exportable Excel reports. Empower your camping, hiking, and adventures with science-backed safety insights. Multi-Scenario Environmental Monitoring Sensors transmit real-time data via Bluetooth, capturing temperature variations, humidity tracking, CO₂ concentration monitoring, and UV radiation intensity across four core scenarios. Smart Device Management • Supports connecting up to 4 monitoring devices for flexible deployment in tents, backpacks, or fixed observation points • Automatic device type recognition Data Visualization System • Dynamic Dashboard: Modular interface clearly displays real-time data fluctuations • Historical Timeline: Track environmental changes chronologically with critical event markers • Comparative Analysis: Overlay multi-device data to identify regional environmental variations Intelligent Alerts & Collaboration • Customizable safety thresholds activate multi-level vibration/audio alerts • Data export capability with cross-platform file sharing Outdoor-Optimized Features • Offline mode maintains continuous data logging, auto-syncing to cloud upon Bluetooth reconnection • Sunlight-optimized interface enhances screen readability in outdoor settings

About

TasmoShelf

Control Tasmota devices directly over your local Wi-Fi network without cloud services. It automatically discovers devices and provides tailored controls for various hardware, including smart lights, sensors, and energy monitors. Integrates with Apple Home and Siri for seamless voice control.

Highlights
  • Local Wi-Fi control
  • Automatic device discovery
  • Customizable device controls
  • Apple Home and Siri integration
  • Offline functionality
  • Community template catalog
Features
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TasmoShelf controls your Tasmota devices over your own Wi-Fi. No account, no cloud, no MQTT broker, no Home Assistant — the app talks HTTP directly to each device, and nothing about you or your home leaves the phone. FINDS YOUR DEVICES Most Tasmota builds don't announce themselves on the network, so TasmoShelf searches by address. It sweeps your subnet twice: once quickly, then again over everything that stayed silent, because a device in power-saving mode answers a ping instantly but takes seconds to accept a connection. Devices on another subnet or VLAN? Set the range yourself, or add any device by IP. Password-protected devices are found too — unlock them in place, the password stays in your keychain. REAL CONTROLS, NOT A WEB PAGE IN A FRAME Every Tasmota device describes itself when asked, and TasmoShelf draws the matching control: • Relays: one switch per output, labelled with your own names • Dimmable lights: brightness slider plus precise steps • Colour bulbs: hue and saturation with live preview • Tunable whites: warm-to-cool in kelvin • RGBCCT: colour, colour temperature and the separate white channel • Shutters: open, stop, close and a live position slider • Fans: the fixed steps the hardware actually has • Energy plugs: live watts in the list, today/yesterday/total, voltage, current, an hour of history, counter resets • Sensors: every reading the device publishes, in the device's own units APPLE HOME AND SIRI Newer Tasmota firmware speaks Matter, and Apple Home understands Matter directly. TasmoShelf reads chip and firmware of every device and tells you which ones can join Apple Home right away (ESP32 with Tasmota 13 or newer), which need a Tasmota Matter bridge, and which want a firmware update first. One tap opens pairing and shows the QR code and setup code right in the app. From then on, Siri and your Home scenes switch the device. Apple marks Tasmota as an uncertified accessory once during setup; that is expected for community firmware. KNOWS WHAT YOU OWN A copy of the community template catalogue ships inside the app, so TasmoShelf can name about 2,600 products without asking the internet anything. Hardware nobody has catalogued still works — controls come from what the device reports, not from a list. HONEST ABOUT PRIVACY There is no server of ours. The app opens connections to exactly one kind of address: the devices on your own network. Your purchase is checked on the phone, offline. You never have to be online to keep the app working. FREE FOR THREE DEVICES The free version is not cut down: every control, the energy view and the whole catalogue are included. If you have more than three devices, a single 9.99 € purchase removes the limit forever. Nothing recurring, and nothing advertised. TasmoShelf is not affiliated with the Tasmota project. Device catalogue data comes from the community template repository (EPL-2.0).

Screenshots

Fabisense3 screens
TasmoShelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TasmoShelf at daily against Fabisense's fortnightly. 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

Fabisense ships an update fortnightly, TasmoShelf daily. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Fabisense versus TasmoShelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFabisenseTasmoShelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProtech International Group Co., LtdChristof Müller

In-app purchases

None

Fabisense

No in-app purchases

None

TasmoShelf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fabisense free?
Fabisense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TasmoShelf free?
TasmoShelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fabisense or TasmoShelf have ads?
Neither Fabisense nor TasmoShelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fabisense or TasmoShelf?
Fabisense ships an update fortnightly, and TasmoShelf daily. Most recently, Fabisense was updated on October 25, 2026 and TasmoShelf on October 25, 2026.

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