Comparison

Home Maintenance vs Ventilate

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

Head to head
About

Home Maintenance

Features
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Upkeep helps you stay ahead of home maintenance before small jobs turn into expensive repairs. - Build a schedule for your home, systems, and seasons - See overdue tasks, upcoming jobs, and recent completions - Read why each task matters and how to handle it - Log dates, notes, and costs for every job - Unlock Pro for unlimited tasks, reminders, full history, provider tools, cost insights, and AI advice Use Upkeep to stay organized, reduce surprises, and protect your home all year. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ventilate

Features
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If the last few days have left you drained, sticky, and unsure what to do with your windows, you are not alone. When the heat will not let go, every choice feels heavy: open and let warm air in, or close and trap the warmth you already have? Ventilate is a calm guide for exactly that moment. It looks at your local weather, your indoor temperature, and each window in your home, then tells you when to close, when to open, and where to place a fan so cool air actually reaches you. No lectures, no guilt. Just clear next steps when your head is too foggy to guess. If you have air conditioning, check the windows first. When outdoor air is actually cooler, you can cool the home and run the AC less. Ventilate does not invent a number on your bill. It tells you the moment when air from outside can do the work. Free to use • Per-window advice: close, crack open, open wide, or fan placement • Timing that follows the weather, not the clock • Cool with outdoor air first when it helps, so you use less AC • See how your indoor temperature has changed since yesterday, with a sparkline on the dashboard • Temperature history chart: 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days to see how many degrees you cooled or warmed • Fan guides for single-sided or cross-ventilation homes • Gentle reminders before the next change • Heat toolkit, Home Screen widget, Live Activity, Siri, and Shortcuts Set up once, then breathe Point your phone at each window so the app knows which way it faces and what is outside. Log your indoor temperature when you can. A thermometer helps, but you can start without one. Ventilate Pro, optional subscription Unlock outdoor air quality, pollen, UV index, and humidity on your dashboard. Pro feeds those signals into a sharper engine, so advice is clearer when cooler air is not always clean air to let in. Core window advice, history, widget, and toolkit stay free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://getventilate.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getventilate.app/privacy

Screenshots

Home Maintenance4 screens
Ventilate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ventilate at none against Home Maintenance's 3. Ventilate also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Home Maintenance sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ventilate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Maintenance ships an update every 5 months, Ventilate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Home Maintenance versus Ventilate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome MaintenanceVentilate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarol JaworskiVivace App Studio

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Home Maintenance

Subscriptions3
  • Upkeep Pro$4.991 Month
  • Upkeep Pro1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • Upkeep Pro$39.991 Year
None

Ventilate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Maintenance free?
Home Maintenance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ventilate free?
Ventilate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home Maintenance or Ventilate have ads?
Neither Home Maintenance nor Ventilate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Maintenance or Ventilate?
Home Maintenance ships an update every 5 months, and Ventilate every 5 days. Most recently, Home Maintenance was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ventilate on October 24, 2026.

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