Comparison

Thermal Status vs CoolGuard

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

Head to head
About

Thermal Status

Monitor your device's temperature in real-time to understand its performance. Get alerts before your device slows down due to overheating during demanding tasks like gaming or charging. Widgets offer quick status checks without opening the app.

Highlights
  • Real-time thermal monitoring
  • Temperature status (Cool, Warm, Hot, Critical)
  • Battery level and charging status
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Overheating notifications
  • Performance throttling alerts
Features
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Thermal Measure tells you exactly how hard your device is working, before it starts slowing down. Your phone quietly manages its own temperature in the background. When things heat up during gaming, charging, or heavy use, system begins throttling performance to protect the hardware. Thermal Measure surfaces that information clearly, so you always know what's going on. REAL-TIME MONITORING The main dashboard shows your device's current thermal state: Cool, Warm, Hot, or Critical, updated as frequently as every 5 seconds. Battery level and charging status are shown alongside, giving you the full picture at a glance. HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Unlock Thermal Measure Pro and put your thermal state right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Five widget sizes available: small, medium, and three Lock Screen variants, so you can check in without ever opening the app. STAY AHEAD OF THROTTLING Enable notifications and get alerted the moment your device's thermal state escalates. No more wondering why your phone feels sluggish. You will know before it affects you.

About

CoolGuard

This app monitors your phone's temperature, providing real-time heat levels and alerts to prevent performance issues and battery aging. It also functions as a customizable night clock with alarms and displays local weather information.

Highlights
  • Live heat level monitoring
  • Heat trend and log with map
  • Customizable alerts and cooling tips
  • Night clock with sleep mode
  • Multiple alarms with system integration
  • Outdoor weather display
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island widgets
Features
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CoolGuard keeps an eye on your phone's heat — and at night, it's the clock on your nightstand. A hot iPhone runs slower, its battery ages faster, and in summer it heats up within moments in the sun or while gaming, navigating, or charging. CoolGuard shows you where your phone stands on a four-level scale (Normal, Slightly Warm, Hot, Critical), warns you in time, and tells you what to do. HEAT MONITORING • Live heat level on the main screen, with a color-coded ring and a quick tip • Heat Trend: 1-hour and 24-hour curves in a banded or clean style — drag your finger to read the details • Heat Log with calendar and map: when and where your phone got hot • Alerts from the level you choose: push notifications, sound alerts, quiet hours • Monitor Mode: background monitoring, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Cooling tips and a carefully curated selection of active coolers NIGHT CLOCK AND ALARM • Sleep Mode: dark screen with just the clock and the outdoor temperature — three sizes, your choice of color • Alarms: up to 10, repeating daily; on iOS 26 and later they ring through the system alarm, even when your phone is silenced • Landscape view: big clock, swipeable alarm bar, brightness slider • Burn-in protection: slow pixel drift and dimming to keep your display safe • 12- or 24-hour clock, with seconds if you like WEATHER • Outdoor temperature, with today's and tomorrow's highs and lows • Weather face in the ring: the sun and moon travel around it from sunrise to sunset • A warning on dangerously hot days WIDGET • Small: thermometer, weather, battery level, clock • Medium: adds the heat trend curve and the date • Works on the Lock Screen, too BATTERY • Battery Health and cycle count, compared month by month with your phone's heat MORE • 50 languages, Celsius or Fahrenheit • Private by design: no ads, no analytics, no accounts — your Heat Log never leaves your phone • Free — you can support development with a tip Note: iOS doesn't expose exact temperatures to apps — CoolGuard shows Apple's four official thermal levels.

Screenshots

Thermal Status4 screens
CoolGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CoolGuard at free against Thermal Status's free with in-app purchases. Thermal Status's advantage is ratings volume (57 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Thermal Status sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CoolGuard sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Thermal Status against 4.7 for CoolGuard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thermal Status has 57 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Thermal Status versus CoolGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThermal StatusCoolGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (57 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better3
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuthfi Misbachul MunirNorbert Pentek

Customer experience

Thermal Status

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

CoolGuard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Thermal Status

One-time1
  • Thermal Status Pro$1.99
3 purchases

CoolGuard

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Large tip$9.99

Questions

Is Thermal Status free?
Thermal Status is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoolGuard free?
CoolGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thermal Status or CoolGuard?
Thermal Status and CoolGuard are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 57 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Thermal Status or CoolGuard have ads?
Neither Thermal Status nor CoolGuard shows ads.

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