Comparison

Window Season vs Coolhouse

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

Head to head
About

Window Season

Features
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Know when to open your windows. Window Season is a tool for helping decide when to open your windows for passive cooling. It watches the temperature, air quality, and rain for the places you care about and gives you one clear call: open up, or keep them closed. Set your comfort range once and it tracks the rest, hour by hour. • Open now or closed now, at a glance • What's next, like "Close at 8 PM" • Whether you should open overnight • Air quality and rain handled automatically • Adjustable comfort settings • Home & Lock Screen widgets on iOS • Apple Watch app, complications, and widgets

About

Coolhouse

Features
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Coolhouse — should you open the windows? During hot weather, the right move isn't always obvious: opening at the wrong time heats your home up. Coolhouse tells you whether to open or close your windows right now — and when — to keep the inside cool, without air conditioning. The app compares your city's outdoor temperature with your indoor temperature in real time, and applies rules drawn from scientific studies. Nothing is made up. What Coolhouse does: • A clear verdict at a glance: OPEN, CLOSE or airing possible • The right window to ventilate, hour by hour • Tropical night warning (overnight low ≥ 20 °C / 68 °F) • Estimated indoor temperature, adjustable to how it actually feels • Next action to plan ahead (“remember to close before noon”) • Automatic location or manual city search — your last place is remembered Science-based advice: Every rule is sourced and viewable in the app — including the WHO and building thermal-comfort standards (EN 16798-1, ASHRAE 55, CIBSE). Your privacy: No account, no ads. Your location is used only to fetch local weather and is never shared. — Thermal-comfort guidance, not medical advice. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.

Screenshots

Window Season4 screens
Coolhouse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Window Season at every 2 days against Coolhouse's weekly. Coolhouse's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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

Window Season ships an update every 2 days, Coolhouse weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Window Season versus Coolhouse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindow SeasonCoolhouse
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary ColemanArnaud Allouis

In-app purchases

None

Window Season

No in-app purchases

None

Coolhouse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Window Season free?
Window Season is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coolhouse free?
Coolhouse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Window Season or Coolhouse have ads?
Neither Window Season nor Coolhouse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Window Season or Coolhouse?
Window Season ships an update every 2 days, and Coolhouse weekly. Most recently, Window Season was updated on September 20, 2026 and Coolhouse on September 9, 2026.

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