Comparison

Thermowire vs SoilDoc

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

Head to head
About

Thermowire

This utility app assists in cooking by monitoring food temperatures with a connected probe. It offers pre-set and custom food profiles, audible alarms when desired temperatures are reached, and the ability to track cooking progress with graphs. Users can also share their culinary creations on social media.

Highlights
  • Temperature probe integration
  • Pre-set and custom food profiles
  • Audible temperature alarms
  • Real-time cooking graphs
  • Social media sharing
  • Countdown and stopwatch
  • CSV data export
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Thermowire is designed to take the guesswork out of cooking and help make you a better cook. Used in conjunction with a state-of-the-art temperature probe, Thermowire allows you to boil grill, or roast anything to perfection. The app is preloaded with various food profiles, which can be selected to indicate the optimum internal temperature. You can also create your own profile with your own customizable temperature settings. When the internal temperature you set has been reached, an alarm will sound. This means you no longer need to poke, prod, and worry about whether your meal is over or undercooked! This is a unique device that employs an innovative method to measure and display temperature on you iOS devices. Thermowire is not just a thermometer; it allows to you share you most fantastical creations on social media too! Detail about Thermowire can be found at http://www.lavatools.co. The app will operate in simulation mode when the Thermowire probe is not connected to iOS device. FEATURES: - Wide temperature range and highly accurate - °C and °F changeable - 13 default profiles with various cooking temperature pre-programmed - 8 custom cooking profiles available for users to create - Maximum three settable temperature alarms - Push notification implemented for remote monitoring - Countdown and stopwatch - Graph plotting with extension and contraction for easy viewing - Graph information can be time stamped and sent out - Graph data export as CSV - Capture feature available for user to share cooking result with the world in both picture and text to create a social media community - Airprint support - Post to Facebook, Twitter directly

About

SoilDoc

Features
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Soil structure is an essential component of soil fertility. The spade diagnosis is a suitable method for assessing the soil structure and other attributes of soil quality from observations such as odour, colour, roots, soil particles or soil layers. The SoilDoc app guides you through the spade diagnosis and the observations for a complete assessment of a selected soil. The app can replace former printed instructions. The SoilDoc app asks questions about the soil, which can be answered with a simple click. Additional information and example pictures help to find the answers. During the evaluation, the app collects all observations made and generates a report. The report is stored on the mobile phone and can then be exported in csv, txt or html format and saved as a PDF file on a computer. The simple archiving of the observations facilitates the comparison of different surveys at the same location.

Screenshots

Thermowire4 screens
SoilDoc2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thermowire at every 6 weeks against SoilDoc's every 8 months. Thermowire also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13). 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

Thermowire ships an update every 6 weeks, SoilDoc every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Thermowire versus SoilDoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThermowireSoilDoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLavatoolsForschungsinstitut fur biologischen Landbau FiBL

In-app purchases

None

Thermowire

No in-app purchases

None

SoilDoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thermowire free?
Thermowire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoilDoc free?
SoilDoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thermowire or SoilDoc have ads?
Neither Thermowire nor SoilDoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thermowire or SoilDoc?
Thermowire ships an update every 6 weeks, and SoilDoc every 8 months. Most recently, Thermowire was updated on June 10, 2026 and SoilDoc on September 18, 2026.

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