myAI® vs Engbird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myAI®
Manage your wirelessly enabled aquarium devices remotely. Set custom lighting schedules, adjust colors, and preview changes. Features include coral acclimation mode and realistic lunar cycles.
- Remote device control
- Customizable light timers
- Color sliders and Kelvin control
- Coral acclimation mode
- Realistic lunar cycle effects
- Preset sharing and saving
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Control your AI devices with our myAI control platform. - Control any wirelessly enabled AI device. - Setup a timer with a touch of your finger for each of your light’s colors. - Share & save your customized AI Preset. - Adjust the light to your liking using color sliders or Kelvin color temperature control. - Create custom timer settings even faster with Easy Setup. - Control realistic effects like the lunar cycle. - Use our coral acclimation mode to welcome your new livestock. - Fast forward through your timers to preview your changes. Supports the following devices from AquaIllumination: - AI Blade Grow - AI Blade Glow - AI Blade Freshwater - AI Blade Refugium - AI Orbit 2 - AI Orbit 4 - AI Axis 20 - AI Axis 40 - AI Axis 90 - Prime 16HD - Hydra 32HD - Hydra 64HD - Nero 5 - Nero 3 - AI Prime - AI Prime Fresh Water - AI Prime Fuge - AI Prime HD - AI Director - AI Hydra - AI Hydra FiftyTwo - AI Hydra FiftyTwo HD - AI Hydra TwentySix - AI Hydra TwentySix HD - AI Vega - AI Nano - AI Sol
Engbird
Monitor environmental conditions like temperature and humidity with smart sensors. View real-time and historical data, export it, and manage multiple devices and users. Supports various sampling intervals and multiple languages.
- Real-time temperature and humidity display
- Configurable sampling intervals
- Historical data viewing (day, week, month, year)
- CSV data export
- Multi-sensor and multi-user support
- Multi-language support
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Engbird is the easiest way to monitor the environmental conditions affecting the things you care about. Quickly pair the app with our Temperature & Humidity Smart Sensors and enjoy the sleek interface for viewing current and past conditions.It supports the following features: - Displays Temperature & Humidity in real-time. - The sampling interval can be configured for 10s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min, 30min, record length up to 30000. - Can easily view historical data by day, week, month, year, and can export historical data in csv format. - Support a mobile phone to access multiple sensors, you can also access multiple mobile phones with the same sensor - Multi-language support: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myAI® at 2.3 against Engbird's 1.8. myAI® also leads on ratings volume (288 vs 37). Engbird's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
myAI® holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myAI® has 288 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of myAI®'s written reviews are positive against 13% of Engbird's.
myAI® ships an update every 3 months, Engbird every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myAI® | Engbird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (288 ratings) — better | 1.8 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.5% of reviews — better | 13.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C2 Development, LLC | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd |
Customer experience
myAI®
Engbird
User reviews
myAI®
From 288 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Works great
- 🤖 AI app works well
- 👍 Easy to set up and use
- 🌙 Lunar functionality works fine
- 🌱 Coral acclimation feature is great
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with constant issues
- 🔌 Bluetooth-only connectivity is limiting
- 🕰️ Time/date issues cause schedule problems
- 🤯 Complicated and unintuitive interface
- 🚫 Unreliable connectivity and frequent timeouts
Engbird
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works well
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Stores historical data
- 👍 Graphs temperature and humidity
- 👍 Bluetooth connectivity works well
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on launch after updates
- 🐛 Unreliable connection and data collection
- 🐛 Inaccurate temperature and humidity readings
- 🐛 Graphs and UI are difficult to use
- 🔋 Drains batteries quickly
Bugs and requests
myAI®
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after updates
- Lighting schedules not working properly
- Devices not recognized or disconnecting
- Time/date resets to incorrect values
- Acclimation mode gets stuck or doesn't work
Requested features
5 requests- Add preset saving and loading
- Enable WiFi connectivity
- Improve app organization and navigation
- Provide detailed instructions and tutorials
- Add smart home integration capabilities
Engbird
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on startup after updates
- Bluetooth connection issues, sensors not detected
- Temperature and humidity values displayed incorrectly
- Graph time scales do not match actual data
- Sensor names not displayed in app
Requested features
5 requests- Add push notifications for temperature/humidity alerts
- Improve graph functionality (zoom, customize, etc.)
- Allow calibration of temperature and humidity sensors
- Provide more detailed historical data export options
- Add support for multiple sensors/devices in one view
In-app purchases
myAI®
No in-app purchases
Engbird
No in-app purchases
