MOBILE vs myPWS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOBILE
Monitor your home's condition remotely with wireless sensors and a central gateway. Receive instant push notifications for any detected issues, allowing you to prevent potential damage and ensure your peace of mind.
- Remote home monitoring
- Wireless sensor integration
- Instant push notifications
- Customizable alarm limits
- Expandable sensor system
- Plug & Play installation
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The plus in safety You want to know what your flat or house is doing right now - with the MOBILE ALERTS home monitoring system you can easily find out about its condition: - Are all windows and doors closed? - Is the freezer cold enough? - Can I leave the washing machine running unattended? - Has the power failed? All these questions will be answered in the future by the MOBILE ALERTS home monitoring system in this practical app in combination with various wireless sensors for your home. All you need to operate this app is the necessary hardware, consisting of the gateway and at least one sensor of your choice (e.g. MOBILE ALERTS Starterkit MA 10001 Set) and an internet connection. Via the Internet connection and the gateway, the MOBILE ALERTS app enables you to call up all the information from your home on your smartphone anywhere in the world. The sensors permanently monitor the current data and report malfunctions automatically and immediately via push notification to your smartphone, whereby greater damage can be avoided by targeted action. The simple installation enables every user to monitor the house at any time in just 5 steps: Once you have downloaded the permanently free MOBILE ALERTS app from the Appstore, it is immediately ready for use after installation thanks to Plug&Play. A personal registration is not necessary. Now connect the gateway to the power supply unit and your router. Then insert batteries in the selected wireless sensors. Open the app, scan in the codes of the wireless sensors and you can access all the recorded data with your smartphone and check the current status of your home - anytime, anywhere. The whole process is completed within 2 minutes at the latest. The app's self-explanatory, graphical user interface is intuitive to use and can be individually adapted to your needs. Define an individual name for each wireless sensor and set up specific alarm limits yourself. If these alarm limits are exceeded, the wireless sensors immediately report the fault to your smartphone and thus offer you the PLUS in security. The MOBILE ALERTS system can be expanded with many other wireless sensors as required. In addition to temperature monitoring, these provide additional data on air humidity, water temperature, leaking water, information on open and closed windows or doors and much more. The MOBILE ALERTS system can be used with many other IoT systems via the Conrad Connect IoT platform. In addition, there is support for the common language assistants. We are continuously working on the range of our sensors. Further information, an overview of all available sensors and an additional video for installation can be found in your app under INFO or at www.mobile-alerts.eu.
myPWS
View detailed weather data from your personal weather station and over 250,000 others worldwide. Analyze readings with extensive diagrams, compare stations, and export data.
- View personal and public weather station data
- Detailed historical data diagrams
- Compare multiple weather stations
- Export data (CSV, PDF, graphics)
- Cache and export data via iCloud
- Add multiple stations to list
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The app for PWS owners and 'Weather Underground' contributors, exclusively for iOS and WatchOS! You own a weather station that submits measurement data to Wunderground.com (WeatherUnderground)? You want to get a quick overview, as well as detailed diagrams with the readings of your weather station and those of more than 250,000 other weather stations of the Wunderground network? Then myPWS is exactly the right app for you! All you need is: your personal API key, which will be created in your personal account on Wunderground.com for you to retrieve. Once you've configured access to Wunderground.com for myPWS by entering your API key, myPWS will let you view the latest readings from your weather station, as well as any other weather station registered on Wunderground.com. You can use an area map to search for near or far weather stations all over the world and have them displayed for detailed diagrams and current readings. myPWS offers you extensive diagrams with the • measured values of the current and the previous day • the last 7 days (per hour / per day) • any day in the past* • monthly data* • yearly data* • data of two PWS in one single comparison chart* • combined data of one PWS in a single chart* • wind direction chart* Up to two different types of data can be displayed together in a diagram, e.g. to look at temperature and air pressure together in one graph. Furthermore you can • cache and export data via iCloud our email to your other devices on which you also use myPWS*. This saves data API calls which are limited to 1,500 per day through Wunderground.com via your API key • add more than two stations to your station list* • export diagram data via CSV, PDF or as graphics* • email - export raw measurement data as provided by Underground Please note: myPWS requires a Wunderground.com account and a PWS (Personal Weather Station) registered in your account. By registering a PWS you will receive an API key which is needed for the retrieval of data from the Wunderground network by myPWS. The access to PWS measurement data via the Wunderground data server depends on the availability of the WU infrastructure and the WU API services, which are not under the control of the manufacturers of the myPWS app. * Available as a one-time In App purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MOBILE at none against myPWS's 11. MOBILE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). myPWS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (565 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. myPWS sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. MOBILE asks for nothing beyond the download.
MOBILE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myPWS has 565 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of MOBILE's written reviews are positive against 71% of myPWS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MOBILE ships an update every 6 months, myPWS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MOBILE | myPWS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (565 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 565 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DATA INFORMATION SERVICES GmbH | Totalidea Software GmbH |
Customer experience
MOBILE
myPWS
Bugs and requests
MOBILE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
myPWS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Watch app crashes after updates
- Historical data not loading properly
- Incorrect wind direction display
Requested features
5 requests- Home screen widgets
- Ability to graph wind speed separately
- Consolidated in-app purchase options
- Custom notification settings
- Integration with other weather data sources
In-app purchases
MOBILE
No in-app purchases
myPWS
- myPWS Special Graphs$1.99
- Voluntary myPWS tip$1.99
- myPWS Data Charts Day$3.99
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- myPWS Data Charts Month$3.99
- Voluntary myPWS tip$3.99
- Cache Manager + Yearly Charts$3.99
- myPWS Data Charts Days+Months$4.99
- myPWS Apple Watch Pack$4.99
- myPWS Feature Pack$8.99
- Voluntary myPWS tip$8.99
- Unlock Everything$22.99









