Comparison

HUUM vs Verba

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

Head to head
About

HUUM

Control your sauna remotely with this app. Schedule heating times and receive notifications when your sauna reaches the desired temperature, ensuring a perfectly heated experience upon arrival.

Highlights
  • Remote sauna heating
  • Scheduled heating times
  • Calendar bookings
  • Temperature notifications
  • Mobile control
Features
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Your sauna, ready when you are. The HUUM app puts full control of your sauna in your pocket. Heat it up on your way home, fine-tune the temperature from the bench, and keep an eye on every session wherever you are. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start, stop, and adjust your sauna remotely • Set the exact target temperature and session duration • Schedule sessions by day, time, and temperature, including recurring bookings • Watch live status, current and target temperature, and heating progress • Manage multiple saunas from a single view • Track your sauna hours and browse your full session history • Get clear, real-time alerts for doors, connection, and safety BUILT FOR SAFETY Remote start is enabled only when your sauna's safety is confirmed through the UKU control panel, so you stay in control at all times. Works with HUUM saunas equipped with the UKU controller and a Wi-Fi connection. Less fiddling. More leil.

About

Verba

Manage content for a smart ePaper display device. Create or download collections of cards featuring quotes, affirmations, jokes, and poems to be shown on the device. Customize display settings like fonts and cycle times.

Highlights
  • Manage Verba device content
  • Create custom content decks
  • Download pre-made content decks
  • Push content to Verba display
  • Customize fonts and layout
  • Adjust display cycle time
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Verba's mission is to inspire positive transformation through the power of words. We aim to enhance daily lives by delivering meaningful content on our beautifully designed ePaper display. Verba seeks to foster a sense of motivation, reflection, and connection, empowering individuals to embrace the profound impact words can have on personal growth! This app is used to manage content on the Verba device. The Verba uses decks, which are a collection of cards that hold content - such as quotes, affirmations, jokes, poems, etc. Decks can be downloaded in the app or created manually. These decks can then be pushed to the Verba for display. Users can change the Verba fonts, cycle time, layout, and more!

Screenshots

HUUM4 screens
Verba4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Verba at 100% against HUUM's 11%. Verba also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). HUUM's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Verba holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HUUM has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of HUUM's written reviews are positive against 100% of Verba's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HUUM versus Verba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHUUMVerba
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (29 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHUUMBURBANK TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED

Customer experience

HUUM

All ratings29 ratings
Positive31.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative62.1%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive10.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative85.0%

Verba

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HUUM

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • App randomly switches to Estonian/Finnish/Swedish
  • Temperature control stops working after updates
  • Scheduler/timer functionality broken
  • Remote start feature randomly disables
  • App won't open or becomes unresponsive
Show 16 more
  • Login loops and credential rejection
  • Door sensor falsely reports 'door open'
  • Sauna turns off mid-heating without reason
  • Light controls unresponsive or delayed
  • Calendar/scheduling closes app
  • Password reset emails don't work
  • App incompatible with latest iOS versions
  • Notifications not working on newer phones
  • Sauna ID retrieval issues
  • Temperature scroll functionality broken
  • Auto-start toggle disabled but still visible
  • Unexpected €420-500 charges during setup
  • App logs out on every action
  • Duplicate commands cause unexpected behavior
  • Modal pages get stuck and freeze app
  • Repeat scheduling function inaccurate

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Temperature reached notifications
  • Ability to cancel/edit bookings
  • Google Home/Alexa integration
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  • Better visual feedback for on/off status
  • In-app help documentation and instructions
  • Language selection button always visible
  • Advanced statistics and analytics
  • User community map feature
  • Persistent language preference storage
  • Confirmation dialogs for critical actions

Verba

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HUUM

No in-app purchases

None

Verba

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HUUM free?
HUUM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verba free?
Verba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HUUM or Verba?
Verba is rated higher. HUUM averages 2.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Verba averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do HUUM or Verba have ads?
Neither HUUM nor Verba shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HUUM or Verba?
HUUM ships an update monthly, and Verba monthly. Most recently, HUUM was updated on October 24, 2026 and Verba on October 14, 2026.

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