Comparison

HUUM vs Pongo Meetup

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

Pongo Meetup

Features
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Pongo keeps your mahjong night on the calendar. Pick a date and time, invite your friends, and everyone says yes or no in one place. Track who is hosting, who is bringing tiles, and who is bringing a table. That is the whole job. No more "who's in for Thursday?" across a text thread that never ends. Pongo is friends-first. Connect with the people you actually play with, then pull them into a game in a tap. Play with the same crew every week? Save them as a group and invite them all at once. What you can do: - Propose a meetup with one date and time, and invite your friends. - Friends RSVP so the host knows who is in. - See who is hosting, who is bringing the table, and who is bringing tiles. - Chat with your group in one place, not five different threads. - Record who won after the night. Your games and wins roll up on your profile on their own. Nothing to hand-enter. - Pick the NMJL card year you play, and Pongo flags any invitee who does not own it. Built for American Mahjong (NMJL) and made to grow with other styles. Mahjong is a game with Chinese origins, and Pongo keeps that visible. We modernize the planning around the game, not the game itself. Pongo is free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Made for the host who keeps the night going.

Screenshots

HUUM4 screens
Pongo Meetup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HUUM at 16.4 against Pongo Meetup's 18.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HUUM versus Pongo Meetup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHUUMPongo Meetup
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHUUMOutergy Group, LLC

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
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  • 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

Pongo Meetup

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HUUM

No in-app purchases

None

Pongo Meetup

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HUUM free?
HUUM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pongo Meetup free?
Pongo Meetup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HUUM or Pongo Meetup have ads?
Neither HUUM nor Pongo Meetup shows ads.

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