5 Thermometer Apps To Use When You Don’t Have One

Thermometers are handy tools with which we can measure how hot or cold an object or a person is. This feature makes them ideal to use to detect someone who has a fever.

Unfortunately, not everyone has the time or the foresight to buy a thermometer to measure someone or themselves to see if they have a fever or not.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing despite the many vaccines and lower infection rates and active cases, it’s best to have one by your side, just in case.

Fortunately, technological advances have made it possible to turn your everyday smartphone into a thermometer or a temperature monitoring device.

Here are some thermometer apps that you can download on both iOS and Android phones.

iCelsius

iCelsius is a good thermometer app for those without a real one. According to its Apple App Store page, it shows and plots temperature data to help you determine whether or not your body temperature is improving.

Aside from the graphs, users can set alarms on the app that alert the user if their body temperature is above or below a certain range.

Unfortunately, the app requires a USB probe designed by iCelsius to use all of the app’s features. This can be a bummer as the probe’s asking price could be better spent with an average thermometer.

However, it has some advantages over regular thermometers. According to iCelsius, the probe is made of stainless steel and is waterproof. It can cover a range of -40 degrees Celsius to 120 degrees Celsius and can be connected to an iOS or Android device.

Thermo: Temperature App Check

Thermo is a good choice for families who look after each other when one or more members are down. According to its Apple App Store page, it records the daily temperature of each family member with a handy thermometer and saves the results.

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According to its Apple App Store page, it records the daily temperature of each family member with a handy thermometer and saves the results.

It also charts and graphs the results it gets to help you determine whether or not you or a family member is getting better.

Unfortunately, you’ll need to purchase the premium version to unlock the program’s entire feature list for $9.99.

Fever Scout

Much like the first two apps, Fever Scout is an app that helps people monitor their temperature or others with a device that can be connected to their device with a cord, Wi-Fi or BlueTooth.

Unlike them, however, the app works with a Fever Scout patch to tell a person’s temperature and sends its findings to the app via a wireless connection.

According to the Google Play Store, the app is ideal for busy parents caring for unwell children.

iThermometer

iThermometer acts much like a real thermometer on the fly if you don’t have the right thing handy. According to its Apple App Store page, it comes with 24/7 monitoring with the iThermometer sensor that takes your temperature every four seconds and puts it on a graph for you to read.

It also has an alert that tells you if your temperature exceeds a certain limit or range.

Finally, iThermometer comes with free access to the Fever Management Information framework – Thermia, which is licensed from Boston Children’s Hospital.

Vicks SmartTemp Thermometer

Vicks SmarTemp Thermometer is another app to collect and record temperature that families can refer to. Its Google Play Store page says it can take temperatures for each family member and record them along with the dates, times and locations where they were taken.

It also comes with FeverInsight, a feature that provides you with what you need to understand the meaning of a temperature. Thanks to this feature, the application screen will change from green to yellow, to red depending on the reading.

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