What we believe
Why Stovyn.
Five beliefs that shape every product decision. The product is downstream of these.
Belief 1
The cook stays in control
Stovyn does not turn your stove off. We considered it; we chose against it. A device that auto-shuts during a critical sear can ruin food, leave meat at unsafe temperature, or interrupt a long-running boil at exactly the wrong moment. Worse, it teaches cooks to stop paying attention because "the device will handle it." Stovyn alerts. The human decides. That is the right division of labor.
Means: when Stovyn fires, you make the call. Walk over, look at the burner, decide if it stays or comes off.
Belief 2
No video stream. Period.
The Pro model has a camera. The camera processes images on the device — locally, with detection models that run on the hardware in front of you. There is no live stream. Snapshots stay on the device flash for diagnostics and are not displayed in the app or the web portal. The Standard model has no camera at all. We make no claim that this is a flexible position. We will not change it.
Means: a camera that cannot accidentally become a surveillance device. The strongest privacy posture in the category.
Belief 3
Layered safety. Always.
Stovyn is not a UL 217 smoke alarm. It is not a UL 268 smoke alarm. It is not a UL 2034 carbon-monoxide alarm. It does not call 911. We say this loudly because the alternative — implying we replace certified safety devices — kills people. Stovyn is an earlier alert layer that catches the unattended pot before smoke develops. Pair it with a working smoke alarm and a Class K extinguisher. Always.
Means: you keep your smoke alarm. Test it monthly. Stovyn adds a layer; it does not subtract one.
Belief 4
No mandatory subscription for safety
Phone push notifications, device-speaker beep, and trusted-contact SMS escalation all work on the one-time purchase. Forever. We will not put the safety baseline behind a paywall. If we ever charge for advanced features (extended history, exports, fleet tools), the safety alerts stay free.
Means: $99 once for Standard, $199 once for Pro. Your monthly bill does not go up.
Belief 5
Honest about what we are not
Stovyn is a monitor, not a fire alarm. It catches the unattended-cooking case earlier than smoke alarms do — that is its job — but it is not certified to replace anything. We do not claim 95% detection rates we have not measured. We do not claim "AI" features that are pattern matching. We say "best-effort" when something is best-effort and "always" when something is always. Reading our marketing is supposed to be a calmer experience than reading the competition's.
Means: when we say something works, it works. When we say it might not, it might not. That symmetry is the brand.
The product follows the beliefs.
Two models. Both designed around what is on this page. Standard is thermal-only, no camera, $99 one-time. Pro adds an on-device camera with no streaming, $199 one-time. Both ship with the same alert escalation and the same risk-reversal — 30-day returns, free return shipping, 90-day warranty.
Read more
The founder story
Why Prabhakar built Stovyn after a fatal kitchen fire that a smoke alarm caught too late.
Privacy posture, in detail
What Stovyn collects, what it does not, and why.
Honestly compared
Stovyn vs Inirv vs FireAvert vs Wallflower.
Stove fire prevention guide
NFPA-aligned. Read this whether or not you buy Stovyn.