Faxbot vs Smart Handle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faxbot
Send faxes directly from your iOS device using your FRITZ!Box. Integrate faxing into your workflow by opening PDFs, scanning documents, or writing faxes within the app. Supports multiple recipients and includes detailed transmission reports.
- Send faxes via FRITZ!Box
- Open and send PDF files
- Scan documents with iOS camera
- Create custom cover sheets
- Markup and annotate documents
- Send faxes to multiple recipients
- Detailed transmission reports
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Send faxes with your FRITZ!Box Faxbot turns your iPhone or iPad into a flexible fax client for your FRITZ!Box. Import PDFs and images, scan paper documents, write a message in the app, or create a cover sheet. Review and annotate everything before sending it to one or multiple recipients. Import PDFs and images Open files directly in Faxbot or share them from almost any other app. The document picker gives you access to iCloud Drive and compatible storage providers such as Dropbox, ownCloud, and Documents. Combine as many documents as needed, remove individual PDF pages, and use password-protected PDFs or files that already contain annotations. Scan paper documents Capture documents with the iOS camera. Intelligent document detection turns your scans into a PDF that is ready to review and send. Write faxes and add cover sheets Need to send a quick note? Compose it directly in Faxbot—no other app required. You can also add a cover sheet to imported documents. Markup and annotations Sign documents or add drawings, symbols, arrows, text, highlights, and a magnifier. You can also insert a blank page and edit it directly in the app. Transmission reports After each fax, Faxbot creates a detailed transmission report and stores it with the sent document. Requirements • FRITZ!Box Fon • FRITZ!OS 6.00 or later
Smart Handle
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The App is used to operate and manage the “Smart Handle”, which requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 4S above. Smart Handle is a door handle which can lock/unlock your door using your smartphone’s Bluetooth. Keep your phone in your pocket or purse and just press the power button on the handle to open. It can replace your existing handles with no modification. You can issue and share a key to anyone via your favorite messaging App or SMS , even for a specific date and time. Check unlocking records to see lock/unlock events for all users. You can view the user list and manage other user’s unlocking permissions. If you don’t need to use the Smart Handle function, you can set up the handle as a normal handle. Smart Handle is not only easy to use but protected by our reliable security technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Handle at none against Faxbot's 1. Smart Handle also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Faxbot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smart Handle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Faxbot ships an update every 8 months, Smart Handle every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Faxbot | Smart Handle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOsy - intelligent software. | Henis Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Faxbot
- Faxbot Pro$6.99
Smart Handle
No in-app purchases









