Josh vs Alibi Cloud VS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
Control your smart home with an AI-powered platform. Personalize your experience by adjusting settings, creating automations, and accessing devices from anywhere. Enjoy intuitive control through touch, text, and voice commands for the whole family.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home intelligence
- Create automations and alerts
- Access property from anywhere
- Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
- Customizable dashboards and interfaces
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Josh.ai: AI powered smart home control. Powered by Josh.ai's award winning software platform AI OS, the Josh App provides seamless access to your connected devices and dynamic tools to personalize your home intelligence experience to the fullest. Refine administrative settings, adjust a home's floor plan, nickname devices, create automations and alerts, and add custom photos to your bespoke interface. Access your property from anywhere and easily navigate to what's important. Simply swipe from the Interactive Home Page to access custom dashboards, areas, devices, and scenes. The Josh.ai platform is designed to empower every member of the family with intuitive control and intelligent assistance through touch, text, and natural voice commands. Note: The Josh App requires a valid software plan and accompanies Josh hardware, which is exclusively available through certified home technology professionals. Visit www.josh.ai for more information.
Alibi Cloud VS
Monitor your security cameras remotely. View live feeds, access recorded footage, and receive instant alerts for motion, sound, or heat detection. Adjust camera angles and zoom, and save snapshots directly to your device.
- Live camera streaming
- Recorded footage playback
- Motion/sound/heat detection alerts
- Camera angle and zoom control
- Snapshot saving
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Features * Watch the live streams of your cameras * Watch recorded footage * Receive push notifications when your camera detects objects, motion, sound or heat * Manage your cameras angle and zoom in & out * Store snapshots on your device (Supported features depend on camera features)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Josh at 90% against Alibi Cloud VS's 25%. Josh also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Alibi Cloud VS's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Josh holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 114 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 25% of Alibi Cloud VS's.
Josh ships an update weekly, Alibi Cloud VS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | Alibi Cloud VS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (114 ratings) — better | 2.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Observint Technologies |
Customer experience
Josh
Alibi Cloud VS
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
Alibi Cloud VS
No in-app purchases
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