Josh vs Marvin Home
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.
Marvin Home
Automate your windows, skylights, and doors to adapt to your preferences. Enjoy fresher air, better light, and unobstructed views with effortless control.
- Automated window control
- Skylight automation
- Door automation
- Dynamic adaptation to preferences
- Enhanced light control
- Improved air circulation
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Enjoy fresher air, enhanced light, and maximum views with automated windows, skylights, and doors that dynamically adapt based on personal preferences for effortless convenience and control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Josh at 4.8 against Marvin Home's 4.1. Josh also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Marvin Home's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18). 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
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, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 50% of Marvin Home's.
Josh ships an update weekly, Marvin Home every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | Marvin Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 4.1 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Marvin Commercial Solutions |
Customer experience
Josh
Marvin Home
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
Marvin Home
No in-app purchases
