Josh vs DogWatch App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Josh
This app offers AI-powered control for your smart home, allowing you to manage connected devices, personalize your interface, and create automations. Access your home from anywhere with intuitive touch, text, and voice commands.
- AI-powered smart home control
- Personalize home interface
- Create automations and alerts
- Intuitive touch, text, and voice commands
- Remote access to property
- Manage connected devices
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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.
DogWatch App
Monitor your pet's activity and system status with this app. Receive alerts, connect with local dealers for service, and access customer resources like manuals and training videos. Manage your pet containment system conveniently.
- Monitor pet activity trends
- Receive system alerts
- Connect with local dealers
- Register and maintain equipment
- Access customer resources
- Read the DogWatch Blog
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DogWatch has been making Hidden Dog Fence systems since 1990. We are committed to making the safest, most “pet-friendly” containment and training products in the industry. *Access your SmartFence and monitor your pet’s activity, and analyze daily, weekly and monthly trends. Receive push notifications and emails for system alerts. You can tailor your SmartFence notifications so you’ll receive only the information you need, when you need it. *Connect quickly via call, text or email with your local DogWatch dealer for service and sales. *Register and maintain your system or equipment through the app. *Customer Resources such as Manuals, Videos, and Training. *DogWatch Blog
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Josh at 87% against DogWatch App's 0%. Josh also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). DogWatch App's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 7, 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 0% of DogWatch App's.
Josh ships an update weekly, DogWatch App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | DogWatch App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 3.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | DogWatch Inc |
Customer experience
Josh
DogWatch App
Bugs and requests
Josh
Reported bugs
5 issues- App completely fails to load home
- Natural language processing fails to recognize simple commands
- App has zero memory
- Josh doesn't consistently communicate commands
- Music control is confusing and unintuitive
Requested features
6 requests- Improve music control interface
- Allow device name changes
- Enhance memory for device names
- Improve natural language processing for commands
- Better scene creation based on habits
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- Control all lights in a room at once
DogWatch App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
DogWatch App
No in-app purchases
