Josh vs iGUIDE PLANIX
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.
iGUIDE PLANIX
Capture, measure, and showcase interior spaces with precision. Transform property data into accurate floor plans and interactive 3D virtual tours. Streamlines connection, capture, and upload for professionals using PLANIX Pro or R1 camera systems.
- Precise floor plan creation
- Interactive 3D virtual tours
- Easy camera connection
- Full camera control
- Seamless data upload
- Automatic firmware updates
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With iGUIDE, quickly capture, measure, and showcase any interior space with precision. Turn your property data into accurate floor plans, interactive 3D virtual tours, and detailed information that’s accessible online. Designed for professionals using PLANIX Pro or the latest R1 camera system, the PLANIX App streamlines connection, capture and upload – making it faster than ever to create iGUIDEs. Top features: · Easy camera connection: Connect to your PLANIX camera with ease. · Multiple camera management: Choose from and manage saved cameras directly in the app. · Full camera control: Take control of your PLANIX camera for smooth, accurate captures. · Seamless data upload: Easily upload project data to the iGUIDE Portal for quick processing. · Automatic firmware updates: Keep your PLANIX camera updated with the latest features and enhancements. Start creating iGUIDEs effortlessly with your PLANIX camera and experience a new standard in property data accuracy. Learn more about iGUIDE and PLANIX cameras at goiguide.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Josh at 115 against iGUIDE PLANIX's 5. Josh also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). iGUIDE PLANIX's advantage is iOS requirement (15.8 vs 18). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Josh against 4.8 for iGUIDE PLANIX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 115 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 83% of iGUIDE PLANIX's.
Josh ships an update weekly, iGUIDE PLANIX fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Josh | iGUIDE PLANIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (115 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.8 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh.ai Inc | Planitar |
Customer experience
Josh
iGUIDE PLANIX
In-app purchases
Josh
No in-app purchases
iGUIDE PLANIX
No in-app purchases
