Comparison

Josh vs ProperFix

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ProperFix

Manage all your home services in one place. Request repairs, track jobs, pay invoices, and get emergency help instantly. It also keeps a full profile of your home's systems and provides automated seasonal maintenance scheduling.

Highlights
  • Instant repair requests
  • Real-time job tracking
  • One-tap invoice payment
  • Approve quotes remotely
  • Full home profile management
  • 24/7 emergency service
  • Automated seasonal maintenance
Features
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ProperFix puts your entire home in one app. Submit a repair request in seconds. Track every job from start to finish. Get emergency help at 3am. Know exactly who is showing up and when. Pay invoices with one tap. ProperFix handles it all so you don't have to think about it. WHAT YOU CAN DO Request service in 30 seconds. Pick a trade, snap a photo, hit submit. We take it from there. Track every job in real time. See when your tech is on the way, what they did, and what it cost. Photos before and after on every visit. Pay invoices with one tap. Apple Pay, card on file, auto pay if you want it. No more chasing paperwork. Approve quotes from your phone. We send vetted vendor estimates straight to your home screen. Approve, decline, or ask a question with one tap. Get a full home profile. Every appliance, system, roof, HVAC, and water heater tracked in one place. Service history. Warranty status. Lifecycle alerts. Yes Desk concierge. Need a handyman, a mover, a cleaner, a contractor, or someone to wait for the cable guy? Text us. We handle it. 24/7 emergency line. Burst pipe at midnight. Heat out on a Sunday. Tree on the roof. Tap once, we dispatch. Seasonal maintenance, automated. Spring activations, fall winterizations, gutter cleanings, chimney sweeps, all scheduled and tracked so nothing falls through the cracks. WHO IT IS FOR Homeowners who are tired of juggling 20 contractors, missed appointments, and surprise bills. Whether you have one home or several, ProperFix is the one number you call. WHAT MAKES PROPERFIX DIFFERENT One trusted phone number for everything home related. We coordinate the vendor, the schedule, the quote, the payment, and the follow up. You stay in your day. We handle your home. Vetted, insured pros only. Every contractor in the network is screened, licensed where required, and accountable to ProperFix standards. Transparent pricing. No surprise charges. Every quote is reviewed before it hits your inbox. White glove service for every home. Whether it is a routine filter change or a full roof replacement, you get the same dedicated coordination. Get started in under two minutes. Add your address, snap a few photos of your appliances, and you are done. We pull the rest. Download ProperFix and stop worrying about your home.

Screenshots

Josh4 screens
ProperFix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Josh at none against ProperFix's shown. Josh also leads on ratings volume (114 vs 5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ProperFix's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Josh against 5.0 for ProperFix. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Josh has 114 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Josh's written reviews are positive against 100% of ProperFix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Josh ships an update weekly, ProperFix every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Josh versus ProperFix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoshProperFix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (114 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings114 — better5
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1816.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh.ai IncProper Fix Group Inc.

Customer experience

Josh

All ratings114 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral0.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%

ProperFix

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Josh

No in-app purchases

None

ProperFix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Josh free?
Josh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ProperFix free?
ProperFix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Josh or ProperFix?
ProperFix is rated higher. Josh averages 4.9 out of 5 from 114 ratings, while ProperFix averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Josh or ProperFix have ads?
ProperFix shows ads; Josh does not.
Which is updated more often, Josh or ProperFix?
Josh ships an update weekly, and ProperFix every 5 days. Most recently, Josh was updated on October 13, 2026 and ProperFix on October 6, 2026.

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