B vs DriveDossier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B
Control and monitor your sprinklers from anywhere with this smart watering app. It offers intelligent scheduling based on local weather and soil conditions, or customizable manual programs. An integrated audit tool helps optimize water usage and save money.
- Remote sprinkler control
- Smart watering schedules
- Weather-based adjustments
- Customizable programs
- Integrated irrigation audit tool
- Water usage optimization
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The B-hyve smart sprinkler timer app allows you to control or monitor your sprinklers from anywhere in the world with the convenience of your smart device. Smart Watering Knowing how long and how often to water your plants can be challenging. When set to smart watering mode, B-hyve takes the guesswork out of watering and utilizes Mother Nature, along with some really great technology, to determine the watering schedule for your yard. When set and left in smart watering mode, B-hyve can save users as much as 50% more water over a traditional controller. Weather When set in smart mode, B-hyve uses local weather data to determine how much water is evaporated and transpired through your plants each day to know when it needs to water. It also accounts for any rainfall that is in the forecast, shuts off the system for rain, then looks back to see how much actually fell. That’s smart! But all yards are not the same. B-hyve also takes into account things like soil type, plant type, sun/shade and slope to determine a watering schedule that takes the water to the roots and helps avoid runoff. WeatherSense If you want to be the one in control of the schedule, that’s okay too. With B-hyve you can set custom programs to water how you want while still taking advantage of the local weather data to override watering in case of a weather event. This will shut off your system during the rain and resume your program when the rain has passed. That’s smart! Integrated Irrigation Audit Tool The B-hyve app also integrates the award-winning irrigation audit tool right to your smart device. By performing a catch cup test on your sprinkler system, you will know exactly how much water is being applied rather than relying on estimated sprinkler head water use that other timers/apps use, which can be off by as much as 50%, saving you more water and money. This is the app for the best-selling, WaterSense and SWAT certified Orbit B-hyve Smart Wifi Sprinkler Timer. This is also the companion app for homeowners with the Hydro-Rain B-hyve Pro Wifi Controller. Please let us know if you have questions or problems. ALEXA – Works with Alexa. For a list of Alexa commands visit http://help.orbitbhyve.com/Alexa-Commands/ Bhyve.orbitonline.com 800-488-6156 support@orbitbhyve.com
DriveDossier
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DriveDossier is the memory layer for buying and owning a car. Every tool helps you find a car. Nothing helps you keep the cars straight once you're standing in the driveway with the dealer's paperwork in your hand. DriveDossier begins there. FIELD MODE Tap once to start a visit. Then the app is a camera and a microphone. Photograph the car, the odometer, the VIN plate, the window sticker, the sales worksheet, the Carfax printout. Hold the mic and talk: "brakes done last year, no invoice, faint vibration at 65." No forms. No typing. Import photos from your library too. THE DOCUMENT ENGINE DriveDossier reads dealer paperwork so you never retype it. Built on Google's Gemini, it classifies each photo, extracts the numbers, and files them with the right car. Then DriveDossier checks the work in code: the VIN's check digit, the dealer's own arithmetic line by line, and every add-on that isn't tax, title, or registration. Doc fees over $500 get flagged. Math that doesn't add up gets flagged. You confirm every field before it's saved. STUDY MODE That evening, open the visit. Fields filled, discrepancies highlighted, out-the-door price computed. The Briefing tells you what's worth noticing in plain sentences: the gap between sale price and out-the-door, the negotiable total, open recalls, what's still unchecked on your inspection list. GARAGE AND COMPARE Every car you visit gets a dossier. The VIN is the car's identity: a second visit to the same car lands in the same dossier, never a duplicate. Photograph a page of handwritten shopping notes and every car on it becomes a candidate. Compare candidates side by side with real out-the-door numbers, not listing prices. CALL THE DEALER Each dossier holds the dealer's number. One tap opens the dialer. After you buy, the same button becomes "Call your service center." I BOUGHT IT One button turns a candidate into your car. No re-entry. The dossier keeps growing for as long as you own it. WHAT WE DON'T DO No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your dossiers live on your phone. Photos are sent once to our document-reading service to be read, then the results return to your device; we don't store them. Personal information detected on paperwork is flagged. AI reads. DriveDossier verifies. You decide. Free. Built by Ultra-Normal LLC. For heroes of daily life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DriveDossier at every 10 days against B's every 6 weeks. 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.
B ships an update every 6 weeks, DriveDossier every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B | DriveDossier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (337K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 337K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Orbit Irrigation | Justin Neuman |
Bugs and requests
B
Reported bugs
4 issues- Watering programs not executing as scheduled
- Zones not responding to manual controls
- Connectivity issues causing loss of watering history
- Unexpected changes to programmed watering schedules
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to pause and resume watering programs
- Integration with smart home platforms (e.g., HomeKit)
- More granular control over watering schedules and zones
- Improved weather forecasting and rain delay functionality
- Global calendar view of all connected devices
DriveDossier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
B
No in-app purchases
DriveDossier
No in-app purchases









