Vobot vs Meshtastic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vobot
This companion app allows you to set up and manage a smart bedside alarm clock. It integrates with Amazon Alexa for voice commands, offers sleep coaching, and provides daily routine programs for a better wake-up experience.
- Smart clock setup and management
- Amazon Alexa integration
- Sleep coaching with music/sounds
- Daily routine programs
- Voice-controlled music playback
- News, weather, and traffic updates
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VOBOT CLOCK - The World's First Smart Clock with Amazon Alexa This APP is a companion App to setup Vobot with its effortless and easily. Once connected, Vobot will become a stand-alone smart device in your house. Otherwise, you can manage your Vobot just simply with the APP Vobot Clock is a smart bedside alarm clock with Amazon Alexa, Sleep Coach and Daily Routine programs. Vobot can be a music speaker at your party time, a story teller and a book reader. You can access to any playlists from iHeart Radio, Tuneln and Amazon Music. Features: Sleep Coach Helps you relax and get to fast, sound sleep with various kinds of gentle music or natual sounds. Daily Routine Brings you an energetic morning with different genres of wake-up music or your favourite in progressive volume. It will remind you to stay on your schedule. Voice Interaction Just tap and talk, it can play streaming music, check weather, read the latest news, update the traffic condition, find the nearest restaurant, etc. Streamlined Appearance Function is resulting in better form. Vobot tries to combine the concise screen design with streamlined shape to get better in function and decoration.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meshtastic at 44% against Vobot's 0%. Meshtastic also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Vobot's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.5). 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.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 803 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Vobot's written reviews are positive against 44% of Meshtastic's.
Vobot ships an update every 2 months, Meshtastic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vobot | Meshtastic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (10 ratings) | 4.2 (803 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 803 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MOCREO PTE. LTD. | Meshtastic LLC |
Customer experience
Vobot
Meshtastic
Bugs and requests
Vobot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
In-app purchases
Vobot
No in-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
