Smiota vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smiota
Easily access your delivered packages from smart lockers with a simple tap. This app eliminates the need for passcodes, allowing for quick and secure package retrieval. Stay informed with delivery notifications and review your package history.
- Tap-to-access packages
- No passcode required
- Package history review
- Delivery notifications
- Smartphone integration
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Smiota iPhone app allows you to access your packages delivered to Smiota PoD smart lockers with a tap of a button. You do not need to type a passcode on the kiosk to access your packages. Simply download Smiota app, register your phone number, and pick up your packages from Smiota PoD smart lockers with a tap of a button. You can also review your packages history and get notified when a package is delivered to the Smiota on your smartphone.
Hour
This app facilitates quick texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It helps users manage and track responses from their phone's address book.
- Quickly text notifications
- Contact management
- Response tracking
- Fundraising campaign support
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smiota at 4.1 against Hour's 3.0. Smiota also leads on ratings volume (537 vs 150). Hour's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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.
Smiota holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 537 and 150 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Smiota's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hour's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smiota ships an update every 3 months, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smiota | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (537 ratings) — better | 3.0 (150 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 537 — better | 150 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smiota, Inc | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
Smiota
Hour
Bugs and requests
Smiota
Reported bugs
11 issues- App requires constant redownloading to function
- Login persistence issues - daily re-authentication needed
- Green button/locker unlock fails with internet connection errors
- App stops working after 2 days of use
- Crashes during initial setup and code confirmation
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- Freezing and unresponsiveness
- Locker connection buffering and timeout
- Missing USPS package notifications while FedEx works
- App fails to register location in locker room
- Instant crash on app open
- Notification badges remain despite no pending packages
Requested features
4 requests- Fix notification badge clearing after package pickup
- Reduce location permission requests
- Improve website text contrast and readability
- Add user profile name update functionality
Hour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smiota
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
