LeakBot vs MCerberus® Water Detection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LeakBot
This app connects to a smart water leak alarm to monitor your home's plumbing. It detects leaks early to prevent damage and costly repairs, providing real-time alerts and diagnostic information.
- Smart water leak alarm integration
- Early leak detection
- Water damage prevention
- Real-time status updates
- Problem diagnosis
- Repair booking
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The LeakBot app works with your LeakBot smart water leak alarm. LeakBot smart water leak alarm helps make life that little bit easier. A single LeakBot can easily spot the hidden leaks within your homes plumbing system, before they become a problem, helping to prevent water damage and expensive repair costs. The LeakBot app keeps you up to date on the status of your home’s plumbing, alerting you when there's a problem and also helping you to diagnose the cause and book a repair. Legal: The legal stuff We need to let you know that by downloading our app you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Have a read and if there’s anything you’re not happy with get in touch to let us know and don’t continue to use the app.
MCerberus® Water Detection
Monitor your water detection system in real-time with hardware status, temperature, and event logs. Receive push notifications for critical alerts like water detection or sensor offline status.
- Real-time hardware status
- Water detection status
- Location temperature monitoring
- Power on and last event timestamps
- Support for multiple units
- Push notifications for alerts
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The MCerberus® Water Detection and Alert Application provides real-time status regarding the state of their system being monitored by the MCB-800 Water Detection Hardware. The application provides the Hardware ID, current water detection status, location temperature, power on date/time, and last water event date/time. The Application also provides support for monitoring multiple units. Version 2.0 of the mobile app includes the capability of PUSH notifications when events occur (water detect, sensor offline, etc). For more information please visit our website at www.ssmalert.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LeakBot at every 2 months against MCerberus® Water Detection's every 15 months. LeakBot also leads on ratings volume (2.9K vs 1). MCerberus® Water Detection's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MCerberus® Water Detection holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LeakBot has 2.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of LeakBot's written reviews are positive against 100% of MCerberus® Water Detection's.
LeakBot ships an update every 2 months, MCerberus® Water Detection every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LeakBot | MCerberus® Water Detection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leakbot Ltd | Roth Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
LeakBot
MCerberus® Water Detection
Bugs and requests
LeakBot
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes during setup
- Device fails to connect to Wi-Fi
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to bypass known water usage (e.g., sprinklers)
- More detailed leak location information
- Integration with smart home systems
MCerberus® Water Detection
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LeakBot
No in-app purchases
MCerberus® Water Detection
No in-app purchases
Questions
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