LeakBot vs Black+Decker Home
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.
Black+Decker Home
Effortlessly manage your smart home devices, including lights, thermostats, and robot vacuums, from anywhere. Organize your home, automate tasks based on conditions, and personalize controls for convenience and energy savings.
- Home and room organization
- Automated task execution
- Voice command control
- Energy saving features
- Robot vacuum scheduling
- Device notifications
- Easy device setup
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Power through your day with our new BLACK+DECKER® HOME App. We redesigned the way you can effortlessly manage your lights, thermostat, robot vacuums, and other aspects of your daily life from anywhere with your mobile device. HOME MANAGEMENT Organize your app by creating your Home and adding devices to specific rooms in your Home. Add multiple Homes with different devices at other locations. AUTOMATE Execute commands automatically according to conditions such as the weather, device status, and time. PERSONALIZE Control devices with one tap or by using an AI-Enabled Speaker through voice commands. Create conditions for situations, such as: Bedtime, Vacation, etc. SAVE ENERGY Control your lights and thermostat from your mobile device. CLEAN Start cleaning with the tap of a button or set automatic cleaning schedules. NOTIFY Receive notifications and monitor alarms in the Message Center. SIMPLIFY Easily add your devices with our Scan option or add manually. SHARE Share your BLACK+DECKER Home with others, and even add them to your Home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LeakBot at 92% against Black+Decker Home's 15%. LeakBot also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). Black+Decker Home's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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.
LeakBot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LeakBot has 2.9K ratings behind it against 52, 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 15% of Black+Decker Home's.
LeakBot ships an update every 2 months, Black+Decker Home every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LeakBot | Black+Decker Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better | 3.4 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 14.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leakbot Ltd | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
Customer experience
LeakBot
Black+Decker Home
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
Black+Decker Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LeakBot
No in-app purchases
Black+Decker Home
No in-app purchases
