ArtiBot.ai vs Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ArtiBot.ai
Capture leads around the clock with a customizable AI bot for your website. Receive instant notifications for new leads directly on your mobile device, allowing for immediate follow-up. This free app provides 24/7 lead generation and management.
- 24/7 AI-powered lead capture
- Customizable website bot
- View leads on mobile
- Instant lead notifications
- Free to use
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Introducing the new, 100% free mobile app for Artibot.ai! Get leads 24/7 with a fully customizable bot you can add to your website in minutes. With the app, all of the leads your bots generate can be viewed from wherever you are. Get push notifications the moment a lead comes in so you can take action on it immediately. Download it today!
Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists
This service provides virtual receptionists for small businesses, handling phone calls and website chats to enhance customer experience. Highly trained professionals use proprietary software to answer questions, transfer calls, take messages, and collect lead information.
- Virtual phone receptionists
- Website chat support
- Personalized customer experiences
- FAQ answering
- Call transferring
- Message taking
- Lead information collection
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Ruby serves small businesses by delivering exceptional customer experiences over the phone and online via website chat. We’re a team of service-oriented professionals blended with an innovative tech company. Our highly trained receptionists use proprietary software to personalize a caller or website visitor’s experience, answer FAQs, transfer callers and take messages, and collect information that makes it easy for the businesses we represent to follow up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists at 4.8 against ArtiBot.ai's 4.0. Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists also leads on ratings volume (338 vs 8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). ArtiBot.ai's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 27%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). 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.
Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists has 338 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of ArtiBot.ai's written reviews are positive against 27% of Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ArtiBot.ai ships an update every 3 months, Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ArtiBot.ai | Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (338 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 338 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ruby Receptionists | Ruby Virtual Receptionists LLC |
Customer experience
ArtiBot.ai
Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists
Bugs and requests
ArtiBot.ai
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists
Reported bugs
14 issues- App is frustratingly slow and unreliable
- App hasn't had meaningful updates in over a year
- Messages lag, call logs take forever to load, push notifications often fail
- iOS and website app are horrific and incoherent
- Duplicated charges for the same call
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- Consistent errors with the service
- App version 1.2.2 broke outgoing texting functionality (missing toll-free number option)
- New app rollout was a disaster with poor quality assurance
- Abrupt switch to a new app with no prior notice caused downtime
- Password reset functionality is broken, requiring multiple devices and resets
- No notification for incoming texts
- System makes it difficult to click on customer calls and texts, sometimes texting own number
- Broken image link where a texted video was supposed to be
- Ruby 2.0 iOS version does not function on or provide support for legacy devices
Requested features
8 requests- Release a native rebuild of the app
- Fix the technology problems plaguing the platform
- Fix the issue with outgoing texts showing a random local number
- Improve app quality assurance
- Provide notifications for incoming texts
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- Make it easier to click on customer calls and texts
- Fix the broken image link for texted videos
- Ensure app functions on legacy devices
In-app purchases
ArtiBot.ai
No in-app purchases
Ruby 2.0 Virtual Receptionists
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ArtiBot.ai free?
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