POWERbot vs Advanced Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POWERbot
Control your robot vacuum remotely with this application. Start cleaning cycles, send the device back to its charging station, and manage other essential functions with ease.
- Remote vacuum control
- Start/stop cleaning
- Return to dock
- Device management
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POWERbot-E APP just helps you to release your hands from housework. You can only control you robot vacuum via app, to get started, go back to docking station or other controls.
Advanced Home
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Connect your devices quickly and efficiently for a smarter living experience.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Automated timers
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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Advanced Home, smart life, smart living 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: POWERbot at 1.7 against Advanced Home's 1.3. POWERbot also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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.
POWERbot holds the better App Store score, 1.7 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POWERbot has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of POWERbot's written reviews are positive against 13% of Advanced Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
POWERbot ships an update every 4 months, Advanced Home every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POWERbot | Advanced Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (31 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Fortune Tree Manufacturing Company Limited |
Customer experience
POWERbot
Advanced Home
Bugs and requests
POWERbot
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on launch
- App doesn't recognize device
- App freezes during network setup
- App doesn't list device after connection
- App doesn't allow device addition
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- App keeps crashing after update
- App not working on latest iOS
- App doesn't connect to Wi-Fi
Requested features
4 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve mapping functionality
- Allow manual control improvements
- Provide default Wi-Fi password
Advanced Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POWERbot
No in-app purchases
Advanced Home
No in-app purchases
