Vestaboard vs EKG Updater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vestaboard
Easily create and manage messages for your smart display from any location. Craft visually appealing messages, schedule them, or get inspired with pre-made content. Collaborate with others and customize display settings for a personalized experience.
- Visual message editor
- Schedule and pin messages
- Inspiration content and templates
- Message history and drafts
- Remote collaboration
- Quiet hours and time zone settings
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Connect and control your Vestaboard from anywhere with the Vestaboard mobile app. Whether you're sending a quick note or curating a moment of inspiration, the app makes it easy and fun to manage your Vestaboard. Key features: - Craft beautiful messages with the intuitive visual editor - Send instantly, schedule for later, or pin a message to display longer - Get inspired with daily content picks and ready-to-use templates - Browse, edit, and favorite past messages or start fresh with new drafts - Invite others to collaborate and manage your Vestaboard remotely - Set quiet hours and time zone preferences to fit your routine Vestaboard is a stunning smart messaging display, inspired by the classic split-flap signs of European train stations and reimagined for the modern home or workspace. Use it at home to share inspiration, stay organized, and connect with loved ones, or bring it to work to engage teams, welcome guests, and keep everyone in sync. Ideal for offices, retail spaces, hospitality, education, healthcare, and more. Learn more at vestaboard.com. Need support? Visit vestaboard.com/help
EKG Updater
This application connects your smart kettle to your home Wi-Fi for automatic firmware and feature updates. Ensure your device always has the latest brewing capabilities and performance enhancements.
- Connects to home Wi-Fi
- Automatic firmware updates
- Installs latest brewing features
- Compatible with Stagg EKG Pro models
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Use EKG Updater to get the most out of your Stagg EKG Pro kettle. This app keeps your kettle up-to-date by connecting it to your home wifi. Just connect once and enjoy automatic updates with all our latest firmware and brewing features. Compatible with: * Stagg EKG Pro * Stagg EKG Pro Studio Edition For help, contact hello@fellowproducts.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vestaboard at 71% against EKG Updater's 14%. Vestaboard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). EKG Updater's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Vestaboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 141 and 220 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Vestaboard's written reviews are positive against 14% of EKG Updater's.
Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, EKG Updater every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vestaboard | EKG Updater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (141 ratings) — better | 1.7 (220 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better | 14.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 141 | 220 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vestaboard, Inc. | Fellow |
Customer experience
Vestaboard
EKG Updater
User reviews
Vestaboard
From 141 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Amazing product and looks
- 👍 Easy to use app interface
- 🤩 Entertaining and fun to use
- 💡 Great for office communication
- 💖 Inspires creativity and delights users
Room to improve
- 🐛 App updates cause issues (mute functionality)
- 🐛 Sending new messages doesn't work
- 🐛 App is not super responsive
- 🐛 App takes a long time to load or errors out
- 🐛 Manual editor is painfully clunky
EKG Updater
From 220 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy firmware updates
- 🚀 Firmware updates work as expected
- 🚀 App does what it claims to do
Room to improve
- 🐛 Firmware updates fail to complete
- 🐛 App doesn't detect or connect to kettle
- 🐛 App provides no useful functionality beyond updates
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable app experience
Bugs and requests
Vestaboard
Reported bugs
9 issues- Mute for a period of time functionality is inoperable after update
- Sending new messages to the board simply doesn’t work
- App update forces updates when there aren’t any
- Unable to set time zone or make changes to quiet hours
- Device will not connect to internal WiFi
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- App crashing upon opening
- App takes at least a full minute to load or runs into an error
- Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work in manual editor on Android
- Pairing with WiFi issues out of the box
Requested features
9 requests- Option to switch off WiFi module for power saving
- More specific controls for sending messages by time
- Include Vestaboard+ in initial hardware purchase
- Add iCal support
- More basic tools for text editing (preview, alignment control)
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- Improve manual editor for better text control
- Support for French applications/language
- Ability to center text
- More creative control beyond limited templates
EKG Updater
Reported bugs
3 issues- Firmware update process gets stuck
- App fails to detect or connect to kettle
- App crashes or provides no feedback during updates
Requested features
3 requests- Remote kettle control (turn on/off, set temperature)
- Scheduling and timer functionality
- Improved app design and user experience
In-app purchases
Vestaboard
No in-app purchases
EKG Updater
No in-app purchases
