Comparison

Bot vs Automation Control

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bot

Automate repetitive online tasks without coding. This tool helps you secure appointments, book tickets, and manage workflows, saving you time and money. It offers a user-friendly builder with templates for quick setup and secure data handling.

Highlights
  • Online task automation
  • Appointment booking
  • Ticket purchasing
  • Workflow automation
  • No-code builder
  • Email/text notifications
Features
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WHAT’S BOT-IT • Online automation has never been easier. Let Bot-It automatically complete your annoying online task or help you beat other online Bots. WHAT CAN BOT-IT AUTOMATE • All Online Appointments • Golf Tee Time (Tee Time Bot) • Tennis Courts (Tennis Court Bot) • Pickleball Courts (Pickleball Court Bot) • Concert Tickets (Concert Bot) • Campsite Booking (Camping Bot) • Dinner Reservations (Dinner Bot) • Business Automation (Workflow Bot) • Spreadsheet Automation (Spreadsheet Bot) • And Much More: Login, Keyboard typing, Button Click, Option Picker, Date Selection, Result List Selection, Email Results, Text Results SAVE MONEY • Online automation services can be very expensive and require a costly team of developers to setup. Bot-It saves you money by offering a powerful self-service online automation tool. SAVE TIME • Have a busy schedule or find yourself repeating the same task? Bot-It can help you save time by automating those annoying task for you and sending you the results via email or text message. NO CODING REQUIRED • Complex automation is a thing of the past. Bot-It makes automation simple. Get your Bot up and running quickly with our Bot-It builder templates. Just answer a few questions and you will be automating in no time. SAFE & SECURE • Your privacy and safety is our top priority. Have peace of mind with your data. Bot-It uses the latest data encryption algorithms to store and protect your Bot’s personal information. OUR MISSION • "Deliver an intuitive and affordable self-service automation tool for consumers and businesses to automate manual workflows and guarantee consistent outcomes." NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BOT-IT? WE ARE HERE TO HELP • Email us: info@botit.com Happy AUTOMATING! For a full description of our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Center. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQzvtasrhKix6gL9aTBY-0N0IRSsLSWhOjGpBuRrzRpmllZYJrSIilOHAw-7TkUV5kYPf4QpLMn6aDh/pub

About

Automation Control

Enhance your existing automation workflows with advanced management and conditional execution. This tool allows you to enable, disable, or pause automations based on specific criteria like time, location, or focus modes. It provides a centralized dashboard for organizing and monitoring your automated tasks.

Highlights
  • Conditional execution of automations
  • Enable/disable/pause automations
  • Sort and filter automations
  • Backup and restore configurations
  • Log view for completed automations
  • Set conditions (Date, Time, Location, Focus Modes, Weather)
  • Search and pin automations
Features
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If you use the Shortcuts automations like I do, surely you can find it difficult to manage them. Automation Control works with the Shortcuts app to provide a better way to manage your Shortcuts automations. This app, in a nutshell, is a glorified IF statement that determines if your automations should run or not. By simply adding Automation Control's Get Status of Item action to your Shortcuts Automations or by using the Automation Control Template shortcut, you now have better control over enabling, disabling, pausing, or setting conditions for your automations unlike ever before. This does not replace your Shortcuts automations tab; you still need to do some setup there for this app to manage them. Originally a shortcut a few years ago, and now an app, and with it, here are some things that you can do... - Name your automations along with adding an icon and a description - Sort your automations in order of A-Z, Z-A, Status, or Manually - Quickly toggle on/off your items with a simple double tap and view its status right on the item row - Multiple indicator views to choose your favorite way of viewing the on and off status of your items - 12-hour and 24-hour timing support - Backup and Restore - Log View to see a log of when your automations completed successfully - Send or Receive a text variable between Shortcuts and this app - Filter/Group automations based on status - Search bar to search for specific automations - Pin automations - Set timers on your automations - Multiple layouts - Set conditions such as Date & Time, Location, Focus Modes, Weather, and more... - More and more to come... How to use: - Create an Automation Control item by tapping the + button in the top right. - Name, describe, and select an icon and, of course, enable it. - Leave it as a Controller item by simply saving the new item or tap the Controls button and set various conditions. - Download the Automation Control Template shortcut, rename it to the same name as the control item you’ve just created, and set up your actions. - Set up your automation via the Automation tab in the Shortcuts app and add a Run Shortcut action from the list of actions and select the shortcut you’ve just modified. Full details found at https://ibanks.craft.me/6kbyyNVhWXjawv

Screenshots

Bot4 screens
Automation Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Automation Control at 80% against Bot's 25%. Automation Control also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Bot's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 11). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bot sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Automation Control sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Automation Control holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bot has 64 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Bot's written reviews are positive against 80% of Automation Control's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bot ships an update every 4 months, Automation Control weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bot versus Automation Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBotAutomation Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (64 ratings)4.8 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.6% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBot-It INCJerrod Banks

Customer experience

Bot

All ratings62 ratings
Positive30.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative69.4%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive24.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.4%

Automation Control

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Bot

Subscriptions5
  • Basic$3.991 Month
  • Standard$9.991 Month
  • Standard+$24.991 Month
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  • Pro$99.991 Year
  • Pro+$274.991 Year
3 purchases

Automation Control

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Bot free?
Bot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Automation Control free?
Automation Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bot or Automation Control?
Automation Control is rated higher. Bot averages 2.2 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Automation Control averages 4.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Bot or Automation Control have ads?
Neither Bot nor Automation Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bot or Automation Control?
Bot ships an update every 4 months, and Automation Control weekly. Most recently, Bot was updated on September 18, 2026 and Automation Control on June 10, 2026.

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