Comparison

BoostyLink vs DataGarrison Utility

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

Head to head
About

BoostyLink

Enhance your home internet reliability by using your smartphone's cellular data as a backup. This app ensures a seamless failover connection, keeping your online sessions active and your public IP address consistent, even when your primary broadband goes down. Set a data cap to avoid unexpected charges.

Highlights
  • Augments home broadband with cellular data
  • Seamless failover connection
  • Maintains public IP address
  • Prevents session disruption
  • Configurable data cap
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This app is a companion to your Hybrid/Boosty enabled home router, and will boost the reliability of your home broadband connection by augmenting it with the cellular on your smartphone. For those gamers who can't tolerate any disruption, or for people working from home and their broadband needs to always stay up, this is an invaluable solution to always keep you online. To get it to work there are a few simple steps: Ensure that your home router supports the Hybrid/Boosty functionality. Contact your ISP to check if it is Connect your smartphone to your home router's Wi-Fi connection as normal Turn on the app and confirm you want your smartphone to work in tandem with your home router That's it you're up and running! When your home broadband goes down this app will seamlessly kick in as a failover connection and will keep your existing sessions up and your public IP address the same. As soon as your home broadband comes back on-line we'll stop using your mobile data. To ensure you never get any surprise bills you can specify a data cap, after which we stop using your cellular data.

About

DataGarrison Utility

Features
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The DataGarrison Station Utility allows users to communicate over Bluetooth with stations in the field. Station status, sensor values, wireless signal strength, and more can be queried. The App can also change the data logging and server update rates. An Advanced page is available to update station firmware or to communicate with the station or connected sensors via raw ModBus, SDI-12, or modem AT commands. This App is compatible with all DataGarrison Stations (satellite and cellular) sold after August 7, 2023, or with earlier stations with the latest firmware and Bluetooth module. If you are unsure if your station has a compatible Bluetooth module, you can confirm by locating it in the lower-left corner of the station's main circuit board and to the left of the battery connector. Older stations without the latest module had nothing there.

Screenshots

BoostyLink4 screens
DataGarrison Utility4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DataGarrison Utility at 11.0 against BoostyLink's 14.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
BoostyLink versus DataGarrison Utility: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoostyLinkDataGarrison Utility
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHybrid Access Technologies LimitedUpward Innovations Inc.

In-app purchases

None

BoostyLink

No in-app purchases

None

DataGarrison Utility

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoostyLink free?
BoostyLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DataGarrison Utility free?
DataGarrison Utility is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BoostyLink or DataGarrison Utility have ads?
Neither BoostyLink nor DataGarrison Utility shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoostyLink or DataGarrison Utility?
BoostyLink ships an update monthly, and DataGarrison Utility monthly. Most recently, BoostyLink was updated on October 10, 2026 and DataGarrison Utility on October 12, 2026.

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