Comparison

BoostyLink vs OctoClient

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

OctoClient

Sign in to compatible MikroTik Hotspot networks directly from your device without needing a web browser. View session details like connection status, traffic, and data balance when available.

Highlights
  • Browserless hotspot login
  • Captive portal detection
  • CHAP authentication support
  • Internet connection check
  • Session details display
  • Traffic and uptime monitoring
  • Data balance and profile limits
Features
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OctoClient helps users sign in to compatible MikroTik Hotspot networks directly from the app, without opening a browser or WebView. The app detects the captive portal, reads the login form, supports CHAP authentication, and checks the real internet connection after sign-in. When the network provides supported RouterOS data, OctoClient can also show useful session details such as connection status, IP address, traffic counters, uptime, profile limits, and remaining data balance. OctoClient is fully dependent on OctoTik. The app is intended for MikroTik Hotspot networks configured and managed through OctoTik; availability of login, session, balance, profile, and chat features depends on the OctoTik hotspot configuration and RouterOS access provided by the network operator. What OctoClient is useful for: - Signing in to OctoTik-configured MikroTik Hotspot networks from one focused app - Seeing whether the device is connected, offline, or blocked by the portal - Viewing current session traffic and time online - Checking package or data balance when available from the router - Switching between light, dark, and system appearance - Using local chat features on supported OctoTik-enabled networks OctoClient is not affiliated with or endorsed by MikroTik.

Screenshots

BoostyLink4 screens
OctoClient4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OctoClient at weekly against BoostyLink's every 5 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BoostyLink against 5.0 for OctoClient. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoostyLink ships an update every 5 weeks, OctoClient weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
BoostyLink versus OctoClient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoostyLinkOctoClient
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHybrid Access Technologies LimitedArtem Soroka

Customer experience

BoostyLink

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OctoClient

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BoostyLink

No in-app purchases

None

OctoClient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BoostyLink free?
BoostyLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OctoClient free?
OctoClient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BoostyLink or OctoClient?
BoostyLink and OctoClient are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BoostyLink or OctoClient have ads?
Neither BoostyLink nor OctoClient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BoostyLink or OctoClient?
BoostyLink ships an update every 5 weeks, and OctoClient weekly. Most recently, BoostyLink was updated on November 7, 2026 and OctoClient on October 28, 2026.

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