Botslab vs Sky Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Botslab
This application offers smart home control tools designed to enhance your daily life with greater convenience. It provides a centralized platform for managing various smart home devices and functionalities.
- Smart home control
- Convenient living
- Device management
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Smart home control tools provide you with a more convenient life. Privacy Policy: https://h5.botslab.com/cms/app/privacy_agreement_zh_cn.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sky Smart Home
This app offers a smart approach to home insurance, integrating devices and services into a single platform. Monitor your home remotely with live camera feeds, receive alerts from sensors, and manage your insurance needs conveniently.
- Live HD camera feed
- Video doorbell alerts and communication
- Motion and contact sensor monitoring
- Leak detection alerts
- Automatic arming for home security
- Secure cloud video storage
- In-app customer support
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Welcome to Sky Smart Home, where you can feel close to home while you’re away. Watch all the action from your front door, live, and get everything you need in one simple package. Your privacy? Protected. Your clips? Secured. Your questions? Answered. And you’ll be set up before you know it, with step-by-step instructions in the Sky Smart Home app. What can I do in the Sky Smart Home app? Quick hello: Answer the door, even when you’re out. See it live: See all the moments from your front door, in crystal-clear HD. Saved for later: Your videos stay in the Cloud for 30 days. Worth sharing: Save clips and share them with anyone. Don’t have Sky Smart Home yet? Head to Sky.com to find out more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sky Smart Home at none against Botslab's 24. Sky Smart Home also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Botslab's advantage is ratings volume (260 vs 2) and review sentiment (36% vs 13%). On price, update cadence 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. Botslab sells 24 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sky Smart Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sky Smart Home holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Botslab has 260 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Botslab's written reviews are positive against 13% of Sky Smart Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Botslab ships an update fortnightly, Sky Smart Home monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Botslab | Sky Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (260 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews — better | 13.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 260 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 483 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOTSLAB INC. | Sky UK Limited |
Customer experience
Botslab
Sky Smart Home
User reviews
Botslab
From 260 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Clear and responsive video
- 🔒 Good security features
- 💡 Versatile and customizable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance
- 🔋 Short battery life
- 🕰️ Slow video playback and loading
Sky Smart Home
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup process for most users
- 💰 Good value for money/insurance bundling
- 📷 Decent video quality when working
- 🔋 Improved battery life compared to Ring (some users)
- 🌐 Works well on WiFi and remote 4G/5G connections
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnection issues from network
- 🔋 Poor doorbell battery life (2-5 days)
- ⏱️ Significant lag when viewing live feed
- 📱 App constantly logs users out
- 🔌 Weak WiFi signal range and connectivity
Bugs and requests
Botslab
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Inability to connect to cameras
- Inconsistent video recording
- Mapping and room management issues
Requested features
4 requests- Improve video editing capabilities
- Add multi-user support
- Enhance motion detection sensitivity
- Provide more customization options
Sky Smart Home
Reported bugs
15 issues- Error 401 code preventing app access
- Login access denied without password entry option
- Firmware update failures rendering app unusable
- App won't open - constant error messages
- Camera stuck on pink screen during setup
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- Indoor camera won't connect to WiFi
- Doorbell won't update firmware
- Auto-arm function not working after updates
- Video playback shows black screen despite stored footage
- Motion detection alerts but no recording
- App loses connection and locks up during updates
- Sensors disconnect and become unresponsive
- Chime won't pair with doorbell
- App takes excessive time to connect to cameras
- Settings screen appears with no add device option
Requested features
15 requests- Landscape full-screen video viewing mode
- Separate notification types for doorbell vs motion detection
- Phone ring alert instead of beep for doorbell
- Customizable notification sounds
- Portable/wireless chime option
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- SD card support for continuous recording
- Ability to set recording duration (not just 15 seconds)
- Two-way audio that works smoothly
- Adjustable camera quality and IR settings
- Dark mode for app
- Alexa integration
- Ability to purchase additional sensors
- Auto-arm that works reliably without opening app
- Better battery charge indicator for doorbell
- Adjustable water sensor sensitivity
In-app purchases
Botslab
- Basic Plan (monthly)$2.991 Month
- Pro Plan (monthly)$4.991 Month
- Premium Plan (monthly)$8.991 Month
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- Basic Plan (annual)$19.991 Year
- Pro Plan (annual)1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Plus Plan (30-day)-Annual$49.991 Year
- Basic Plan (one month)$2.99
- 7-day Video History(Month)$3.99
- 14-day Video History(Month)$5.99
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- 30-day Video History(Month)$6.99
- Basic Plan (Month)$6.99
- 7day-Year Video History$12.99
- 7day-Year Video History(3 off)$14.99
- 7day-Year Video History(8 off)$14.99
- Plus Plan（Month)$15.99
- Basic Plan (one year)$19.90
- 7-day Video History(Year)$22.99
- Pro Plan (one year)$29.99
- Basic Plan (7-Day History)-yr.$34.99
- Basic Plan（Year)$44.90
- Basic Plan (Year)$49.99
- 14-day Video History(Year)$59.99
- 30-day Video History(Year)$59.99
- Plus Plan（Year)$129.99
Sky Smart Home
No in-app purchases
