Botslab vs Chickadee Bandit
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/
Chickadee Bandit
A private, ad-free app designed to help families and organizations stay organized. It offers customizable features like shared calendars, location sharing, messaging, meal planning, and chore management, all within a secure, user-controlled environment.
- Shared calendar with flyer scanning
- Private location sharing with safe zones
- Group messaging
- Meal planning and grocery lists
- Chore assignment and rewards
- Customizable feature library
- Shared spaces for groups and teams
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Chickadee Bandit is the private, all-in-one home for everything your family or organization needs to stay in sync — without ads, tracking, or selling your data. One calm app replaces the group chats, sticky notes, and scattered apps. Add only the features your family actually wants, and leave the rest. WHAT'S INSIDE Shared calendar See everyone's schedule in one place. Snap a photo of a flyer or school schedule and Chickadee reads the events straight onto your calendar. Safe location sharing Know your family is safe with private location sharing and safe-zone alerts when someone arrives at or leaves home, school, or practice. Messages A quiet, private space to talk as a group — no strangers, no algorithms. Meals and groceries Plan the week's meals and build the shopping list together. Chores, routines, and rewards Assign chores, build morning and bedtime routines, and let kids earn rewards — with home-screen widgets to check off tasks and keep streaks going. A growing library of apps Calendars, countdowns, polls, checklists, and dozens more — install what fits your family and skip what doesn't. Chickadee grows with you. Shared spaces Coordinate beyond your household — co-parenting, classrooms, teams, and clubs — each with its own private space and the right people in it. BUILT DIFFERENT Private by design. No ads. No trackers. No selling your data. Ever. Calm, not chaotic. Thoughtfully simple instead of endlessly noisy. Yours to shape. Turn features on and off so the app fits your family — not the other way around. Bring your whole family, group, or organization into one private, organized, delightful home. Download Chickadee Bandit and take back your family's time. Terms of Use: https://www.chickadeebandit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.chickadeebandit.com/privacy End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chickadee Bandit at 5.0 against Botslab's 3.7. Chickadee Bandit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Botslab's advantage is ratings volume (275 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Chickadee Bandit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chickadee Bandit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Botslab has 275 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Botslab ships an update fortnightly, Chickadee Bandit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Botslab | Chickadee Bandit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (275 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 275 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 642 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOTSLAB INC. | Firebird Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Botslab
Chickadee Bandit
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
Chickadee Bandit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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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- Pro Plan (annual)1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Basic Plan (one month)$2.99
- 7-day Video History(Month)$3.99
- 30-day Video History(Month)$6.99
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- Basic Plan (Month)$6.99
- Basic Plan (one year)$19.90
- Basic Plan (Year)$49.99
Chickadee Bandit
- Family$7.001 Month
- Group$12.001 Month
- Organization$35.001 Month
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- Famly Annual$70.001 Year
- Group Annual$119.991 Year
- Organization Yearly$350.001 Year
