Botslab vs Bugles
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/
Bugles
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Bugle puts every news site and blog you follow in one timeline. When several newsrooms cover the same story, Bugle shows one row with all of them. Coverage shows how the left, center and right reported it, with the headlines side by side and a note when only one side covered it. The day's biggest stories, the ones the most newsrooms are carrying, lead Home. Features: - Follow any RSS or Atom feed, sixteen suggested newsrooms, and local news for ten cities - Stories grouped across outlets, with Coverage and blindspots - Today: the five biggest stories first - Follow topics, mute an outlet or a word - Save stories whole, pictures included, to read offline - Your Reading: the lean of what you actually open - Search, text size, light and dark mode, Apple Watch - Optional account that syncs feeds, saved stories, topics and mutes; reading never needs one - No tracking, no ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Botslab at Free against Bugles's $0.99. Botslab also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Bugles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Botslab is free to download; Bugles costs $0.99 up front. Botslab sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bugles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Botslab ships an update fortnightly, Bugles every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Botslab | Bugles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (275 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 275 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 642 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOTSLAB INC. | Joshua Trommel |
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
Bugles
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
Bugles
No in-app purchases
