Comparison

OctaPower vs StarfloaTik

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

Head to head
About

OctaPower

Features
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OctaPower for Power Generator Companies. Owners for Power Generators Companies can manage their users and follow up with their details and readings.

About

StarfloaTik

Manage MikroTik Hotspot Wi-Fi for vessels, fleets, or businesses. Offers separate modes for administrators to control users and network settings, and for crew members to monitor their usage and communicate. Includes features like user creation, traffic limits, and onboard chat.

Highlights
  • Admin and Crew modes
  • User and voucher management
  • Traffic and session limits
  • Onboard chat without internet
  • Live network dashboard
  • Customizable hotspot pages
  • Telegram integration
Features
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StarfloaTik is a clean, fast and secure manager for MikroTik Hotspot — built for vessels, crews, fleet managers and network administrators who run onboard or onshore Wi-Fi from their phone. One app, two modes: Admin for the person who manages the router, and Crew for everyone who uses the Wi-Fi. CREW MODE Turn it on in one tap. Each crew member logs in with their hotspot login and gets their own screens: - Traffic and GB left, time online and their devices — live. - Notices and announcements from the admin, and personal notices just for them. - Vessel chat and direct chats phone to phone over the vessel Wi-Fi — no internet and no traffic needed. Photos, reactions and replies. - Messages and top-up requests to the admin. - GB transfers to other crew members and a one-time limit for their own session. For the admin, Crew Manager keeps it all in one place: who is online, chat, GB transfers, session limits, announcements, personal notices and crew requests such as password changes — approve in one tap. ADMIN MODE Connect directly to your RouterOS device over its native API and get full control in seconds: - Live dashboard — model, RouterOS version, uptime, CPU and memory load, real-time WAN traffic chart. - Hotspot users — create users and vouchers, edit, enable, disable or remove them. Assign profiles, set traffic limits, reset counters one by one or in bulk. - Active sessions — who is online right now: username, IP, MAC, uptime, live speed and traffic used. Disconnect anyone in one tap, or everyone before maintenance. - Profiles — shared users, rate limits, session and idle timeouts. - Router tools — bridges and interfaces, firewall rules, hotspot servers, DNS, Wi-Fi settings, scripts and scheduler, router time. - Notice to crew — a pop-up and banner on the hot.spot login page, with ready templates. - Your hot.spot pages — new design with your own background and app download buttons, updated straight from the app. - Telegram — top-up requests from the crew, daily traffic reports and a torrent detector that blocks torrent users automatically. - History and reports — every change is logged; History and Data reports with PDF export; back up the History to the router and restore it on a new phone. - Maritime zone map — territorial waters and your position on the map, with a distance tool. DESIGN Built in the iOS 26 Liquid Glass style: native glass buttons, menus and tab bar, smooth animations, two-column layouts on iPad, Face ID login. Available in English, Ukrainian, Filipino and Hindi. PRIVACY FIRST StarfloaTik connects directly from your phone to your router. No StarfloaTik servers, no analytics, no tracking. The crew chat stays on the vessel Wi-Fi, phone to phone. Your router password is stored only on your device and protected by Face ID. Try everything first in Demo mode — no router needed, for both admin and crew. Perfect for vessels, fleets, hotels, campsites and any place where MikroTik powers the guest Wi-Fi. Requires a MikroTik router with the API service enabled (port 8728) on the same network. Crew mode works on the router's hotspot Wi-Fi.

Screenshots

OctaPower4 screens
StarfloaTik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StarfloaTik at every 2 days against OctaPower's weekly. OctaPower's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

OctaPower ships an update weekly, StarfloaTik every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OctaPower versus StarfloaTik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOctaPowerStarfloaTik
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOCTA SOLUTIONS IHAB ALI AND HIS PARTNERInna Rudenko

In-app purchases

None

OctaPower

No in-app purchases

None

StarfloaTik

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OctaPower free?
OctaPower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StarfloaTik free?
StarfloaTik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OctaPower or StarfloaTik have ads?
Neither OctaPower nor StarfloaTik shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OctaPower or StarfloaTik?
OctaPower ships an update weekly, and StarfloaTik every 2 days. Most recently, OctaPower was updated on November 3, 2026 and StarfloaTik on November 5, 2026.

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