PhoneIoT vs Petoi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhoneIoT
This app connects to a block-based programming environment, enabling remote access to your device's sensors and display. Students can create interactive projects, like using their device as a remote control for robots.
- Connects to NetsBlox educational programming environment
- Remotely access iOS device sensors
- Control device display from code
- Create engaging programming projects
- Enable device as robot remote control
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PhoneIoT allows you to connect to NetsBlox (https://editor.netsblox.org/?), a block-based educational programming environment, and remotely access your iOS device's sensors and display from code. Along with some of the other distributed computing services available through NetsBlox, this allows students to create highly engaging projects, such as turning your iOS device into an accelerometer-enabled remote control driving a virtual or physical robot rolling around on the ground (via the pre-existing RoboScape service on NetsBlox).
Petoi
Configure and control your robot pet toys with this official app. Calibrate joints, perform pre-set actions, and create custom movements. Compatible with Bittle and Nybble robot pets.
- Easy joint calibration
- Control robot movement and actions
- Create custom robot commands
- Share custom commands with community
- Compatible with Bittle and Nybble robots
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The official app for configuring and controlling Petoi's robot pet toys. Features: -- easy calibration interface to make the robot's joints aligned correctly. -- control robots to move with different walking speeds and default actions such as push-up, greetings, stretches, and rest. Great for playing games with your friends and families. -- add custom actions (commands) to your robots to achieve more advanced maneuverability and motions - you may share your customized commands with our community @PetoiCamp. Compatible Petoi robot pets: robot dog Bittle, robot cat Nybble Petoi robot pets are cute, realistic, open-source, palm-sized, compatible with Arduino modules, programmable, and can support Raspberry Pi. Support: official website: www.petoi.com support email: support@petoi.com Support forum: www.petoi.camp/forum
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhoneIoT at 100% against Petoi's 60%. PhoneIoT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Petoi's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhoneIoT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PhoneIoT's written reviews are positive against 60% of Petoi's.
PhoneIoT ships an update every 2 weeks, Petoi every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhoneIoT | Petoi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devin Jean | Petoi LLC |
Customer experience
PhoneIoT
Petoi
In-app purchases
PhoneIoT
No in-app purchases
Petoi
No in-app purchases
