PAWBBY vs HGsmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PAWBBY
This platform offers smart pet care solutions, providing technological products for attentive pet raising. Connect your mobile device to smart pet accessories to gain insights and enhance your pet's well-being, making pet ownership a more joyful experience.
- Smart pet raising platform
- Technological pet care products
- Mobile app integration
- Pet information management
- Enhanced pet well-being
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Pawbby is a technology-smart pet raising platform. We provide professional technological products to give pets baby-like care and make pet raising a happier life. Through the Pawbby App, you can complete the convenient and fast interaction between the mobile phone and the pet smart device, and master more information about the pet.
HGsmart
This app connects with smart pet products to offer comprehensive care solutions. It allows remote control of devices, customization of settings, and real-time monitoring of your pet's health and routine.
- Remote device operation
- Customizable working modes
- Real-time device monitoring
- Pet health data recording
- User-friendly interface
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HGsmart is the perfect companion for you and HONEYGUARDIAN pet smart products, let our smart products and smart app work together to provide you with a full range of pet care solutions, providing a peace of mind and more good times for your beloved pets. Please follow the product body prompts or user manual to download and use this app. 1. Remote operation of litter box, feeder and other smart devices; 2. Various customizable features to tailor the working mode to you and your furry friend; 3. Real-time device monitoring, recording and reporting the working status, allowing you to keep track of your pet's routine; 4. Recording pet health data to help you analyze your pet's well-being; 5. User-friendly experience with prompt feedback for your suggestions; 6. Unlock more features and join us now! For more information, please contact us at support@honeyguardian.com .
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Verdict
PAWBBY and HGsmart both sit at 1.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 22% of HGsmart's written reviews are positive against 2% of PAWBBY's. PAWBBY's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.2 for PAWBBY against 1.2 for HGsmart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 2% of PAWBBY's written reviews are positive against 22% of HGsmart's.
PAWBBY ships an update fortnightly, HGsmart every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | PAWBBY | HGsmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (23 ratings) | 1.2 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.4% of reviews | 22.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Kitten & Puppy Technology Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Tahao Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PAWBBY
HGsmart
Bugs and requests
PAWBBY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HGsmart
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot log in
- Account does not exist error
- Email not correct error during registration
- WiFi only accepts 5 character passwords
- No notifications for feed distribution
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- Cannot connect device
- No verification code sent to email
- Cannot log in from second phone
- App suddenly stopped working
- Error message in Chinese characters
- Service not found error
- Unable to retrieve states error
- Cannot delete device to re-register
- Password section has a glitch
- WiFi not responding
- App does not allow access
- Request timed out when changing feeding plan
- System internal error
- Feeding plan not displayed
- Cannot remove feeding time
- Litter box offline but it's not
- App reads full bin when empty
Requested features
12 requests- Notification when feed is distributed
- Fix login issues
- Fix registration issues
- Fix WiFi connection issues
- Fix Chinese error messages
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- Improve server stability
- Allow editing of feeding plans
- Fix low food warnings
- Allow conversion to standard time
- Adjustable font size
- Accurate food quantity display
- Fix offline status reporting
In-app purchases
PAWBBY
No in-app purchases
HGsmart
No in-app purchases
