Sky Smart Home vs BoldStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Smart Home
This app offers a smart approach to home insurance, integrating devices and services into a single platform. Monitor your home remotely with live camera feeds, receive alerts from sensors, and manage your insurance needs conveniently.
- Live HD camera feed
- Video doorbell alerts and communication
- Motion and contact sensor monitoring
- Leak detection alerts
- Automatic arming for home security
- Secure cloud video storage
- In-app customer support
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Welcome to Sky Smart Home, where you can feel close to home while you’re away. Watch all the action from your front door, live, and get everything you need in one simple package. Your privacy? Protected. Your clips? Secured. Your questions? Answered. And you’ll be set up before you know it, with step-by-step instructions in the Sky Smart Home app. What can I do in the Sky Smart Home app? Quick hello: Answer the door, even when you’re out. See it live: See all the moments from your front door, in crystal-clear HD. Saved for later: Your videos stay in the Cloud for 30 days. Worth sharing: Save clips and share them with anyone. Don’t have Sky Smart Home yet? Head to Sky.com to find out more.
BoldStep
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BoldStep helps men build dating confidence through progressive real-world practice. The app gives you structured challenges across five skill areas: proximity, eye contact, opening, conversation, and asking for contact details. After each challenge, you complete a short private reflection and earn XP for attempting the challenge. BoldStep rewards effort, not outcomes. You earn progress for showing up, reflecting, and building confidence over time. Features include: • Personal onboarding to identify your confidence stall point • Daily real-world challenges • XP, levels, streaks, streak shields, and achievements • Private journal and reflection history • Anxiety and progress insights from your saved check-ins • Community feed, comments, likes, friends, and leaderboard • Bold Membership for the full challenge library, extra daily challenges, live chat, Her Perspective cards, streak shield benefits, and weekly AI recap BoldStep is a confidence training app. It is not therapy, medical advice, or a guarantee of dating outcomes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Sky Smart Home and BoldStep are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Sky Smart Home | BoldStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sky UK Limited | HAZEEB OLUMIDE ALABI |
Bugs and requests
Sky Smart Home
Reported bugs
15 issues- Error 401 code preventing app access
- Login access denied without password entry option
- Firmware update failures rendering app unusable
- App won't open - constant error messages
- Camera stuck on pink screen during setup
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- Indoor camera won't connect to WiFi
- Doorbell won't update firmware
- Auto-arm function not working after updates
- Video playback shows black screen despite stored footage
- Motion detection alerts but no recording
- App loses connection and locks up during updates
- Sensors disconnect and become unresponsive
- Chime won't pair with doorbell
- App takes excessive time to connect to cameras
- Settings screen appears with no add device option
Requested features
15 requests- Landscape full-screen video viewing mode
- Separate notification types for doorbell vs motion detection
- Phone ring alert instead of beep for doorbell
- Customizable notification sounds
- Portable/wireless chime option
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- SD card support for continuous recording
- Ability to set recording duration (not just 15 seconds)
- Two-way audio that works smoothly
- Adjustable camera quality and IR settings
- Dark mode for app
- Alexa integration
- Ability to purchase additional sensors
- Auto-arm that works reliably without opening app
- Better battery charge indicator for doorbell
- Adjustable water sensor sensitivity
BoldStep
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sky Smart Home
No in-app purchases
BoldStep
No in-app purchases
