LiftBox Client vs Ruddarr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiftBox Client
Enhance your flight simulation experience with this app. Control simulator actions directly from your mobile device using virtual switches, buttons, knobs, and gestures for added realism.
- Trigger simulator actions
- Virtual switches and buttons
- Virtual knobs
- Gesture controls
- Enhance flight realism
- iPad/iPhone integration
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App that adds extra realism to your favourite flight simulator. Trigger actions in the simulator directly from your iPad or iPhone using switches, buttons, virtual knob and gestures.
Ruddarr
Control your movie, documentary, and TV series collections remotely. Browse upcoming releases, manage your media library, and receive notifications. Customize the app's appearance and sync settings across devices.
- Manage movies and TV series
- Browse upcoming releases calendar
- Receive fine-grained notifications
- View activity queue and history
- Switch between multiple instances
- Customize app appearance
- Synchronize settings via iCloud
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Ruddarr is a beautifully designed, open source, privacy-first companion app for Radarr and Sonarr instances. Manage your movies, documentaries and TV series from anywhere, anytime. Features: • Manage movies and TV series • Browse upcoming releases in the calendar • Receive fine-grained notifications • View activity queue tasks and history events • Switch between multiple instances • Customize the app color scheme and appearance • Synchronize settings/instances between devices (iCloud) • Automate actions using Siri Shortcuts • Connect to reverse proxies using custom HTTP headers • Use Spotlight search to quickly jump to media • Fully localized, ready to be translated Notifications require a subscription to Ruddarr+, because sending push notifications to devices requires reliable server infrastructure, which incurs monthly operating expenses for this free, open-source project. Alternatively, *arrs come with many notification integrations that can be self-hosted. Requirements: • Ruddarr does not provide any media and requires a Radarr or Sonarr instance to interact with. - - - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiftBox Client at none against Ruddarr's 1. LiftBox Client also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Ruddarr's advantage is ratings volume (696 vs 3) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ruddarr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. LiftBox Client asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ruddarr holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ruddarr has 696 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of LiftBox Client's written reviews are positive against 90% of Ruddarr's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LiftBox Client ships an update every 3 weeks, Ruddarr monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiftBox Client | Ruddarr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (696 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 696 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Artur Kumszczynski | Ruddarr |
Customer experience
LiftBox Client
Ruddarr
Bugs and requests
LiftBox Client
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ruddarr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Fails with error when trying to add any service
- Crashes and freezes all the time
Requested features
3 requests- Support one time purchase
- List view not just posters
- Latest releases or trending lists that could be pulled from trakt or IMDb
In-app purchases
LiftBox Client
No in-app purchases
Ruddarr
- Ruddarr+$5.991 Year
