Yarbo vs myCalpha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yarbo
Control your robotic yard work device with this app. Plan snow removal areas, manage tasks, monitor progress in real-time, and use manual controls. Features include automatic planning, location tracking, profile management, and auto-return charging.
- Snow removal area planning
- Automatic task planning
- Real-time progress monitoring
- Manual controller usage
- Device location tracking
- Profile management
- Auto-return charging
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This app allows you to control all the functions of Yarbo robotics, including: - Planning the total area for snow removal, - Managing the total area, - Creating automatic plans, - Monitoring the progress of Yarbo in real-time, - Using the manual controller, - Locating your Yarbo, - Managing your profiles, - Enabling auto return charging.
myCalpha
Monitor and remotely control your smart energy devices in real-time. View historical performance data and set custom energy usage strategies for efficiency. Easily share device access with family and manage multiple devices simultaneously.
- Real-time device monitoring
- Remote device control
- Historical energy data analysis
- Custom energy usage strategies
- Device sharing with family
- Multi-device management
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Monitor and control your smart energy devices anytime, anywhere with myCalpha! 1. Monitor and remote control your devices in real-time; 2. View historical data by day, month, and year to better understand its performance, such as energy production and consumption; 3. Set up your own energy usage strategy, making it smarter and more efficient； 4. One tap to share devices among family members; 5. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, conveniently and quickly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Yarbo at 1.2K against myCalpha's 1. Yarbo also leads on rating (4.2 vs 4.0). myCalpha's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Yarbo holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yarbo has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Yarbo | myCalpha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 263 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yarbo | Calpha Industries Inc. |
Customer experience
Yarbo
myCalpha
Bugs and requests
Yarbo
Reported bugs
29 issues- Difficulty maintaining GPS signal
- Overheating issues
- Problems with blades
- Slow support response
- Frequent software bugs and errors
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- Unit goes out of boundaries
- GPS problems under trees
- Charging issues related to GPS
- Unit slips on hills
- Unit has problems going around obstacles
- Unit skips long sections
- Poor cut quality
- GPS signal drops
- Unit goes out of boundary
- Requires significant manual intervention
- Bad pathing
- Poor obstacle avoidance
- Poor person detection
- Shoddy UX
- Software issues
- Connection issues (Wi-Fi and data)
- App is dysfunctional and frustrating
- Impossible to operate continuously
- Requires constant reconnecting/deleting/reconnecting
- No technical support available
- Cannot map
- Tutorials are a joke
- Unit gets lost under a tree during mapping
- Mower never delivered
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit maps
- Ability to draw no-go zones without driving the unit
- More human-readable diagnostic info
- Ability to program mowing every other day or every three days
- Ability to see programs while the unit is running
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- More focus on resolving customer issues
myCalpha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yarbo
No in-app purchases
myCalpha
No in-app purchases
