Yarbo vs Master Clear Salt System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yarbo
Control your robotic snow removal system with this app. Plan snow removal areas, manage operations, and monitor progress in real-time. Features include manual control, location tracking, and automatic charging.
- Area planning for snow removal
- Automatic plan creation
- Real-time progress monitoring
- Manual controller usage
- Location tracking
- 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.
Master Clear Salt System
Monitor and control your spa's water chemistry remotely. Adjust settings, check salt levels, and manage chlorine cycles to ensure optimal water quality with minimal effort.
- Monitor salt level
- Adjust chlorine sensor sensitivity
- Manually override chlorine cycle
- Check Smart Cell life
- Remote control and monitoring
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Control and monitor your Master Clear Salt System from home or on the go. With the Master Clear system, you can put relaxation first and water maintenance second. With the Master Clear app, you can: • Monitor the salt level • Adjust chlorine sensor sensitivity • Manually override chlorine cycle if needed • Check the Smart Cell life Only compatible with hot tubs that have the Master Clear Salt System.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yarbo at 4.3 against Master Clear Salt System's 1.0. Yarbo also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 25%) and ratings volume (786 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yarbo has 786 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Yarbo's written reviews are positive against 25% of Master Clear Salt System's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Yarbo | Master Clear Salt System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (786 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 786 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yarbo | Master Spas |
Customer experience
Yarbo
Master Clear Salt System
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
Master Clear Salt System
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yarbo
No in-app purchases
Master Clear Salt System
No in-app purchases
Questions
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