Yarbo vs AiMowbot SMART
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.
AiMowbot SMART
Control and monitor your smart robotic mower remotely. Easily set up your device, map your lawn, and adjust cutting settings from your phone. Enjoy a perfectly maintained lawn with minimal effort.
- Remote mower control
- Wire-free lawn mapping
- Status monitoring
- Customizable cutting height
- Work mode selection
- No-go zone definition
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Greenworks AiMowbot is a smart robotic mower that works without messy perimeter wires. It is very easy to use and helps you keep a beautiful lawn while you relax and enjoy your free time. With the Greenworks AiMowbot SMART app, you can: 1. Quickly set up your device. Follow our simple, step-by-step guides to get your mower ready to work in no time. 2. Map your lawn on your phone. Just drive the mower like a remote-control car to set boundaries and "no-go" zones. No digging or wiring is needed, and you can manage several lawn areas at once. 3. Check the mower anytime. See exactly what your mower is doing. You can check its status and watch the mowing progress right from your screen. 4. Control it with one tap. Start, pause, or stop the mower whenever you want, no matter where you are. It gives you total control over your garden. 5. Change settings easily. Adjust the grass cutting height or switch work modes with just a few clicks to make sure your lawn looks exactly the way you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yarbo at 63% against AiMowbot SMART's 20%. Yarbo also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. AiMowbot SMART sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Yarbo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yarbo holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yarbo has 731 ratings behind it against 14, 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 20% of AiMowbot SMART's.
Yarbo ships an update every 3 weeks, AiMowbot SMART every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yarbo | AiMowbot SMART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (731 ratings) — better | 3.5 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yarbo | Globe Technologies Sweden AB |
Customer experience
Yarbo
AiMowbot SMART
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
AiMowbot SMART
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yarbo
No in-app purchases
AiMowbot SMART
- Quick View Pack$3.99
- Travel Care Pack$9.99
- Vacation Guard Pack$29.99
