Yarbo vs Ask OSCAR
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.
Ask OSCAR
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Ask OSCAR helps homeowners, designers, contractors, regulators, and distributors find state-specific OSCAR product guidance, manuals, drawings, and sizing context from approved Lowridge source material. Start by choosing your role and state. Ask OSCAR then filters answers, products, resources, and next steps for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Arizona. Use Ask OSCAR to ask product, fit, installation, sizing, approval, and resource questions. Browse the in-app Library for approved manuals and drawings. Review state-specific products. Use the Size workflow to carry project details from chat into a preliminary calculator view, reducing duplicate entry and keeping the conversation tied to the same source-limited workflow. For homeowners, Ask OSCAR is self-service only. Homeowners can use Ask OSCAR, Size, Library, and public website resources, but the app does not provide personal Lowridge contact, distributor routing, or personal follow-up. For professional users, the app supports project-note workflows and public Lowridge contact paths when direct help is needed. Notes are stored for app CRM and analytics records and are not automatically emailed or forwarded from the app during this phase. Ask OSCAR is a guidance tool, not a final design, permit, installation approval, engineering seal, or code-compliance approval. Final selection, design, permitting, installation, and code compliance should be verified with Lowridge, the appropriate authority, or the responsible licensed professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Yarbo at 14.0 against Ask OSCAR's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Yarbo | Ask OSCAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (786 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 786 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yarbo | Guy Collins |
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
Ask OSCAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yarbo
No in-app purchases
Ask OSCAR
No in-app purchases









