Comparison

Yarbo vs Ask OSCAR

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Area planning for snow removal
  • Automatic plan creation
  • Real-time progress monitoring
  • Manual controller usage
  • Location tracking
  • Auto return charging
Features
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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.

About

Ask OSCAR

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Yarbo4 screens
Ask OSCAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Yarbo versus Ask OSCAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarboAsk OSCAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (786 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings786 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB203 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYarboGuy 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

None

Yarbo

No in-app purchases

None

Ask OSCAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yarbo free?
Yarbo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ask OSCAR free?
Ask OSCAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yarbo or Ask OSCAR have ads?
Neither Yarbo nor Ask OSCAR shows ads.

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