Devos vs Overlanding Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Devos
Control your LightRanger series lights via Bluetooth. Adjust individual light sides, color, and brightness. Schedule auto-offs, activate emergency flash modes, and group multiple lights for synchronized control.
- Bluetooth light control
- Individual side control
- Color and brightness adjustment
- Group multiple lights
- Emergency flash mode
- Schedule auto-off
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- Light control over Bluetooth including individual control of all 4 sides, color, and brightness - Firmware updates - Group and control multiple lights at once - Emergency flash mode - Schedule auto-off - Supports the following Lights: - LightRanger 2000 with 3 colors - LightRanger 4000 with Boost Mode to 4000 lumens brightness - LightRanger Pro 10,000 with Boost Mode to 10,000 lumens brightness - LightRanger Pro 15,000 with Boost Mode to 15,000 lumens brightness
Overlanding Buddy
This app helps you meticulously plan overlanding trips by creating, organizing, and managing comprehensive gear checklists. It offers features like multiple trip organization, custom hierarchical checklists, and offline functionality to ensure you never forget essential items.
- Multiple trip organization
- Custom hierarchical checklists
- Quick status overview
- Shareable lists via Google Sheets
- Intuitive swipe actions
- Offline functionality
- Personalized background images
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Never Forget Essential Gear Again Planning for an overlanding trip requires meticulous preparation. Overlanding Buddy helps you create, organize, and manage comprehensive checklists for all your adventures, ensuring you never leave critical gear behind. Plan solo, or with a whole group with our sync and sharing features (coming soon). No Ads, No Subscriptions, No Tracking, No BS Key Features: • Multiple Trip Organization: Create separate tabs for different trips, vehicles, or categories to keep all your adventures organized. • Custom Checklists: Easily build hierarchical checklists with groups and items to organize gear by category. • Quick Status Overview: Toggle between viewing all items or just unchecked items to focus on what still needs attention. • Share your lists and sync with other users: Connect your tabs to Google Sheets, and share them with your friends to coordinate trips together (sharing coming soon!) • Intuitive Interface: Swipe actions, expandable groups, and simple tap-to-check functionality make the app effortless to use, even when you're in a hurry. • Personalization: Set your own background image to customize your experience or match your adventure style. • Offline Functionality: Access your checklists anywhere, even in remote areas without cell service. Perfect For: • Planning your adventures solo, or with friends through shared lists • Creating camp setup and breakdown procedures • Managing gear inventories for different trip types • Tracking supplies and provisions • Organizing recovery equipment • Planning route checkpoints • Preparing vehicle maintenance checklists Whether you're a weekend warrior or a long-term overlander, Overlanding Buddy helps ensure you're prepared for whatever the trail brings. Download now and make your next adventure worry-free! #Adventure #Overlanding #OffRoad #TravelPlanning #Outdoors
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Devos at Free against Overlanding Buddy's $0.99. Devos also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Overlanding Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, 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
Devos is free to download; Overlanding Buddy costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overlanding Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Devos has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Devos's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overlanding Buddy's.
Devos ships an update every 6 months, Overlanding Buddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Devos | Overlanding Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devos Outdoor | Bonfire Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
Devos
Overlanding Buddy
Bugs and requests
Devos
Reported bugs
3 issues- Will not pair with iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Does not pair
- Disconnects if not used for 7-8 hours
Requested features
2 requests- Support for more than 4 lights (up to 8)
- Provision for a second row of lights up to 8
Overlanding Buddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Devos
No in-app purchases
Overlanding Buddy
No in-app purchases
