TakeScan vs HostBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
TakeScan
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Say goodbye to manually inputting phone numbers from banners, flyers, or business cards. With just a quick scan, you're ready to message via WhatsApp, send a text, or make a call. Designed by Take App, #1 WhatsApp e-commerce site builder.
HostBox
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HostBox is the deploy-layer iOS app for My T (not a Docker terminal inside My T). SSH into your own VPS from iPhone and install My T Server: ⢠TeslaMate + TeslaMateAPI ⢠Optional My T Companion ⢠Optional temporary public IP or Cloudflare Tunnel ⢠Unified entry, step-by-step progress, and health checks ⢠SSH command console and maintenance tools for your own server Temporary-IP mode publishes only the Bearer-protected My T API. TeslaMate web and Grafana remain private on the VPS, so first-time vehicle authorization and dashboards require an SSH tunnel from a computer. With Cloudflare Tunnel/domain mode, those pages can open directly in a phone browser. When finished, open My T from the completion screen. The URL contains no secret; a five-minute local connection package supplies the full setup. My T tests it and asks whether to overwrite an existing connection or save another name. Passwords, private keys, Tokens, and Cloudflare secrets stay in on-device Keychain. Optional iCloud backup contains non-secret connection metadata only and requires credentials and SSH host trust to be established again after restore. Remote commands run on your server. You need your own VPS and (optionally) a Cloudflare account. You still authorize the vehicle in the TeslaMate web UI.
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Verdict
TakeScan and HostBox are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | TakeScan | HostBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Take.app | huajun xia |
In-app purchases
TakeScan
No in-app purchases
HostBox
No in-app purchases









