Comparison

Roomba Home vs OpenCARWINGS

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

Head to head
About

Roomba Home

Control your compatible robot vacuum with this app. Schedule cleanings, customize maps, and create personalized routines for a spotless home. It offers real-time insights and smart home integrations for effortless floor care.

Highlights
  • Schedule cleanings
  • Customize home maps
  • Create cleaning routines
  • Real-time cleaning insights
  • Voice control integration
  • Robot maintenance dashboard
Currently charting
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The Roomba® Home App is compatible with Roomba® 100, 200, 400, 500, 700, 800, and Mini series robots sold after March 2025. For other models, please download the iRobot Home (Classic) app. Get ready to elevate your cleaning game with the intuitive Roomba® Home app! Easily start, stop, or schedule your robot, adjust cleaning settings, customize detailed maps of your home, and create personalized cleaning routines. Dirty rooms are noted based upon previous cleaning jobs to help you clean more effectively without having to think about it. See where and how your robot is cleaning in real-time, proactive product maintenance, and seamless smart home integrations. From setup to daily use, the Roomba® Home app offers intelligent recommendations and a user-friendly experience to keep your home spotless with minimal effort. - Easy, Seamless Setup: Easy-to-follow onboarding guides you from unboxing to your first cleaning run with helpful tips along the way. - Cleaning Routines: Effortlessly create cleaning routines with Routine Builder. Select which rooms to clean, adjust settings, and turn on advanced scrubbing to clean just the way you like. - Schedules: Easily adjust the days and times your robot cleans so it runs when it’s most convenient for you. - Cleaning Settings: Choose to vacuum, mop or both, and adjust settings like suction & mopping liquid levels, number of cleaning passes and turn on advanced scrubbing to clean each room just the way you like. - Maps: Save up to 5 maps, label rooms, add zones and furniture for more targeted cleaning control, and start cleaning specific areas with a click. - Real-Time Insights: See where and how your robot is cleaning and manage it along the way with real-time controls. - Voice Control: Hands full? No need to stop what you're doing. Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant-enabled* compatibility allows you to clean with a simple command. - Robot Maintenance & Health Dashboard: Keep your robot operating smoothly and in tip-top shape with a list of maintenance and troubleshooting suggestions, while the Health Dashboards monitors robot and accessories health. Note: Roomba® 100 series products require a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi® network. Not compatible with 5GHz Wi-Fi® networks. *Works with Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant-enabled devices. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Google and Google Home are trademarks of Google LLC. Siri is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.

About

OpenCARWINGS

Control your electric vehicle remotely. Monitor battery status, driving range, and vehicle location. Manage climate control, charging, and set timers for convenience.

Highlights
  • View battery charge and driving range
  • Track vehicle location
  • Send destinations to car navigation
  • Remote climate control (A/C)
  • Remote charging control
  • Set remote timers
Features
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OpenCARWINGS brings back remote control functions to cars like Nissan LEAF, e-NV200. With the mobile app you can conveniently control the application. With the app you can: - View battery charge and driving range - View vehicle's location and send destinations to car's navigation system - Turn on and off the air conditioning remotely - Start charging the car - Set remote timers for charge start and A/C - More functionality coming later! OpenCARWINGS is an open source project, its repository can be found here: https://github.com/developerfromjokela/opencarwings

Screenshots

Roomba Home4 screens
OpenCARWINGS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Roomba Home at 35K against OpenCARWINGS's 1. Roomba Home also leads on chart position (#92 vs unranked). OpenCARWINGS's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenCARWINGS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roomba Home has 35K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Roomba Home versus OpenCARWINGS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoomba HomeOpenCARWINGS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings35K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#92 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiRobot CorporationRuben Mkrtumyan

Customer experience

Roomba Home

All ratings34,995 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews3,520 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative23.8%

OpenCARWINGS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Roomba Home

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • App only works with products launched after March 2025

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improved user guidance
  • Support page fixes

OpenCARWINGS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Roomba Home

No in-app purchases

None

OpenCARWINGS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roomba Home free?
Roomba Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenCARWINGS free?
OpenCARWINGS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roomba Home or OpenCARWINGS?
OpenCARWINGS is rated higher. Roomba Home averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while OpenCARWINGS averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Roomba Home or OpenCARWINGS have ads?
Neither Roomba Home nor OpenCARWINGS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roomba Home or OpenCARWINGS?
Roomba Home ships an update fortnightly, and OpenCARWINGS fortnightly. Most recently, Roomba Home was updated on November 8, 2026 and OpenCARWINGS on November 5, 2026.

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