Comparison

JobGuard AI vs Buckets

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

Head to head
About

JobGuard AI

This app acts as a job search assistant, analyzing job postings to identify potential scams. It provides a trust score and highlights specific red flags, helping users avoid fraudulent opportunities and learn to spot them independently.

Highlights
  • Instant fraud check with trust score
  • Detailed red flag breakdown
  • Job posting tracking and notes
  • Scam-IQ growth tracking
  • Optional Pro subscription for unlimited scans
Features
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JobGuard AI is your job-search bodyguard. Paste any job posting — a link or the text — and get an instant Trust Score that flags the scam signals recruiters hope you'll miss. INSTANT FRAUD CHECK Every posting is scored 0-100 and rated Safe, Caution, or High Risk, with the exact red flags called out: upfront payment requests, vague pay, generic email domains, unrealistic promises, and more. UNDERSTAND EVERY RED FLAG See a plain-language breakdown of what fired and why it matters — so you learn to spot fakes yourself. TRACK YOUR WHOLE SEARCH Save postings, add notes, and move each job from watching to applied to offer. Your personal watchlist keeps every lead in one calm place. BUILT-IN PROTECTION SCORE Watch your Scam-IQ grow as you scan, catch threats, and stay active week to week. JOBGUARD PRO (optional subscription) Go Pro for unlimited scans, scanning trends, your full watchlist, and the complete red-flag breakdown on every verdict. - Monthly ($4.99) or Annual ($29.99), with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/jobguard-ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/jobguard-ai/terms

About

Buckets

This app helps you manage your time by setting weekly intentions for different life areas. It allows you to block out time, run focus sessions, and confirm actual time spent, ensuring your week reflects your priorities. All data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Set weekly intentions for life areas
  • Block time on your calendar
  • Run focus sessions with a timer
  • Confirm actual time spent
  • Calendar mirroring
  • Health app integration for workouts
  • Data export to JSON
Features
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Where does your week actually go? Buckets holds the parts of your life that matter, work, movement, sleep, family, and gives each one a weekly intention: how much time you actually want to pour in. Then it helps you protect that time before the week gets noisy. HOW IT WORKS Bucket. One area of your life, with a weekly intention. Work. Movement. Sleep. Family. Study. Faith. Whatever yours are. Block. You protect time for a Bucket by placing a Block on your calendar, in advance. A promise made to yourself while the week is still quiet. Session. When the Block arrives you start a focus session, and the timer runs. Work, move, rest, read. The session just holds the time. Pour. When you finish you confirm what actually happened, and only then does it pour into the Bucket. A Pour is never recorded without you. That last part is the whole point. Buckets does not watch you, guess at you, or fill itself in behind your back. Your week is only as full as you say it is, which is what makes the number worth looking at. YOUR WEEK, IN ONE PLACE Vessels for each Bucket that fill as the week goes on A plan timeline where you drag a Bucket onto the day to protect time Your existing calendar shown alongside, so open space stays honest Widgets for today's plan, one Bucket's ring, and how the week is filling A Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the running session Morning and evening moments, a daily reflection, and a weekly close Shortcuts for starting and finishing a session by voice ON YOUR DEVICE, AND NOWHERE ELSE No account. No sign up. No server. Every Bucket, Block, Session and Pour lives in the app's own database on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold, nothing leaves the device unless you choose to connect your calendar or Health. FREE, AND PRO Free holds one Bucket, with the full day, sessions, reflections, and every Pour you ever confirm. Buckets Pro holds as many Buckets as your life has parts, plus repeating Blocks, calendar mirroring, workouts that arrive ready to pour from Health, and export of every confirmed Pour as plain readable JSON. Built by one person, in Swift, for iPhone on iOS 18 and later. SUBSCRIPTION Buckets Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Buckets Pro (Yearly): $39.99 per year, with a 1 week free trial for new subscribers. Buckets Pro (Monthly): $6.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you take the free trial, any unused portion of it is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

JobGuard AI4 screens
Buckets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: JobGuard AI at 16 against Buckets's 4. JobGuard AI also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. JobGuard AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Buckets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for JobGuard AI against 5.0 for Buckets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
JobGuard AI versus Buckets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJobGuard AIBuckets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonard EarlRami Salameh

Customer experience

JobGuard AI

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Buckets

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

JobGuard AI

Subscriptions2
  • JobGuard Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • JobGuard Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Buckets

Subscriptions2
  • Buckets Pro$6.991 Month
  • Buckets Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is JobGuard AI free?
JobGuard AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buckets free?
Buckets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JobGuard AI or Buckets?
Buckets is rated higher. JobGuard AI averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Buckets averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do JobGuard AI or Buckets have ads?
Neither JobGuard AI nor Buckets shows ads.

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