Comparison

RoboX App vs Handcast

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

Head to head
About

RoboX App

Features
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RoboX is a contributor app for collecting first-person video data used to build robotics and machine-learning datasets. Record real everyday activities from your point of view by following clear campaign instructions. Accepted recordings help create structured datasets that may support the development of robotic manipulation and imitation-learning systems. HOW IT WORKS 1. Sign in and complete the Getting Started flow. 2. Review examples showing how to record useful, high-quality footage. 3. Complete practice recordings for EgoTask and EgoGrasp. 4. Open an active campaign and follow its instructions. 5. Record directly in the app using your iPhone camera. 6. Submit the recording for automated verification. 7. Receive a verification result and feedback. 8. Earn a monetary reward for accepted main campaign contributions. AVAILABLE CAMPAIGNS EgoTask Record a complete real-world task from a first-person perspective. Keep your hands, relevant objects, and the full sequence of actions visible. EgoGrasp Record genuine hand-object interactions involving different objects, grip types, and contexts. Each campaign specifies what to record, the required duration, camera orientation, quality standards, and reward amount. FEATURES • Guided first-person video recording • Practice tasks and visual onboarding • Campaign-specific instructions and quality requirements • Automated video verification • Submission history and review status • Monetary reward balance and payout requests • Referral rewards • Achievement badges • English and Spanish interface languages • Contribution provenance through Peaq Explorer • In-app account deletion • Sign in with Apple, Google, or X REWARDS AND PAYOUTS Accepted main campaign recordings earn monetary rewards. Once the available balance reaches USD 10, the contributor can submit a payout request. Available payout methods may include USDC or USDT to a compatible wallet on the Ethereum network. Wise may be displayed as an unavailable option. Payout requests are manually reviewed, and approved payments are processed on Mondays. REFERRAL PROGRAM Contributors may invite other users through the RoboX referral program. A direct referral may generate a reward equal to 1% of the referred user’s eligible earnings. A second-level referral may generate a reward equal to 0.2% of the sub-referred user’s eligible earnings. Referral rewards are provided by RoboX and are not deducted from the referred contributor’s earnings. PRIVACY AND DATA You control what you record and submit. Contributors must follow campaign instructions and avoid capturing sensitive documents, private information, or people who have not agreed to be recorded. Submitted recordings may be processed for quality verification, privacy protection, annotation, and inclusion in future robotics and machine-learning datasets. RoboX detects and blurs faces and vehicle license plates as part of its privacy-processing workflow. Full details are available in the RoboX Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Data Policy. RoboX is operated by RoboX Intelligence Services FZCO.

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Handcast

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Handcast records first-person video of real, hands-on work. Pick a task, hold or mount your phone so both of your hands are in view, and record yourself doing it: preparing a meal, fixing something, doing the laundry, cleaning a surface. Handcast captures the video together with the phone's motion sensor readings and uploads each recording securely to your account. Recordings are collected as real-world training data for robotics and machine learning. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Choose from tasks grouped by trade, search them, or describe your own; each has a short note on what to record • Start recording automatically once both hands are in view, or turn on Glove mode when gloves make detection unreliable • Follow the angle guide while you record, and stop with a three-second press • Get a warning when the phone dropped frames, so you can record again before uploading • Retry uploads that fail, with the recording kept safely on the device until it lands • See your recordings, their length and upload status in one place YOUR DATA Recordings contain video with no audio, motion sensor data, camera and phone details, and, only if you allow it, the location where you recorded. They are private to your account. You can delete your account and every recording from inside the app at any time. Handcast uses the camera to record and motion data to capture movement. Location is optional.

Screenshots

RoboX App4 screens
Handcast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Handcast at 16.4 against RoboX App's 18.0. 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 · 5 level
RoboX App versus Handcast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoboX AppHandcast
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB73 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperROBOX INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FZCOValay

In-app purchases

None

RoboX App

No in-app purchases

None

Handcast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoboX App free?
RoboX App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handcast free?
Handcast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RoboX App or Handcast have ads?
Neither RoboX App nor Handcast shows ads.

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