Comparison

Bot Watch vs MausBot

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

Head to head
About

Bot Watch

This app provides an unofficial companion for managing Bot status and performing quick tasks directly from your Apple Watch and iPhone. It allows for one-tap approvals, dictating short instructions, and viewing bot states without needing a computer.

Highlights
  • View Bot status (idle, running, waiting)
  • One-tap approvals/rejections
  • Dictate short instructions
  • Watch complications and Control Center integration
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island on iPhone
  • Ask a Bot from iPhone toolbar
Features
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Bot Watch is an unofficial iPhone and Apple Watch companion for Bot status, one-tap approvals, and short tasks. This is not an xAI product and is not the official Grok Bot app. You do not need a computer. Install Bot Watch on iPhone. Tap Start using Bot Watch or Try the demo. Bots and approvals load on this iPhone. If an Apple Watch is already paired with that iPhone, Bot Watch appears on the wrist. You do not scan the Watch. You do not type a Watch code. What you can do on the Watch: - See which Bots are idle, running, or waiting - Approve, reject, or park a request without opening a full draft - Dictate a short instruction - Complications, Smart Stack, and Control Center when something is waiting On iPhone: Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the latest pending card. Ask a Bot from the toolbar. Full threads stay on iPhone. The Watch stores summaries only. Reviewers: tap Try the demo on iPhone. Demo Bots load immediately. No password. No Local Network or camera prompt on that path.

About

MausBot

Delegate tasks to AI agents that operate on your personal computer, accessible from your phone. Manage workflows like inbox triage, code reviews, and research, with bots requiring your approval before acting. Communicate with bots via text or voice, and run multiple agents in parallel for complex projects.

Highlights
  • AI agent task delegation
  • Personal computer operation
  • Inbox triage and email management
  • Code review and bug reproduction
  • Voice and text communication with bots
  • Parallel bot execution
  • OAuth integrations with popular services
Features
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Hand real work to AI agents that run on your own computer, and carry them in your pocket. MausBot is the iPhone app for OpenMausBot, the open-source agent runtime you install on your own Mac, Windows or Linux machine. Your bots work on your hardware, with your keys, on your files. Nothing is uploaded to us. WORK YOU CAN HAND OFF · Inbox triage: read the morning's mail, flag what matters, draft replies, send nothing without your yes · Pull request review: read a diff, leave comments, open the follow-up issue · Bug reproduction: drive a browser until the bug happens, then write it up with the steps · Standup digest: gather what moved yesterday and post the summary to Slack · Issue grooming: tidy a Linear backlog, label it, close what already shipped · Research watch: check a list of sites overnight and report what changed · Portal errands: log into the dull vendor site, download the invoices, park them for review · Codebase chores: run the migration, fix the lint, open the branch MESSAGE A BOT LIKE A TEAMMATE Send work from your phone the way you would text a colleague. Pick up the same thread on your computer. Each bot keeps its own model, its own computer and its own instructions, and comes back to you only when it needs a decision. A BOT ASKS BEFORE IT ACTS Shell commands, file edits and open questions arrive as cards you answer with one tap, from the lock screen if you like. Nothing risky happens while you are away without your approval. The gate is the point. TALK TO IT OUT LOUD Start a Live call and brief a bot by voice while you walk, with the chat open beside you. MANY BOTS, IN PARALLEL Run a bot per job. One owns a project, one watches the inbox, one keeps the build green. Put several in a channel and they pass work between themselves. A cross-bot inbox shows everything waiting on you in one place. IT KEEPS GOING WITHOUT YOU Routines run work on a schedule, from every few minutes to selected weekdays. Webhooks let another system start a job. Your computer does the work whether or not your phone is awake. CONNECTED APPS OAuth once and every bot can use Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Linear and hundreds more as tools. BRING YOUR OWN BRAIN Bots run on the Claude, Codex and Grok CLIs already installed on your machine. Switch a bot's model mid-conversation. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE MausBot talks straight to the companion service on your own computer. Transcripts and keys stay in local storage on that machine. Pair with a short-lived code from Remote access, and revoke the phone whenever you want. AT HOME OR AWAY On a trusted network the phone finds your computer by itself. For remote access, install Tailscale on both and connect by MagicDNS name. Requires OpenMausBot on a Mac, Windows or Linux computer. Free and open source. Tailscale is optional and is not affiliated with OpenMausBot.

Screenshots

Bot Watch4 screens
MausBot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bot Watch at 5.0 against MausBot's 3.7. MausBot's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bot Watch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bot Watch ships an update daily, MausBot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bot Watch versus MausBot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBot WatchMausBot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan BaileySupamaus Software Private Limited

Customer experience

Bot Watch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MausBot

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bot Watch

No in-app purchases

None

MausBot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bot Watch free?
Bot Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MausBot free?
MausBot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bot Watch or MausBot?
Bot Watch is rated higher. Bot Watch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MausBot averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Bot Watch or MausBot have ads?
Neither Bot Watch nor MausBot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bot Watch or MausBot?
Bot Watch ships an update daily, and MausBot every 2 days. Most recently, Bot Watch was updated on October 2, 2026 and MausBot on October 14, 2026.

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