Flic App vs BusyBox Sign
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flic App
This app allows you to personalize and control smart buttons to create shortcuts for various services and devices. Automate tasks like controlling smart lights, music, or sending messages with simple button presses and gestures.
- Connect Flic buttons to phone or hub
- Personalize button actions (push, double-push, hold)
- Control smart lights and music
- Remote camera control
- Send location messages
- Integrate with IFTTT and Zapier
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Flic is the original Smart Button. This app enables you to use and personalize Flic buttons. Create shortcuts in your life with a simple push of a button. OVERVIEW • Connect Flic buttons to your phone or Flic Hub • Select among all your favorite services and connected devices • Configure actions on push, double-push or push-and-hold, rotate or swipe gestures. • Create powerful combinations and build your routines • No effect on your phone’s battery life INSPIRATION - USE FLIC TO: • Control your Smart Lights (Matter, Philips Hue, LIFX, IKEA, ...) • Control your Music (Sonos, Spotify, Apple Music, ...) • Control your Camera and take pictures from afar • Send an message with your GPS position to friends and family • Connect Flic to IFTTT, Zapier or MS PowerAutomate for even more integrations • Integrate into custom setups with HTTP requests • And much, much more! Read more about Flic at https://flic.io If you use any of the GPS enabled functionality: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. We do not retain location data. Find the full terms and conditions, and our privacy policy, at https://flic.io/tos and https://flic.io/privacy-policy respectively.
BusyBox Sign
Easily manage your smart signs by controlling their on/off status, selecting light colors, and setting various modes. Group multiple signs together to simplify status control and create visual messages.
- Set on/off status
- Pick light colors
- Set display modes
- Group signs together
- Simplify status control
- Create visual messages
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BusyBox Control app allows you to set on/off, pick light colors, set modes, group signs together. Control like this never felt so easy. BusyBox signs can work alone, or together as part of a one team of devices. You decide. Simplify your status control with groups. Sometimes an image is worth a thousand words. Use the App and the BusyBox D to make your message clear, fun and visual.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BusyBox Sign at none against Flic App's 1. BusyBox Sign also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (54% vs 29%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Flic App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BusyBox Sign asks for nothing beyond the download.
BusyBox Sign holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Flic App's written reviews are positive against 54% of BusyBox Sign's.
Flic App ships an update monthly, BusyBox Sign every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flic App | BusyBox Sign |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (67 ratings) | 3.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shortcut Labs | Small Stage LLC |
Customer experience
Flic App
BusyBox Sign
Bugs and requests
Flic App
Reported bugs
17 issues- Bluetooth disconnection and reconnection failures
- App crashes on Flic Twist advanced setup
- Hub firmware update failures
- HomeKit buttons not adding to HomeKit despite support claims
- App login crashes and freezes
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- Buttons not detected by phone app despite hub programming
- Connection loss with Sonos speakers
- Alexa integration breaking after updates
- WeMo integration broken for extended periods
- Trådfri gateway pairing failures
- App crashes when setting Advanced push and twist actions
- Forced portrait mode on iPad
- App loses hub connection during programming
- Music control commands not executing reliably
- App forgets provider authorization frequently
- Bluetooth server crashes affecting audio playback
- Playlist subfolder navigation broken beyond 2 levels deep
Requested features
18 requests- Native iOS Shortcuts support
- Background app execution without keeping app open
- Dark mode for app interface
- Landscape orientation support for iPad
- Integration with Home Assistant and Hubitat
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- Support for hidden WiFi networks
- SmartThings integration
- Siri voice control activation
- HTTP request headers support for enterprise IoT
- Virtual keyboard emulation (F13-F24 keys)
- Per-button sound control settings
- Counter reset functionality
- Battery level and connection status indicators
- Ability to open apps directly on iPhone
- Matter protocol full support
- IFTTT integration restoration
- GoPro and camera integration
- Chromecast audio control
BusyBox Sign
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flic App
- pack of 20 credits$0.99
BusyBox Sign
No in-app purchases
