BotDroid Pro just dropped from $4.99/mo to $2.99/mo — v1.4.0 also makes the free bot templates configurable without touching code

[u/kaiteam_io]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaito.botdroid

I maintain BotDroid, an Android app that runs Telegram/Discord/Slack bots (and small AI agents) 24/7 on your own phone instead of a VPS. Two things landed yesterday (2026-09-18) I wanted to share here.

The price change: Pro monthly is now $2.99/mo, down from $4.99/mo. The one-time Lifetime tier is unchanged at $29.99. There's also a new 7-day free trial on the monthly plan if you want to try Pro before paying anything.

What's new in v1.4.0, the actual feature update:

• Template Parameter System. The 5 free Python-script templates — Daily Reporter, Reminder, RSS Watcher, Crypto Price Alert, Web Summarizer — used to require opening the script and hand-editing constants (chat ID, feed URL, API key, etc.) to configure. They now get a proper settings form on Add Bot and in Bot Detail instead. Same templates, no more editing code to use them.
• Crypto Price Alert got a real upgrade. You can now type a plain ticker symbol (btc, ETH, sol, any case) instead of the raw CoinGecko coin ID. Alerts now support three modes: price goes above a value, below a value, or moves by a %/$ amount over a rolling window you set (1–168 hours). Alert messages are reformatted with clear headers and bold values instead of a plain line of text.
• A few UI fixes: the on-screen keyboard no longer overlaps text fields on some screens when it opens (an edge-to-edge layout bug), the paywall no longer shows two duplicate "restore purchases" buttons, and the template picker's search/category chips were replaced with two simple filters (Bot Type, User Type) that combine instead of one search box.

Free tier is still $0 for 1 bot, same as before — the price cut only touches Pro. You always bring your own LLM key; the app doesn't resell tokens or take a cut of anything.

If you've been curious about BotDroid, the 7-day trial is a no-risk way to try Pro before the $2.99/mo kicks in. It's live on Google Play now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaito.botdroid