XIAODOU vs GoodCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XIAODOU
Monitor your home or office remotely with this utility app. It allows for live video streaming from IP cameras, snapshot capture, and video recording. You can also configure your cameras directly through the application.
- Remote IP camera monitoring
- Live video streaming
- Snapshot capture
- Video recording
- Remote camera configuration
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XIAODOU enables customers to monitor home / office premises where the IP Camera is installed. This free app offers many other useful functions such as: snapshot, video recording, and remote configuration.
GoodCam
Monitor your home or office remotely with this utility app. It allows for snapshotting, video recording, and remote configuration of your IP camera setup. The application is free to use and supports various Apple devices.
- Remote IP camera monitoring
- Snapshot functionality
- Video recording
- Remote configuration
- Free to use
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GoodCam enables customers to monitor home / office premises where the IP Camera is installed. This free app offers many other useful functions such as: snapshot, video recording, and remote configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoodCam at 2.2 against XIAODOU's 1.0. GoodCam also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). XIAODOU's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoodCam holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of XIAODOU's written reviews are positive against 22% of GoodCam's.
XIAODOU ships an update every 3 months, GoodCam every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | XIAODOU | GoodCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 2.2 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 瑶 朱 | 湖南安畔智科安防科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
XIAODOU
GoodCam
In-app purchases
XIAODOU
No in-app purchases
GoodCam
No in-app purchases
