XIAODOU vs StarEye
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.
StarEye
Easily configure and manage smart home devices with one-click setup. Access cloud storage for recordings, photos, and videos, and monitor your devices remotely. Receive instant notifications for activity, such as guest arrivals.
- One-click device configuration
- Cloud storage for records, photos, and videos
- Remote device monitoring
- On-demand photo and video capture
- Push notifications for activity
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Used to manage Star Eye products The main function: 1. One-click configuration, which is very easy for users to use the configuration for the first time (you can configure nearby devices in configuration mode to connect to the router at the same time); 2. The user logs in to the system, and the device supports cloud storage records, cloud storage photos, and cloud storage videos; 3. Watch the device at any time; 4. Take photos and videos of equipment scenes at any time; 5. When guests visit, they will wake up work video and push notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarEye at 3.0 against XIAODOU's 1.0. StarEye also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (12% vs 0%). XIAODOU's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. StarEye sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. XIAODOU asks for nothing beyond the download.
StarEye holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of XIAODOU's written reviews are positive against 12% of StarEye's.
XIAODOU ships an update every 3 months, StarEye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XIAODOU | StarEye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (5 ratings) | 3.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 11.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 瑶 朱 | Shenzhen Xuanyuanxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
XIAODOU
StarEye
In-app purchases
XIAODOU
No in-app purchases
StarEye
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Month)$3.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Month)$4.99
- 30 day cloud storage 1 Month$5.49
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- 60 day cloud storage 1 month$8.49
- 3-day cycle storage (3 Month)3 variants$9.99
- 30d cloud 1month 20s record$10.99
- 7-day cycle storage (3 Month)$12.99
- 30d cloud 1month 30s record$16.99
- Data package$17.99
- 30 day cloud storage 6 Month$20.49
- 3-day cycle storage (6 Month)$20.99
- 7-day cycle storage (6 Month)$24.99
- 60 day cloud storage 6 Month$37.49
- 30 day cloud storage 12 month$40.49
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Year)$41.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Year)$49.99
