Comparison

SmartHomeSecurity vs Kino Live

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

Head to head
About

SmartHomeSecurity

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SmartHomeSecurity offers a remote control and surveillance for your household. View live streaming videos and record videos for later viewing. Monitor energy usage and control devices such as power switch, PIR motion detector, door contact, for the completed alarm system.

About

Kino Live

This video-workspace tool fosters remote collaboration by recreating the office feel. Its Spaces Technology allows seamless movement between virtual areas, reducing meeting fatigue and promoting organic interactions for enhanced creativity and team connection.

Highlights
  • Virtual office feel
  • Spaces Technology for collaboration
  • Reduced virtual meeting fatigue
  • Organic workspace interactions
  • Enhanced creativity
  • Team connection
Features
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A video-workspace communication tool designed for inspiration. Kino brings remote co-workers together through a video technology that creates the office feel. With its Spaces Technology, every person has a dedicated space to engage, collaborate and be inspired with others. Co-workers can move freely between different spaces as if in a physical office, in a way that reduces virtual meeting fatigue. Bringing a more organic, Office-like interactions through high-definition video and spatial dynamics to mimic natural workspace interactions.. Kino is designed to connect remote co-workers throughout a work-day. Kino enables remote colleagues to truly work together, side-by-side. Ease of collaboration and company culture that happen naturally. Workflow management and team connection simply happen through teams engagements in Kino's creative environment. Kino blends into daily workflows sparking creativity. It is the only tool where co-working community happens remotely. The future of video-collaboration elevated by Kino.

Screenshots

SmartHomeSecurity2 screens
Kino Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kino Live at every 5 weeks against SmartHomeSecurity's every 4 months. SmartHomeSecurity's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartHomeSecurity ships an update every 4 months, Kino Live every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SmartHomeSecurity versus Kino Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartHomeSecurityKino Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJSW PACIFIC CORPORATIONKinetx

In-app purchases

None

SmartHomeSecurity

No in-app purchases

None

Kino Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartHomeSecurity free?
SmartHomeSecurity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kino Live free?
Kino Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartHomeSecurity or Kino Live have ads?
Neither SmartHomeSecurity nor Kino Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartHomeSecurity or Kino Live?
SmartHomeSecurity ships an update every 4 months, and Kino Live every 5 weeks. Most recently, SmartHomeSecurity was updated on September 7, 2026 and Kino Live on September 17, 2026.

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