Home Camera vs Echo Photos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Camera
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a live streaming camera for your Apple TV. Monitor up to four devices simultaneously within your Wi-Fi network, creating a personal surveillance system visible from your couch. All transmissions are local, ensuring privacy.
- Live streaming from iOS devices
- View on Apple TV
- Connect up to four devices
- Local Wi-Fi network transmissions
- Create a camera network
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With HOME CAMERA you can watch live streaming on your Apple TV what is seen from your devices (iPhone or iPad) connected to the same Wi-Fi. You can connect up to four devices simultaneously and create your own network of cameras visible from your sofa! All transmissions take place within the network WIFI, no content is sent to an external server. *** REQUIRES APPLE TV TO VIEW LIVE STREAMING AND AN IOS 9 DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION ***
Echo Photos
Effortlessly share high-resolution photos with friends and family by creating dedicated groups. Upload your best shots, add insightful comments, and preserve your most cherished moments.
- Create photo sharing groups
- Add friends to groups
- Upload high-resolution images
- Write comments on photos
- Preserve memories
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Share photos and videos in albums with friends and family. Create an album, invite others, upload high-resolution photos, and keep the conversation going with comments and likes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Echo Photos at Free against Home Camera's $1.99. Echo Photos also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Home Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On 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
Echo Photos is free to download; Home Camera costs $1.99 up front. Echo Photos sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Home Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Camera has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Home Camera | Echo Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simone Nicoletti | Echo Labs AG |
Customer experience
Home Camera
Echo Photos
In-app purchases
Home Camera
No in-app purchases
Echo Photos
- 2 Echo Credits$1.99
- 5 Echo Credits$4.99
- 10 Echo Credits$9.99
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- 100 Echo Credits$89.99
