ZY Play vs Live360 Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZY Play
Unlock advanced camera controls for stunning photos and videos. This app integrates intelligent shooting modes like time lapse and slow motion, along with editing tools, to enhance your creative output. Connect to a professional stabilizer for professional-quality footage.
- Comprehensive camera controls
- Intelligent shooting modes
- Time lapse
- Long exposure
- Slow motion
- Video editing features
- Professional stabilizer integration
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ZY Play offers comprehensive camera controls for convenient photo & video shooting, combining various intelligent functions including time lapse, long exposure, slow motion and more to inspire your creativity. With easy-to-use design and a vast range of editing features, it is a must-have app for anyone who takes photos & videos. By conneting the APP to a ZHIYUN professional stabilizer, it helps you create film-grade footage that is once only possible with a crew.
Live360 Assistant
This app enables follow-up photography with smart devices. It allows users to capture images and potentially control camera functions for enhanced visual documentation.
- Follow-up photography
- Smart device integration
- Image capture
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Use with smart devices to achieve follow-up photography
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZY Play at 2.4 against Live360 Assistant's 1.8. ZY Play also leads on ratings volume (660 vs 115) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Live360 Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
ZY Play holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZY Play has 660 ratings behind it against 115, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of ZY Play's written reviews are positive against 8% of Live360 Assistant's.
ZY Play ships an update every 2 months, Live360 Assistant every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZY Play | Live360 Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (660 ratings) — better | 1.8 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 660 — better | 115 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 桂林智神信息技术有限公司 | ShenZhen Lenze Technology Co,.Ltd. |
Customer experience
ZY Play
Live360 Assistant
User reviews
ZY Play
From 660 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works great with Smooth 4
- 🚀 Lots of useful features
- 💡 Good motion time-lapse capabilities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🔒 Requires excessive permissions
- 👎 Poor user experience and UI
Live360 Assistant
From 115 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Face tracking works when properly set up
- 💪 Sturdy physical construction
- 📸 Photo capture functionality
- 🎯 Device follows subjects from distance
- ⚙️ Manual stand mode works without app
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently during pairing
- ❌ No video recording to camera roll
- 😤 Requires live streaming only for video
- 🔌 Bluetooth connectivity issues
- ⚠️ Misleading packaging claims
Bugs and requests
ZY Play
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent connection issues
- App crashes and freezes
- Tracking and stabilization not reliable
- Resolution and frame rate issues
- Saved footage not accessible
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more gimbal models
- Improve motion time-lapse functionality
- Allow background operation for time-lapses
- Provide more camera control options
- Optimize battery usage
Live360 Assistant
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on launch or during pairing
- App gets stuck on 'discovering device' or buffering
- Bluetooth pairing fails or won't stay connected
- Photos don't save anywhere on device
- Videos don't save after recording
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- App closes unexpectedly when battery installed
- Face tracking inverts and moves away from subject
- Manual video recording option doesn't function
- Screen recording doesn't save properly
- App incompatible with iPhone 12
- Device won't move outside of app control
- Forced 3-second photo interval with no control
- App requires constant live broadcast connection
- Cannot disconnect Bluetooth without turning off all Bluetooth
Requested features
14 requests- Add offline video recording without live streaming
- Support for video conferencing apps (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Messenger)
- Ability to save photos/videos to camera roll
- Better Bluetooth connection management with disconnect option
- Compatibility with more streaming platforms (TikTok, Twitch, Snapchat integration)
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- Smoother and faster tracking performance
- Manual control over photo capture interval
- Support for additional apps (KakaoTalk, WeChat, Snow)
- Webcam functionality for computer use
- Remove or disable beauty filters
- Better app UI/UX design
- Comprehensive user instructions
- Voice-activated remote control
- Ability to use device as standalone camera without app
In-app purchases
ZY Play
No in-app purchases
Live360 Assistant
No in-app purchases
