Lizvie vs MiniGadgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lizvie
Easily adapt to P2P cameras with this application. Its beautiful UI offers a comprehensive solution, allowing one app to manage all your needs.
- P2P camera adaptation
- Beautiful UI
- All-in-one functionality
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This application makes you easily to adapt p2p's camera, The application UI is very beautiful,now one App can do everything.
MiniGadgets
This utility allows you to remotely monitor and record your home environment in real-time using an electronic device. Receive instant alerts on your mobile phone for any motion detected, ensuring you're always aware of what's happening at home. Recorded footage is saved directly to the device's memory card.
- Real-time home monitoring
- Motion detection alerts
- Live video recording
- Remote access via mobile
- Video saved to memory card
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MiniGadgets is an electronic device at home that can watch and record in real time, and it can be set to push it to the mobile phone when there is a shadow flashing in front of the camera, so as to know the situation at home anytime and anywhere, and save the real-time video to the memory card of the electronic device.
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Verdict
Lizvie and MiniGadgets both sit at 1.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 29% of MiniGadgets's written reviews are positive against 8% of Lizvie's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.8 for Lizvie against 1.7 for MiniGadgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 8% of Lizvie's written reviews are positive against 29% of MiniGadgets's.
Lizvie ships an update every 4 weeks, MiniGadgets monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lizvie | MiniGadgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (51 ratings) — better | 1.7 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.8% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 火明 刘 | Mini Gadgets Inc. |
Customer experience
Lizvie
MiniGadgets
Bugs and requests
Lizvie
Reported bugs
46 issues- App only works on same WiFi as camera
- Videos use half the screen on iOS 16
- App connects only on local WiFi
- App stopped communicating after iOS 14.5 update
- App crashes a lot
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- Videos don't play, choppy playback
- App crashes when scanning QR code during setup
- App closes when scanning QR code
- App stopped communicating after iPhone update
- App crashes when exporting videos
- App won't play videos within the app
- App quits when entering password 'admin'
- Cannot export and watch recordings after iOS 14 update
- Many bugs with the software
- Camera not accessible via the app (cloud service issue?)
- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi, no Wi-Fi to choose
- App not picking up any WiFi signals
- Cannot set up cameras, won't recognize WiFi signal
- Records cannot be viewed through the app
- Cannot download file without watching it first
- Nothing on SD is playable after update
- App only works when iPhone is connected to the same network
- No longer works on data
- Does not work when connected to another WiFi
- Latest update crashed, locked, froze app functions
- Events don't work if not using the app and keep it open
- Doesn't save events or video at all
- No longer receive live notifications remotely
- Cannot choose which videos to delete remotely
- Sound was taken away
- No sound icon
- App dumps out when watching SD recordings
- App won't load SD search
- Night mode and normal mode snap back and forth during playback
- App freezes after playing back SD video recording
- No sound
- Interruption stops recording
- Interferes with phone service (texts/calls)
- Connection to camera is inconsistent after update
- Cannot connect using the app after latest update
- No video recorded to SD card when choosing full-time recording
- New update eliminated speaker icon
- App stopped connecting after update
- No sound icon
- Says camera is offline
- Cannot listen to audio
Requested features
12 requests- Fix app to work on data/outside local WiFi
- Update app for iOS 16 compatibility
- Fix app to work after iOS updates
- Longer motion sensing record times (5-10 mins)
- Add IP address display
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- Add FPS selection for smoother video
- Add Motion Detection Interval settings
- Allow choosing which videos to delete remotely
- Add reboot button for clock and software
- Support iPhone X
- Bring back sound function
- Fix full-time recording to SD card
MiniGadgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lizvie
No in-app purchases
MiniGadgets
No in-app purchases
