CAFINI vs DMSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAFINI
Manage your smart home cameras remotely with this app. View live video, chat, and access recordings. Receive instant alerts for detected activity.
- Remote video surveillance
- Multi-user real-time viewing
- Audio and video chat
- Remote video playback
- Alarm detection and alerts
- Pan/tilt control
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CAFINI is a new generation application for smart home cloud cameras, providing users with convenient smart home management and remote video surveillance system. 1.Support online multi-user watching real-time video simultaneously. 2.Support audio and video chat. 3.Support remote video-playback and image snapshot. 4.Support alarm detection and pop-up message. 5.Support pan/tilt control, position preset and locating. 6.With intelligent streaming media cloud-transmission technology, 1.0 MP-720P image is able to be transferred within public network. 7.Support Wifi Smartlink configuration, which makes CAFINI more convenient and simple for uses.
DMSS
Monitor your home security with real-time video surveillance and instant alarm notifications. Play back recorded footage, share access with family, and manage devices like intercoms and access control systems remotely.
- Real-time live video view
- Video playback by date and event
- Instant alarm notifications
- Device sharing with permissions
- Alarm hub for various sensors
- Visual intercom and access control
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The DMSS app can enhance your security management efficiency. You can watch real-time surveillance videos and play them back anytime, anywhere, via Wi-Fi or cellular networks. If a device alarm is triggered, DMSS will immediately push an instant notification to you. DMSS offers: 1. Real-time Live View: You can view real-time surveillance videos from the added devices anytime, anywhere, to help you better monitor the safety of your home environment. 2. Video Playback: You can quickly find the events you care about by date and event category, and playback the required historical video footage. 3. Instant Alarm Notifications: You can subscribe to different alarm events according to your needs. When an event is triggered, you will immediately receive the message notification. 4. Device Sharing You can share the device with family members for shared use and assign them different usage permissions. 5. Alarm Hub You can add a variety of peripheral accessories to the alarm hub to provide warnings for potential theft, intrusion, fire, water damage, and other situations. In case of an unforeseen event, DMSS can immediately activate alarms and send out danger notifications. 6. Visual Intercom You can add visual intercom devices to engage in video calls between the device and the DMSS, as well as perform functions like locking and unlocking. 7. Access Control You can add access control devices to check the current status of doors and view unlock records, as well as perform remote unlocking operations on the doors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DMSS at 89% against CAFINI's 0%. DMSS also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). CAFINI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. DMSS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CAFINI asks for nothing beyond the download.
DMSS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DMSS has 79K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CAFINI's written reviews are positive against 89% of DMSS's.
CAFINI ships an update every 7 months, DMSS every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAFINI | DMSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (79K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 79K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #152 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 472 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 国泰 刘 | DongBin |
Customer experience
CAFINI
DMSS
Bugs and requests
CAFINI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DMSS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent connection and playback issues
- Notifications not working as expected
- Time/date display problems
- Crashes and freezes when using certain features
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to turn cameras on/off individually within the app
- Faster forward/rewind options for playback
- Custom notification sounds
- More flexible scheduling and notification settings
- Improved integration with other smart home/security devices
In-app purchases
CAFINI
No in-app purchases
DMSS
- Monthly Basic Plan$3.49
- Monthly Basic Plan - Dual-lens$6.90
- Monthly Pro Plan$6.99
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- Monthly 4G Data Plan$10.00
- Monthly Pro Plan - Dual-lens$13.90
- Annual Basic Plan$34.99
- Annual Basic Plan - Dual-lens$69.90
- Annual Pro Plan$69.99
- Annual 4G Data Plan$90.00
- Annual Pro Plan - Dual-lens$139.00







