Hopeway vs sulink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hopeway
Access live and recorded video streams from your home, shop, or office on your mobile device. Receive instant alarm notifications and communicate through full-duplex intercom. Manage access for authorized users.
- Live video streaming
- Historical video playback
- Alarm message push notifications
- Authorization management
- Full-duplex intercom
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"Hopeway" is a audio and video service products for the consumer market, allowing you to easily view real-time video and video from your home, shop, office and other places anytime, anywhere. The main function: 1.Live video 2. Historical video 3. Alarm message push 4. Authorization management 5. Full-duplex intercom
sulink
This intelligent camera app offers real-time surveillance previews, two-way audio, and AI human detection. It provides intelligent alarm functions and video playback to enhance home security. Guard your home remotely for a safer living experience.
- Real-time surveillance preview
- Two-way voice communication
- Gimbal control
- Video playback
- AI human detection
- Intelligent alarm functions
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Terms of Use: This app follows Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). For more information, please visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Sulink is an intelligent camera application that supports real-time preview of surveillance footage, real-time two-way voice communication, gimbal control, video playback, AI human detection, and intelligent alarm functions. It guards your home anytime, anywhere, making your life safer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hopeway at 3.9 against sulink's 3.1. Hopeway also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (41% vs 22%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. sulink sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hopeway asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hopeway holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hopeway has 80 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Hopeway's written reviews are positive against 22% of sulink's.
Hopeway ships an update every 10 days, sulink fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hopeway | sulink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (80 ratings) — better | 3.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 祥文 曾 | chaowei video |
Customer experience
Hopeway
sulink
Bugs and requests
Hopeway
Reported bugs
16 issues- No on/off switch despite documentation showing one
- Camera won't connect to WiFi network
- Unable to register device or receive registration codes
- App shows connected but live footage won't load
- Network error messages despite strong WiFi signal
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- TF/SD card not recognized for local recording
- App crashes on forced updates requiring reinstallation
- Motion detection alerts not triggering
- Armed zone feature not functioning
- Login credentials rejected after WiFi disconnection
- Verification codes sent only twice with limited validity
- Device forgotten after app restart requiring re-login
- Video download functionality broken
- Reversed motion tracking direction
- App not working after version 3.3.14 update (no sound, lag)
- Playback extremely slow and unresponsive
Requested features
10 requests- Intercom/two-way audio button in app
- Timelapse and scheduled image capture feature
- Monitoring schedule by day/time
- Amazon Alexa and Google Home integration
- Ability to turn off camera light
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- Device sharing across multiple phones with data sync
- Motion tracking correction and improvement
- SD card video viewing without cloud subscription
- Preset position scheduling for PTZ cameras
- Russian language support restoration
sulink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hopeway
No in-app purchases
sulink
- Entry$3.991 Month
- Premium$3.991 Month
- Standard$5.991 Month
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- Pro$7.991 Month
- ENTRY$11.991 Month
- CVR-ENTRY$18.991 Month
- Premium$39.991 Year
- Standard$8.99
- Pro$12.99
- ONE MONTH$13.99
