Comparison

XDV PRO vs UpaSmartHome

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

XDV PRO

This app provides real-time video surveillance and control for motion cameras. It offers low latency, high-quality streaming, and allows users to capture photos and videos, manage files, and adjust camera settings remotely. Users can also share their captured moments to social platforms.

Highlights
  • Live preview of motion DV video
  • Control photo, video, and slow-motion capture
  • Camera modes: ordinary, time-lapse, trajectory
  • Video modes: loop recording, time-lapse
  • Adjust camera settings (exposure, white balance)
  • Remote file browsing, download, and backup
  • Social media sharing
Features
Read full description

XDV PRO is a streaming video surveillance software for real-time monitoring. Motion camera using the most advanced streaming media solution that can achieve low latency, high-quality image. Software features: 1. Live Preview motion DV video screen. 2.DV can control the motion to take pictures, video, photography slow operation. 3.Camera features including ordinary camera, time taking pictures, automatic camera, camera trajectory. Video features include loop recording, time-lapse recording. Photography can be slow depending on the resolution of fun setting 4. Set the motion DV terminal directly related settings, such as exposure, white balance and so on. 5.Connect the process, real-time browsing, file management movement DV terminal, also can be downloaded to the phone side backup. 6.The software also can be made without connecting motion DV status, pictures or video files have been downloaded. 7. You can simultaneously share to each social platform.

About

UpaSmartHome

Features
Read full description

UpaSmartHome puts your whole smart home in one place — monitor sensors, control relays, and manage schedules right from your iPhone. FEATURES • Sensors — live temperature, humidity, and battery readings from every room, with thermostat set-points you can adjust in real time. • Relays — control lights, sockets, pumps, and multi-channel switch modules individually, organized by room or module. • Schedules — set start/end times for heaters, boilers, garden lights, and anything else wired through your relays. • Alarm Sensors — water-leak, contact, occupancy, and vibration sensors, with real-time alerts the moment something's triggered. • Notifications — a full activity log of system updates, security alerts, and low-battery warnings, with push notifications so you know immediately, even when the app is closed. • Works with your own server — pair with your existing self-hosted smart-home hub over its own serial number and OTP; no cloud account required beyond your own. UpaSmartHome is built for Zigbee2MQTT-based smart-home hubs running the UpaSmartHome/SmartHome backend, giving you full, real-time control of your system from your iPhone.

Screenshots

XDV PRO4 screens
UpaSmartHome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UpaSmartHome at fortnightly against XDV PRO's every 3 months. XDV PRO's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XDV PRO ships an update every 3 months, UpaSmartHome fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
XDV PRO versus UpaSmartHome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXDV PROUpaSmartHome
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (152 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings152 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Sunchip Technology Co., Ltd.2, PAVELS URBANOVICS

Bugs and requests

XDV PRO

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Videos freezing during playback
  • App unable to detect connected camera
  • Media files not showing up in app
  • Unexpected app shutdowns

Requested features

4 requests
  • Full-screen video playback
  • Batch download/upload of media
  • Improved compatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Better instructions and troubleshooting guides

UpaSmartHome

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

XDV PRO

No in-app purchases

None

UpaSmartHome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XDV PRO free?
XDV PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UpaSmartHome free?
UpaSmartHome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XDV PRO or UpaSmartHome have ads?
Neither XDV PRO nor UpaSmartHome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XDV PRO or UpaSmartHome?
XDV PRO ships an update every 3 months, and UpaSmartHome fortnightly. Most recently, XDV PRO was updated on October 24, 2026 and UpaSmartHome on October 26, 2026.

Other comparisons