Yi Eye vs LaView ONE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yi Eye
This wire-free home monitoring system allows for easy placement and remote viewing from any angle. Receive instant alerts with video recordings when motion is detected, enabling you to see, hear, and talk to individuals on your smartphone.
- 100% wire-free design
- Remote home monitoring
- Motion detection alerts
- Video recording on motion
- See, hear, and talk remotely
- Long-lasting battery power
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Yi Eye is 100% wire-free of power cords and wiring hassles remote home monitoring system, allowing you to easily place it wherever you want and monitor your home from every angle,it is thoughtfully designed to make peace of mind easy and accessible. As soon as motion is detected, video starts recording and an alert is sent to your smartphone or tablet,so you can see exactly what caused the alert and decide how to respond. you can see, hear and talk with someone on your smartphone within 3 seconds. With Yi Eye, never leave home alone With Yi Eye, never miss a moment again With Yi Eye, be the first to know Let us start to protect your entire home, inside & out, with Yi Eye long lasting battery power smart home security systems
LaView ONE
Monitor your home security cameras and manage smart home devices remotely. Supports various LaView surveillance products and offers cloud storage for footage backup.
- Remote camera monitoring
- Smart home device management
- Supports DVR, NVR, network cameras, video doorbells
- H.264 video codec support
- Cloud storage for footage backup
- Bank-grade encrypted server
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LaView ONE is a mobile phone surveillance application to monitor your home security cameras and manage your smart home devices from remote locations. LaView ONE supports compatible LaView security and surveillance products, including DVR, NVR, as well as network cameras and video doorbell that support efficient H.264 video codec. LaView ONE supports LaView ONE Cloud storage plan to record or back up your footage on bank-grade encrypted server. LaView ONE supports the devices with following model number: LV-PWR362-U LV-PWR362B-U LV-PWF812-U LV-PWF812B-U
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yi Eye at 2.7 against LaView ONE's 1.6. Yi Eye also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 7%) and ratings volume (547 vs 114). On price, update cadence, 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.
Yi Eye holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 547 and 114 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Yi Eye's written reviews are positive against 7% of LaView ONE's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yi Eye | LaView ONE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (547 ratings) — better | 1.6 (114 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.3% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 547 — better | 114 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建兵 傅 | LAVIEW EAGLE-EYE TECHNOLOGY INC. |
Customer experience
Yi Eye
LaView ONE
User reviews
Yi Eye
From 547 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Good picture quality
- 🔒 Secure
- 🚀 Simple setup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔋 Poor battery life
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Unreliable recordings
- 🐛 Buggy app
LaView ONE
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📹 Good camera hardware quality
- 💾 Local storage without mandatory monthly fees
- 👍 Intuitive interface and easy navigation
- 🔐 Touch ID/Face ID login support
- 📱 Works across multiple device types
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes when viewing live feed
- 📱 Incompatible with iOS 17+ versions
- ⏱️ Extremely slow login process
- 🔄 Constant forced logouts
- ⚠️ Poor customer support and unresponsive developers
Bugs and requests
Yi Eye
Reported bugs
4 issues- Fails to connect to Wi-Fi
- Recordings not saving properly
- App freezes and crashes
- Incompatible with latest iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Continuous recording option
- Longer recording duration
- Remote camera control
- Battery status indicator
- Improved customer support
LaView ONE
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when launching video or live feed
- App crashes during camera pairing via sound wave
- App crashes when trying to install/add devices
- Incompatibility with iOS 17 and iOS 18
- Face ID/Touch ID not working reliably
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- Constant forced logouts requiring manual re-authentication
- Video playback freezes at 80-97% buffering
- Notification counter increases indefinitely
- WiFi connection detection fails during setup
- Doorbell ring notifications not triggering
- App closes when doorbell rings
- Camera goes offline and cannot be remotely awakened
- Video playback stutters or freezes intermittently
- Password reset link not working
- Share screen feature fails to load
Requested features
11 requests- Update app to support iOS 17 and iOS 18
- Implement persistent login/session management
- Add iPad native screen support
- Enable desktop/web browser access
- Fix notification counter system
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- Add ability to bulk delete notifications
- Improve video playback reliability
- Add camera settings adjustment from app
- Implement automatic WiFi network selection (2.4GHz)
- Add motion detection during continuous recording
- Improve PTZ camera preset management
In-app purchases
Yi Eye
No in-app purchases
LaView ONE
No in-app purchases
