Yi Eye vs Video
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
Video
Monitor visitors at your home entrance from your smartphone, whether you're home or away. Receive alerts for motion detection near your door for enhanced security and peace of mind.
- Remote visitor monitoring
- Smartphone interaction with visitors
- Motion sensor alerts
- Yard and door proximity alerts
- Enhanced home security
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Home Security starts here. Video-Doorbell App helps you to monitor your visitors through your smart phone. Whether you’re in town or out on a vacation, the App lets you monitor your visitors and also interact with them. With an advanced motion sensor that sends you an alert whenever someone walks into your yard or gets too close to your door, you can always monitor what’s going on around your home entrance to your home. With Video-Doorbell, its like you’re always at home with high level of security and ultimate peace of mind.
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Verdict
Yi Eye and Video both sit at 2.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 28% of Yi Eye's written reviews are positive against 3% of Video's. Yi Eye also leads on ratings volume (548 vs 15) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for Yi Eye against 2.6 for Video. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yi Eye has 548 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of Yi Eye's written reviews are positive against 3% of Video's.
Yi Eye ships an update every 2 months, Video every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yi Eye | Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (548 ratings) — better | 2.6 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.3% of reviews — better | 2.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 548 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建兵 傅 | Jeetendar Jaikishan Aswani |
Customer experience
Yi Eye
Video
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
Video
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yi Eye
No in-app purchases
Video
No in-app purchases
