CloudEdge vs COOAU Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudEdge
This app provides a video service platform for remote monitoring of homes and businesses. It allows users to view live video feeds, check playback recordings, and receive instant motion detection alerts for enhanced safety and peace of mind.
- Real-time video streaming
- Playback recording access
- Motion detection alerts
- Video image sharing
- Time and message reminders
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“CloudEdge” is established for providing a set of video service platform for family and enterprise. You can easily check the real video and playback image of your apartment/villas/shops/factory and office etc site via the "CloudEdge" video service platform; Meanwhile you will received the instant push message via "CloudEdge" alarm system once the motion detected, so you can do accordingly for the safety protection measures. Your family and enterprise be with you, wherever you are. The main function: 1. Real video playing 2. Playback image checking 3. Time & message reminding 4. Share the video image Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://apis-us-west.cloudedge360.com/html/audit/storage_server.html
COOAU Cam
Monitor your indoor and outdoor security cameras remotely. Receive instant motion detection alerts to take immediate safety measures. Keep your family and business secure from anywhere.
- Real-time video playback
- Playback image checking
- Motion detection alerts
- Time and message reminders
- Video image sharing
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COOAU Cam is a mobile application specially designed for indoor/outdoor security cameras. Meanwhile you will received the instant push message via "COOAU Cam" alarm system once the motion detected, so you can do accordingly for the safety protection measures.Your family and enterprise be with you, wherever you are.The main function: 1. Real video playing 2. Playback image checking 3. Time & message reminding 4. Share the video image
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: COOAU Cam at none against CloudEdge's 10. COOAU Cam also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 63%). CloudEdge's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (21K vs 175). On price, rating, 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. CloudEdge sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. COOAU Cam asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for CloudEdge against 4.4 for COOAU Cam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudEdge has 21K ratings behind it against 175, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of CloudEdge's written reviews are positive against 72% of COOAU Cam's.
CloudEdge ships an update every 2 weeks, COOAU Cam every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudEdge | COOAU Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21K ratings) | 4.4 (175 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 175 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 323 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou MEARI Technology Co.,Ltd. | Shenzhen Diyigouxiang Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
CloudEdge
COOAU Cam
User reviews
CloudEdge
From 21K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy installation
- 👍 Clear image quality
- 🔒 Provides security and peace of mind
- 💡 Solar panel option for battery life
- 👍 User-friendly app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications and motion detection
- 🔋 Battery life issues
- 🔒 Can't have multiple users logged in at once
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Delayed video playback and buffering issues
COOAU Cam
From 175 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to install
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🖼️ Sharp images, even in dark
- 📶 Good reception in rural areas
- 🔊 Two-way audio works
Room to improve
- 🐛 App update broke cameras
- 🐛 Cannot connect to WiFi
- 🐛 Failed to load, poor network errors
- 🐛 Long delay on doorbell
- 🐛 Seldom picks up motion
Bugs and requests
CloudEdge
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cameras going offline randomly
- App signing users out unexpectedly
- Firmware update issues
- Inconsistent motion detection and recording
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to adjust motion detection sensitivity
- Option to disable motion alerts while keeping recording
- Faster and more reliable notifications
- Improved video playback controls (timeline, fast forward, rewind)
- Support for multiple user accounts
COOAU Cam
Reported bugs
19 issues- App update broke all cameras
- Cameras won't connect to WiFi
- App shows 'failed to load' and 'poor network'
- Long delay on doorbell
- App cannot find camera even when online
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- No motion detection
- Cannot scroll back to see prior events
- Night vision is poor
- Motion detection is poor
- Loses connection constantly
- Lags to connect
- Timeline bar is hard to see
- Cannot send review
- Not compatible with all SD cards
- No simultaneous logins
- Takes a long time to get live view
- Live view is not always HD/4K
- Alarm device not working
- On iPhone, app asks to log in without register option
Requested features
4 requests- Add a button to automatically forward the timeline to the next recording
- Disable the light from turning on
- Improve timeline bar visibility
- Allow simultaneous logins for multiple devices
In-app purchases
CloudEdge
- One cam for 30 days AI Service$1.991 Month
- AI Subscription 1 Device$1.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 3 Days$2.991 Month
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- One Camera for 30 days Cloud$3.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 7 Days$4.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device$4.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-as-1-c$6.991 Month
- Cloud SUB Event 2 Device$7.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-1-c$8.991 Month
- cam plus-month-1-duov4$8.991 Month
COOAU Cam
No in-app purchases
