Qingping Home vs HOTO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qingping Home
This app allows you to manage and monitor your Qingping household products. View real-time data, historical trends, and modify device settings. It also provides suggestions based on product readings and supports firmware upgrades.
- Manage Qingping household products
- View real-time and historical data
- Modify device settings
- Upgrade device firmware
- Receive data-based suggestions
- Export historical data
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The Butler of Qingping Household Products Manage your Qingping household products, view data, modify settings, upgrade firmwares and so on. Suggestions Qingping+ app will provide you suggestions, according to the real-time readings of Qingping household products. History Data It supports viewing the history data of the last 24 hours and 30 days, and you can also export the history data of the last 60 days to your email. Device Management Name the device, modify settings, upgrade firmware, and so on.
HOTO
Connects to a smart laser rangefinder to manage device settings, control functions, and update firmware. It allows for data recording and measurement drawing.
- Device pairing
- Device control
- Firmware updates
- Data recording
- Measurement drawing
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可以连接小猴智能激光测距仪Pro，提供设备配网、设备控制、固件升级、数据记录，绘制测量
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Qingping Home at every 2 months against HOTO's every 20 months. Qingping Home also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 10). HOTO's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
Qingping Home holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qingping Home has 65 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Qingping Home's written reviews are positive against 24% of HOTO's.
Qingping Home ships an update every 2 months, HOTO every 20 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Qingping Home | HOTO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (65 ratings) — better | 2.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.5% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qingping Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Qingping Home
HOTO
Bugs and requests
Qingping Home
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to add or connect devices
- Incorrect time zone and daylight saving settings
- Historical data not displaying properly
- Settings changes not saving
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode
- Improve sync and update speed
- Provide more customization options
- Add support for more languages
- Integrate with popular smart home platforms
HOTO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Qingping Home
No in-app purchases
HOTO
No in-app purchases
