Secueye vs StarEye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secueye
Monitor and manage your home security cameras remotely from your smartphone. View live video feeds, capture footage, and receive alarm notifications. Supports two-way audio and gesture controls for PTZ cameras.
- Remote camera monitoring
- Live video streaming
- Record and playback footage
- Alarm push notifications
- Two-way audio communication
- Gesture PTZ control
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Secueye APP is an application which can realize the interconnection between smart phones and computer, you can monitor and manage camera on your mobile phone, and have a comprehensive understanding of home Security 1. Plug and play N2N IoT cloud service (multi-user to multi device) 2. Registered account, local login, online login, password retrieval 3. Add device remotely , add local device 4. Watch live video, capture, record and play at any time 5. Support local storage, cloud storage, and alarm push function 6. Voice function, Two way audio 7. Gesture PTZ control, gesture zoom function
StarEye
Easily configure and manage smart home devices with one-click setup. Access cloud storage for recordings, photos, and videos, and monitor your devices remotely. Receive instant notifications for activity, such as guest arrivals.
- One-click device configuration
- Cloud storage for records, photos, and videos
- Remote device monitoring
- On-demand photo and video capture
- Push notifications for activity
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Used to manage Star Eye products The main function: 1. One-click configuration, which is very easy for users to use the configuration for the first time (you can configure nearby devices in configuration mode to connect to the router at the same time); 2. The user logs in to the system, and the device supports cloud storage records, cloud storage photos, and cloud storage videos; 3. Watch the device at any time; 4. Take photos and videos of equipment scenes at any time; 5. When guests visit, they will wake up work video and push notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Secueye at none against StarEye's 18. StarEye's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. StarEye sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Secueye asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for Secueye against 3.0 for StarEye. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 18 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 13% and 12% positive.
Secueye ships an update every 4 weeks, StarEye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secueye | StarEye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (8 ratings) | 3.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 世友 郝 | Shenzhen Xuanyuanxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Secueye
StarEye
In-app purchases
Secueye
No in-app purchases
StarEye
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Month)$3.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Month)$4.99
- 30 day cloud storage 1 Month$5.49
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- 60 day cloud storage 1 month$8.49
- 3-day cycle storage (3 Month)3 variants$9.99
- 30d cloud 1month 20s record$10.99
- 7-day cycle storage (3 Month)$12.99
- 30d cloud 1month 30s record$16.99
- Data package$17.99
- 30 day cloud storage 6 Month$20.49
- 3-day cycle storage (6 Month)$20.99
- 7-day cycle storage (6 Month)$24.99
- 60 day cloud storage 6 Month$37.49
- 30 day cloud storage 12 month$40.49
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Year)$41.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Year)$49.99
