Smonet vs HiseeuCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smonet
This app provides 24-hour mobile remote video surveillance. It features a concise interface with multiple preview options, real-time video streaming, and controls for PTZ cameras. Users can also capture and preserve video recordings.
- 24-hour remote video surveillance
- Real-time video preview
- QR code scanning
- PTZ camera control
- Video capture and preservation
- Concise and fashionable interface
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Smonet—24-hour mobile remote video surveillance client. Interface style is concise and fashionable, multiple preview forms, real-time preview video stream, QR code scanning, PTZ control, video capture, video preservation... More Functionality, waiting for you to find, quickly download it!
HiseeuCloud
Access and monitor your cameras remotely with this application. View live feeds, review recordings, and receive alerts for security events. Offers features like "Quiet Time" and "Privacy Mode" for enhanced control.
- Remote camera viewing
- Live feed access
- Recording review
- Alert notifications
- Quiet Time feature
- Privacy Mode
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HiseeuCloud-- Remote view for 24 hours in Mobile APP. -Terms of Use：https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/minterms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HiseeuCloud at 77% against Smonet's 3%. HiseeuCloud also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.9) and ads (none vs shown). Smonet's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Smonet sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and HiseeuCloud sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.59 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HiseeuCloud holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 78 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Smonet's written reviews are positive against 77% of HiseeuCloud's.
Smonet ships an update every 30 months, HiseeuCloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smonet | HiseeuCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (35 ratings) | 4.2 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.2% of reviews | 77.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 444 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 皎 王 | 芬 阳 |
Customer experience
Smonet
HiseeuCloud
Bugs and requests
Smonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HiseeuCloud
Reported bugs
13 issues- Update after update connection issues
- Not opening QR code to connect
- Subscription model confusion
- 24/7 recording not working as expected with cloud
- Defective cameras
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- New update removed swiping functionality
- Recording process is poor after update
- Laggy on first use
- App crashes after first use
- Cannot register phone number or email
- Network Anomalies 3239 error
- App crashes after exiting
- App can only be opened once per phone restart
Requested features
1 request- Add activity identification along the time gauge like Esee cloud app
In-app purchases
Smonet
- Past 3-day Event Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 30 day$5.99
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- Past 3-day Event Video 90 day$9.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 90 day$13.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 90 day$16.99
- Past 7-day Full Video 90 day$25.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 180 day$31.99
- Past 3-day Event Video 360 day$36.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 360 day$59.99
HiseeuCloud
- ENTRY·Month$5.591 Month
- ENTRY·Year$55.901 Year
- ENTRY·Year7 Days trial$55.901 Year
- 7-day Motion Video |31-day$5.99
- AI Alerts | Premium | 1-Month$7.99
- Past 7-day Full Video 31-day$8.99
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- 3-day Motion Video |92-day$10.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 92-day$13.99
- 7-day Motion Video |366-day$59.99
- AI Alerts | Premium | 1-Year$69.99
