Home Guards vs ANRAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Guards
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- Auto-renewing subscriptions
- Value add services
- In-app purchases
- Subscription management
- Privacy terms access
- Service agreement access
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ANRAN
Monitor your property remotely with real-time video surveillance. This app offers multi-image live feeds, PTZ control, and recording capabilities for comprehensive security. Access your cameras from anywhere, anytime.
- 24 Hour Remote Video Surveillance
- Real-time Multi-image Preview
- PTZ Control
- Video Capture
- Recording Backup
- QR Scan
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24 Hour Remote Video Surveillance Moblie Application Concise and fashion GUI, Multi-image and real- time preview, QR scan, PTZ control, video capture, recording backup. More functions are waiting for you, just download it. Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://meari-us.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/html/audit/84/storage_server.html Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ANRAN at 84% against Home Guards's 0%. ANRAN also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.8) and ads (none vs shown). Home Guards's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Home Guards sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ANRAN sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ANRAN holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ANRAN has 1.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Home Guards's written reviews are positive against 84% of ANRAN's.
Home Guards ships an update every 6 weeks, ANRAN every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Guards | ANRAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #180 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moobox Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Anran Security Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Home Guards
ANRAN
Bugs and requests
Home Guards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ANRAN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Camera freezes or stops responding
- App crashes during playback
Requested features
4 requests- Multiple user access
- Longer video recording duration
- Advanced motion detection settings
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
Home Guards
- Value add service for 1 month4 variants$1.991 Month
- Value add service for 1 month$3.991 Month
- Value add service for 1 month$4.991 Month
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- Value add service for 1 year$4.991 Month
- Value add service for 1 year2 variants$19.991 Year
- Value add service for 1 year$39.991 Year
- Value add service for 1 year$49.991 Year
ANRAN
- One cam for 30 days Al Service$2.991 Month
- Advanced AI Sub. |One Device$2.991 Month
- AI-month-as-1-c$3.991 Month
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- Cloud Month Event 3 Days$4.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 7 Days$4.991 Month
- 1Cam Cloud Storage event Month$5.991 Month
- Event Cloud Mth| 1 Cam (CAT1)$5.991 Month
- cam basic-month-1$6.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device2 variants$6.991 Month
- cam plus-monthly-1$6.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-1-c$8.991 Month
- 2Cam Cloud Storage event Month$11.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 2 Device$13.991 Month
- 4Cam Cloud Storage event Month$15.991 Month
- 3Cam Cloud Storage event Month$17.991 Month
- 4G Unlimited Month US$20.991 Month
- Event One Month 3 Days$2.99
- 30 days Al Service$2.99
- Event One Month 7 Days$4.99
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- Event One Quarter 3 Days$7.99
- One Year Al Service$19.99
- 1 Device AI Service| one Year$19.99
- Data Unlimited Month US Dis.$20.99
- Event One Year 3 Days$29.99
- Event cloud storage + AI Plus$49.99
- Event Rec One Year 30 Days$59.99
- Two Cam Event One Year 30 Days$79.99
