HDlivecam vs MiniGadgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDlivecam
This app transforms your device into a remote surveillance camera for home or business monitoring. It offers one-button arming, intelligent warnings, and secure cloud storage for recorded footage, ensuring your privacy is protected.
- Remote surveillance camera
- One-button arming
- Intelligent warning system
- Cloud file storage
- Privacy protection
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HDlivecam is a smart connected wireless remote surveillance camera, remote home, look at the store, see the company, one-button arming, intelligent warning; file cloud storage, never lost, highly protected personal privacy, is an all-weather smart wireless The internet
MiniGadgets
This utility allows you to remotely monitor and record your home environment in real-time using an electronic device. Receive instant alerts on your mobile phone for any motion detected, ensuring you're always aware of what's happening at home. Recorded footage is saved directly to the device's memory card.
- Real-time home monitoring
- Motion detection alerts
- Live video recording
- Remote access via mobile
- Video saved to memory card
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MiniGadgets is an electronic device at home that can watch and record in real time, and it can be set to push it to the mobile phone when there is a shadow flashing in front of the camera, so as to know the situation at home anytime and anywhere, and save the real-time video to the memory card of the electronic device.
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Verdict
HDlivecam and MiniGadgets both sit at 1.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 29% of MiniGadgets's written reviews are positive against 10% of HDlivecam's. HDlivecam's advantage is ratings volume (168 vs 20). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
HDlivecam holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HDlivecam has 168 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of HDlivecam's written reviews are positive against 29% of MiniGadgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HDlivecam ships an update every 6 weeks, MiniGadgets monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDlivecam | MiniGadgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (168 ratings) — better | 1.7 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.7% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志强 刘 | Mini Gadgets Inc. |
Customer experience
HDlivecam
MiniGadgets
Bugs and requests
HDlivecam
Reported bugs
6 issues- Camera won't connect to WiFi
- App crashes when accessing SD card
- Can't download recordings without subscription
- App crashes after latest update
- Can't log in or create account
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- Camera goes offline randomly
Requested features
6 requests- Add reset button for camera
- Improve setup process
- Add support for hidden WiFi networks
- Improve cloud service and pricing
- Add option to disable onscreen alerts
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- Improve headphone audio support
MiniGadgets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HDlivecam
No in-app purchases
MiniGadgets
No in-app purchases
