Comparison

HAT vs BAANOOL IOT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HAT

This application configures and manages specialized recording equipment for traffic, public security, and other industries. It allows for basic and platform parameter setup, live video preview, and playback of recorded footage.

Highlights
  • Recorder function configuration
  • Basic parameter setup
  • Platform parameter setup
  • Video preview
  • Playback functionality
Features
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App for traffic, public security and other special industries, need to cooperate with specially equipment. App mainly configures the function of recorder, including basic parameter configuration, platform parameter configuration, video preview, playback and other functions.

About

BAANOOL IOT

Track and manage vehicles, monitor children's locations and communication, and keep tabs on pets with real-time positioning and interactive features. This app offers remote control, safety alerts, and communication tools for various connected devices.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle positioning
  • Child location tracking
  • Pet activity monitoring
  • Two-way communication
  • Geofencing alerts
  • Track playback
  • Remote device control
Features
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BAANOOL Car: real-time positioning of movable objects, regional location management, timely detection of abnormal vehicle status and reporting of alarm information. The module is used in conjunction with the BAANOOL car tracker series products, and has the following main functions: 1. Authorized phone: After the product is bound, the authorized number added in "Control" can communicate with the device, and a stranger with an unauthorized number will directly hang up; 2. Positioning: Real-time view of the device's location, movement information, and abnormal status, so that users can feel more at ease; 3. Equipment tracking: Track the equipment, draw the motion curve, and load the motion status information of each position; 4. Track playback: Retrieve the time and date, replay the route that has been taken, and dynamically play each segment of the device's motion track; 5. Device control: The application can directly issue control commands to the vehicle, breaking the cumbersome rules of control via SMS. 6. Electronic fence: multi-style area setting for the equipment, the exit/entry area will generate a response alarm to the platform display. 7. Report management: Visually display data in the form of charts and visually display changes in product data information; BAANOOL Watch: Keep your kids safe, have unlimited communication with kids on the phone and talk, and make calls! No matter where you are, a phone can find you right away! This app is used in conjunction with BAANOOL phone watches, mainly as follows Big function: 1. Telephone: Those who have been bound to the watch and those added to the address book can communicate with each other, and turn on to reject calls from strangers to ensure the safety of children; 2. Positioning: check the child's position in real time, so that parents can feel more at ease; 3. Language chat: real-time voice chat, more convenient communication with children, making family relationships more intimate and harmonious; 4. Disabled in class: Disabled in class, only check the time, so that children can concentrate on learning at ease; 5. Guardian of school: guard children's safety in real time when they go to school. 6. Make friends with the watch: You can add friends between the watches by shaking them, and you can chat with friends in words; BAANOOL Pet: Real-time control of the pet's location, give orders online, set the pet's safe activity range, listen to the sounds around the pet, and share pet experience with more pet friends. This app is used in conjunction with the BAANOOL pet ring, and has the following major functions 1. Propaganda: Send the owner's voice to the device through app recording, so that the pet can hear the owner's voice; 2. Listen: listen to the pet's voice to make communication easier; 3. Go home: record the voice of going home and send it with one button, so that the pet can quickly fly to the owner after hearing it; 4. Punishment: If the pet is disobedient, the owner can give the pet an electric shock punishment (safe electric shock); 5. Positioning: real-time view pet's location information to help quickly retrieve lost pets. 6. Wechat: In the nearby pets, you can add pet friends, start the pet communication mode together, and find the pet in your heart.

Screenshots

HAT4 screens
BAANOOL IOT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BAANOOL IOT at 2.4 against HAT's 1.0. BAANOOL IOT also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). HAT's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BAANOOL IOT holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BAANOOL IOT has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HAT ships an update every 3 weeks, BAANOOL IOT every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HAT versus BAANOOL IOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHATBAANOOL IOT
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)2.4 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—8.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHikvision Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.Shenzhen Coban Electronics Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

HAT

No in-app purchases

None

BAANOOL IOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HAT free?
HAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BAANOOL IOT free?
BAANOOL IOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HAT or BAANOOL IOT?
BAANOOL IOT is rated higher. HAT averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BAANOOL IOT averages 2.4 from 35 ratings.
Do HAT or BAANOOL IOT have ads?
Neither HAT nor BAANOOL IOT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HAT or BAANOOL IOT?
HAT ships an update every 3 weeks, and BAANOOL IOT every 5 weeks. Most recently, HAT was updated on July 7, 2026 and BAANOOL IOT on September 6, 2026.

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