Pollo Live Pro vs WritingFriend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pollo Live Pro
Access real-time surveillance footage and playback recorded videos from your security devices remotely. Receive instant alarm notifications with media attachments and communicate via two-way audio. Securely manage device access and log in with biometrics.
- Real-time monitoring with PTZ control
- Video playback
- Two-way audio intercom
- Instant alarm notifications
- Doorbell call answering
- Security control panel remote use
- Device sharing
- Fingerprint login
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Pollo Live is a P2P mobile app designed to work with DVRs, NVRs, Cameras, Video Intercom Devices and Security Control Panels. With this app, you can watch real-time surveillance videos and play them back from your home, office, workshop or anywhere else, at any time. You can get instant notification from the app when alarms are triggered. Key Features： 1.Real-time monitoring with PTZ control 2.Video playback 3.Two-way audio intercom 4.Instant alarm notifications with pictures and videos 5.Call answering from doorbells/video intercom devices 6.Security control panel remote use 7.Device sharing with limited permission 8.Convenient and secure fingerprint login
WritingFriend
Easily display text in large, readable fonts for unfamiliar languages or forgotten characters. Supports textbook and handwriting styles, ideal for split-screen use on iPads. Great for recalling kanji or viewing emojis in a big format.
- Large font display
- Textbook and handwriting fonts
- Split view support
- Complex character support
- Emoji display
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This app displays text in a large font. Display letters you don't know the details of. Textbook and handwriting style fonts are available from iOS18. Instructions on how to use them are provided in the app. It is useful when used in split view on an iPad. You can work on a current task while this app is displayed in split view. This app is designed for languages with complex characters. Purpose To recall forgotten kanji characters when working by hand To display large characters in an unfamiliar language To display emojis in large size
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WritingFriend at 5.0 against Pollo Live Pro's 4.4. WritingFriend also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Pollo Live Pro's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
WritingFriend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pollo Live Pro has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Pollo Live Pro ships an update every 7 months, WritingFriend every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pollo Live Pro | WritingFriend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yasir Aziz | Motonari Hibi |
Customer experience
Pollo Live Pro
WritingFriend
In-app purchases
Pollo Live Pro
No in-app purchases
WritingFriend
No in-app purchases
