ISTAR MEDIA Activecode vs SMS Family Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ISTAR MEDIA Activecode
This utility app provides access to online services for active devices. It facilitates connections and management for various electronic equipment.
- Online service access
- Active device management
- Electronic equipment support
- Connectivity solutions
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ISTAR MEDIA For Active Device Online
SMS Family Box
This mobile tool allows digital TV operation and maintenance personnel to manage subscriber accounts. Key functions include recharging expired cards, adding new subscribers, allocating subscriptions, and recording fee information. It also supports authorizing charged cards and scanning barcodes for quick recharging.
- Recharge internal card numbers
- Scan barcode for quick recharge
- Register new subscribers
- Manage product orders and fees
- Authorize card opening
- Record charged fee information
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FamilyBox is a mobile terminal tool provided for digital TV operation and maintenance personnel. Using this tool, operation and maintenance personnel can recharge renewal of expired cards, add a new subscriber, and allocate subscriptions for subscribers. Ordered products, record the information of fees that have been charged, authorize the management of charged cards, scan the barcode to recharge. FamilyBox contains the following functions: 1. Recharge a specific internal card number. 2. Scan the barcode to quickly fill the internal card number and recharge card number. 3. Interact with the background database and quickly register a new subscriber. 4. Operate the order properties of the product to be ordered and record the cost information for it. 5. Authorize the card-opening information under the subscriber's name.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMS Family Box at 5.0 against ISTAR MEDIA Activecode's 3.6. ISTAR MEDIA Activecode's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
SMS Family Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ISTAR MEDIA Activecode has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ISTAR MEDIA Activecode ships an update every 3 weeks, SMS Family Box every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ISTAR MEDIA Activecode | SMS Family Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ISTAR COMPANY FOR GENERAL TRADING, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AGENCIES LTD | Dexin Digital Technology Corp |
Customer experience
ISTAR MEDIA Activecode
SMS Family Box
In-app purchases
ISTAR MEDIA Activecode
No in-app purchases
SMS Family Box
No in-app purchases
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