Comparison

DMSS 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

DMSS

Monitor your home or business security with real-time live video feeds and playback. Receive instant notifications for triggered alarms and manage access control. Share device access with family and utilize visual intercom features.

Highlights
  • Real-time live video streaming
  • Video playback by date and event
  • Instant alarm notifications
  • Device sharing with permissions
  • Alarm hub for various sensors
  • Visual intercom with remote unlock
  • Access control status and history
Features
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The DMSS app can enhance your security management efficiency. You can watch real-time surveillance videos and play them back anytime, anywhere, via Wi-Fi or cellular networks. If a device alarm is triggered, DMSS will immediately push an instant notification to you. DMSS offers: 1. Real-time Live View: You can view real-time surveillance videos from the added devices anytime, anywhere, to help you better monitor the safety of your home environment. 2. Video Playback: You can quickly find the events you care about by date and event category, and playback the required historical video footage. 3. Instant Alarm Notifications: You can subscribe to different alarm events according to your needs. When an event is triggered, you will immediately receive the message notification. 4. Device Sharing You can share the device with family members for shared use and assign them different usage permissions. 5. Alarm Hub You can add a variety of peripheral accessories to the alarm hub to provide warnings for potential theft, intrusion, fire, water damage, and other situations. In case of an unforeseen event, DMSS can immediately activate alarms and send out danger notifications. 6. Visual Intercom You can add visual intercom devices to engage in video calls between the device and the DMSS, as well as perform functions like locking and unlocking. 7. Access Control You can add access control devices to check the current status of doors and view unlock records, as well as perform remote unlocking operations on the doors.

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

DMSS4 screens
BAANOOL IOT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DMSS at 89% against BAANOOL IOT's 8%. DMSS also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (79K vs 35). BAANOOL IOT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. DMSS sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. BAANOOL IOT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DMSS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DMSS has 79K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of DMSS's written reviews are positive against 8% of BAANOOL IOT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DMSS ships an update every 10 days, BAANOOL IOT every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
DMSS versus BAANOOL IOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDMSSBAANOOL IOT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (79K ratings) — better2.4 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better8.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79K — better35
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size470 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongBinShenzhen Coban Electronics Co., Ltd

Customer experience

DMSS

All ratings78,689 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews3,816 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.9%

BAANOOL IOT

All ratings35 ratings
Positive31.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative62.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive8.0%
Neutral18.4%
Negative73.6%

Bugs and requests

DMSS

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent connection and playback issues
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Time/date display problems
  • Crashes and freezes when using certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to turn cameras on/off individually within the app
  • Faster forward/rewind options for playback
  • Custom notification sounds
  • More flexible scheduling and notification settings
  • Improved integration with other smart home/security devices

BAANOOL IOT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

DMSS

One-time12
  • 90-Day 4G Data Plan$0.69
  • 180 days unlimited data usage$0.90
  • Monthly Basic Plan$3.49
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  • Monthly Basic Plan - Dual-lens$6.90
  • Monthly Pro Plan$6.99
  • Monthly 4G Data Plan$10.00
  • Monthly Pro Plan - Dual-lens$13.90
  • Annual Basic Plan$34.99
  • Annual Basic Plan - Dual-lens$69.90
  • Annual Pro Plan$69.99
  • Annual 4G Data Plan$90.00
  • Annual Pro Plan - Dual-lens$139.00
None

BAANOOL IOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DMSS free?
DMSS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BAANOOL IOT free?
BAANOOL IOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DMSS or BAANOOL IOT?
DMSS is rated higher. DMSS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 79K ratings, while BAANOOL IOT averages 2.4 from 35 ratings.
Do DMSS or BAANOOL IOT have ads?
Neither DMSS nor BAANOOL IOT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DMSS or BAANOOL IOT?
DMSS ships an update every 10 days, and BAANOOL IOT every 5 weeks. Most recently, DMSS was updated on September 24, 2026 and BAANOOL IOT on September 6, 2026.

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