FOWL vs StarEye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOWL
Access and manage your video surveillance cameras remotely. Monitor live feeds, record footage, take snapshots, and review past recordings using your device's UID. Ideal for home security, store management, and area surveillance.
- Remote real-time monitoring
- Video recording
- Photographing/snapshotting
- Playback of recordings
- Cloud login via device UID
- Intelligent management operations
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FOWL is an intelligent and convenient mobile video surveillance software. It can log in through the device UID in the cloud, and remotely perform intelligent management operations such as real-time monitoring, recording, photographing, and playback of the camera. It is a good helper for your home life, store management, and regional monitoring!
StarEye
Easily configure and manage smart home devices with one-click setup. Access cloud storage for recordings, photos, and videos, and monitor your devices remotely. Receive instant notifications for activity, such as guest arrivals.
- One-click device configuration
- Cloud storage for records, photos, and videos
- Remote device monitoring
- On-demand photo and video capture
- Push notifications for activity
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Used to manage Star Eye products The main function: 1. One-click configuration, which is very easy for users to use the configuration for the first time (you can configure nearby devices in configuration mode to connect to the router at the same time); 2. The user logs in to the system, and the device supports cloud storage records, cloud storage photos, and cloud storage videos; 3. Watch the device at any time; 4. Take photos and videos of equipment scenes at any time; 5. When guests visit, they will wake up work video and push notifications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarEye at 3.0 against FOWL's 2.1. StarEye also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). FOWL's advantage is review sentiment (24% vs 12%) and ratings volume (59 vs 18). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. FOWL sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and StarEye sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StarEye holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of FOWL's written reviews are positive against 12% of StarEye's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FOWL ships an update monthly, StarEye fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FOWL | StarEye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (59 ratings) | 3.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews — better | 11.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 维龙 何 | Shenzhen Xuanyuanxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
FOWL
StarEye
In-app purchases
FOWL
- FOWL monthly card-7$1.99
- 月卡-7$2.99
- FOWL monthly card(EU)-7$4.99
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- FOWL monthly card(JP)-7$4.99
- monthly card- 30$5.99
- FOWL monthly card(AE)-7$6.99
- FOWL monthly card(US)- 30$12.99
- FOWL monthly card(EU)- 30$12.99
- FOWL yearly card - 7$18.99
- FOWL half year card（US）-7$28.99
- FOWL half year card(EU)- 7$28.99
- half year card - 30$31.99
- FOWL yearly card(JP) - 30$38.99
- FOWL yearly card(US)-7$49.99
- FOWL yearly card(EU)- 7$49.99
- yearly card - 30$59.99
- FOWL half year card(US)-30$74.99
- FOWL yearly card (US)- 30$129.99
StarEye
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Month)$3.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Month)$4.99
- 30 day cloud storage 1 Month$5.49
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- 60 day cloud storage 1 month$8.49
- 3-day cycle storage (3 Month)3 variants$9.99
- 30d cloud 1month 20s record$10.99
- 7-day cycle storage (3 Month)$12.99
- 30d cloud 1month 30s record$16.99
- Data package$17.99
- 30 day cloud storage 6 Month$20.49
- 3-day cycle storage (6 Month)$20.99
- 7-day cycle storage (6 Month)$24.99
- 60 day cloud storage 6 Month$37.49
- 30 day cloud storage 12 month$40.49
- 3-day cycle storage (1 Year)$41.99
- 7-day cycle storage (1 Year)$49.99
