StarEye vs BABIQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
BABIQ
Manage your intelligent security devices from a single application. Control various security equipment like bubble machines, doorbells, and shake head machines to enhance your living environment's safety and convenience.
- Integrated security equipment management
- Supports bubble machines
- Supports doorbells
- Supports shake head machines
- Enhances living environment safety
- Convenient intelligent device control
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BABIQ is an APP for the integrated management of intelligent security equipment. At present, BABIQ mainly supports a variety of security equipment such as bubble machine, doorbell and shake head machine. BABIQ aims to provide users with a safer living environment, so that users can fully experience the convenience brought by intelligent security equipment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarEye at 3.0 against BABIQ's 1.5. StarEye also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). BABIQ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. StarEye sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. BABIQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
StarEye holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of StarEye's written reviews are positive against 4% of BABIQ's.
StarEye ships an update fortnightly, BABIQ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarEye | BABIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (18 ratings) — better | 1.5 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.7% of reviews — better | 4.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 326 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Shenzhen Xuanyuanxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. | SanKeXiaoCao(ShenZhen)IOT Technology Company Limited |
Customer experience
StarEye
BABIQ
Bugs and requests
StarEye
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BABIQ
Reported bugs
14 issues- App keeps crashing
- App shows error message
- App cannot connect to camera
- App gets stuck
- App systematically crashes on launch
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- App doesn't send verification code
- App doesn't send email/text for account creation
- App doesn't load videos after payment
- App doesn't work
- Camera won't turn on or sync
- Bluetooth not working
- Error 101 when opening app
- Cannot access detection clips
- Cannot set intrusion times
Requested features
4 requests- Fix payment feature
- Allow subscription to cloud
- Add United Kingdom option
- Allow setup with email only
In-app purchases
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
BABIQ
No in-app purchases
