Xiao vs WaxRx Ear Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xiao
This utility app connects to ear-picking equipment via Wi-Fi to display a real-time view of the ear canal on your mobile device. It allows users to easily examine ear conditions, capture photos, and record videos for later comparison.
- Real-time ear canal imaging
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Photo and video capture
- Ear condition comparison
- Ear canal examination tool
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Xiao-e is a tool application for otoscope. Through Wi Fi and connecting ear picking equipment, the real-time picture of ear canal can be displayed on the mobile phone, and the ear canal can be easily pulled out to see the situation in the ear canal. At the same time, when you preview the real-time picture, you can take photos and video to save the pictures or videos at that time, so as to compare whether there is any abnormality in the ear canal.
WaxRx Ear Camera
This utility app displays video streams from various compatible hardware devices. It supports a range of tools including blackhead meters, dental flossers, and ear pickers, allowing users to view real-time visuals from these devices.
- Video image transmission
- Supports multiple hardware products
- Real-time visual display
- Compatible with ear pickers
- Works with beauty devices
- Updates regularly
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This software is a video image transmission display panel that mainly supports waxRxEarCamera protocol hardware products: blackhead meter, dental flosser, laser hair removal device, ultrasonic and RF beauty device, ear picker, car recorder, microscope, magnifying glass and so on. The products are always being updated, so stay tuned!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WaxRx Ear Camera at 3.0 against Xiao's 2.1. WaxRx Ear Camera also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (33% vs 22%). Xiao's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
WaxRx Ear Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xiao has 136 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Xiao's written reviews are positive against 33% of WaxRx Ear Camera's.
Xiao ships an update every 5 weeks, WaxRx Ear Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xiao | WaxRx Ear Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (136 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文平 刘 | Ningbo Ubetter Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Xiao
WaxRx Ear Camera
In-app purchases
Xiao
No in-app purchases
WaxRx Ear Camera
No in-app purchases
