Shyion vs VideoLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shyion
Control your garden sprinkler remotely and set custom watering schedules. Monitor indoor temperature and humidity with detailed charts for environmental insights.
- Remote sprinkler control
- Automated watering schedules
- Temperature monitoring
- Humidity monitoring
- Environmental data charts
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Shyion, enjoy smart life, everything in hand. Smart sprinkler: turn on or off your garden sprinkler anytime, anywhere on the app. Write the watering rules you want to make your sprinkler run automatically every day without your worry. Smart thermometer and hygrometer: check the temperature change in the form of chart to have a deeper understanding of your environment.
VideoLink
Remotely connect and manage intelligent webcams and video recorders. View live video, capture footage, record, and communicate via voice calls or intercom. Receive intelligent alarm pushes for enhanced security.
- Remote webcam management
- Real-time video viewing
- Video capture and recording
- Voice call and intercom
- Intelligent alarm push notifications
- Unified security product management
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VideoLink is a tool application for remotely connecting and managing home intelligent webcam, intelligent video recorder and other products. It can uniformly manage security products in the WIFI or mobile network environment, and can realize real-time video viewing, capture, video recording, voice call, real-time intercom, intelligent alarm push and other functions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VideoLink at 1.8 against Shyion's 1.3. VideoLink also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 3). Shyion's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 5%). 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.
VideoLink holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VideoLink has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Shyion's written reviews are positive against 5% of VideoLink's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shyion ships an update every 3 weeks, VideoLink monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shyion | VideoLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) | 1.8 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 5.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Huangzhu E - Commerce Co., Ltd. | 强 李 |
Customer experience
Shyion
VideoLink
In-app purchases
Shyion
No in-app purchases
VideoLink
No in-app purchases
