StarContact vs Rill Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarContact
This app facilitates smart contact with celestial events. Users can report sky sightings, triggering notifications for others to observe. It maintains a history of these reported events.
- Smart contact search
- Sky sighting notifications
- History of sightings
- Location-based alerts
- No registration required
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App dedicated to smart contact search. If you see something in the sky, initiate contact, sending a notification to the users of the app so that they can look at the sky, you will also have a history of sightings. No registration is necessary, you just have to activate the application, using the location button in the upper right corner, to start receiving Notifications, if you do not want to receive notifications, deactivate the Button, to delete your user, use the button of information.
Rill Recorder
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Rill Recorder is your remote camera. This app cannot work without the Rill Camera App. Use it on your second device, which you will place at home. The Rill Recorder app is free. Basic Features: * Zero-Knowledge (video feed and video data are encrypted, no data collection) * Sound and Motion detection * Live view mode * Instant settings update on a remote device * Event notifications * Two-way-talk * Light mode in the dark * Switch between front and back cameras We keep encrypted the following data: * All recordings (video data) * All communications between the Rill Recorder app and the Rill Camera App (live view, information requests, etc) By using this app, you agree to Rill Camera's Terms of Use (https://www.rill-camera.com/terms-of-use). Please see our Privacy Policy (https://www.rill-camera.com/privacy-policy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Rill Recorder at 11.0 against StarContact's 26.0. 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarContact | Rill Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Lezama | Rill Camera, Inc. |
In-app purchases
StarContact
No in-app purchases
Rill Recorder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do StarContact or Rill Recorder have ads?
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