Comparison

StarContact vs Rill Recorder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Smart contact search
  • Sky sighting notifications
  • History of sightings
  • Location-based alerts
  • No registration required
Features
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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.

About

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).

Screenshots

StarContact3 screens
Rill Recorder3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
StarContact versus Rill Recorder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarContactRill Recorder
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavel LezamaRill Camera, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

StarContact

No in-app purchases

None

Rill Recorder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StarContact free?
StarContact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rill Recorder free?
Rill Recorder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StarContact or Rill Recorder have ads?
Neither StarContact nor Rill Recorder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StarContact or Rill Recorder?
StarContact ships an update every 3 weeks, and Rill Recorder every 3 weeks. Most recently, StarContact was updated on October 12, 2026 and Rill Recorder on October 4, 2026.

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