Surplife vs ANRAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surplife
Control your smart lighting devices with ease. Add and manage multiple lights from a single application, allowing you to adjust settings remotely from any location.
- Add multiple devices
- Control multiple devices
- Remote device control
- Easy device management
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Surplife is a smart lighting control APP. Add and control multiple devices to the App so easy. Remotely control devices from anywhere.
ANRAN
Monitor your property remotely with real-time video surveillance. This app offers multi-image live feeds, PTZ control, and recording capabilities for comprehensive security. Access your cameras from anywhere, anytime.
- 24 Hour Remote Video Surveillance
- Real-time Multi-image Preview
- PTZ Control
- Video Capture
- Recording Backup
- QR Scan
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24 Hour Remote Video Surveillance Moblie Application Concise and fashion GUI, Multi-image and real- time preview, QR scan, PTZ control, video capture, recording backup. More functions are waiting for you, just download it. Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://meari-us.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/html/audit/84/storage_server.html Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Surplife at none against ANRAN's 28. ANRAN's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 53%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ANRAN sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Surplife asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Surplife against 4.6 for ANRAN. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Surplife's written reviews are positive against 84% of ANRAN's.
Surplife ships an update fortnightly, ANRAN every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Surplife | ANRAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #122 — better | #194 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 479 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明长 周 | Shenzhen Anran Security Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Surplife
ANRAN
User reviews
Surplife
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient control
- 💡 Customizable lighting
- 👍 Responsive support
- 🚀 Reliable functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Buggy app interface
- 🐛 Unreliable scheduling
- 🐛 Unresponsive customer service
ANRAN
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy installation
- 📷 Great image quality
- 🔊 Clear audio
- 🔋 Reliable solar charging
- 🔒 Effective security features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 🔍 Limited motion tracking
- 🔊 Sound quality could be better
- 🔒 Concerns about data privacy
Bugs and requests
Surplife
Reported bugs
5 issues- Lights turning on/off randomly
- Inability to save custom settings
- App crashing or not opening
- Lights not responding to app commands
- Scheduling feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More holiday and theme options
- Ability to save custom scenes
- Improved app UI and navigation
- Multi-device syncing and control
- Integration with smart home platforms
ANRAN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Camera freezes or stops responding
- App crashes during playback
Requested features
4 requests- Multiple user access
- Longer video recording duration
- Advanced motion detection settings
- Integration with smart home platforms
In-app purchases
Surplife
No in-app purchases
ANRAN
- One cam for 30 days Al Service$2.991 Month
- Advanced AI Sub. |One Device$2.991 Month
- AI-month-as-1-c$3.991 Month
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- Cloud Month Event 3 Days$4.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 7 Days$4.991 Month
- 1Cam Cloud Storage event Month$5.991 Month
- Event Cloud Mth| 1 Cam (CAT1)$5.991 Month
- cam basic-month-1$6.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device2 variants$6.991 Month
- cam plus-monthly-1$6.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-1-c$8.991 Month
- 2Cam Cloud Storage event Month$11.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 2 Device$13.991 Month
- 4Cam Cloud Storage event Month$15.991 Month
- 3Cam Cloud Storage event Month$17.991 Month
- 4G Unlimited Month US$20.991 Month
- Event One Month 3 Days$2.99
- 30 days Al Service$2.99
- Event One Month 7 Days$4.99
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- Event One Quarter 3 Days$7.99
- One Year Al Service$19.99
- 1 Device AI Service| one Year$19.99
- Data Unlimited Month US Dis.$20.99
- Event One Year 3 Days$29.99
- Event cloud storage + AI Plus$49.99
- Event Rec One Year 30 Days$59.99
- Two Cam Event One Year 30 Days$79.99
