Dekco vs BABIQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dekco
Monitor your home remotely with a smart security camera app. Enjoy enhanced video interaction and direct online customer support for a safer and more convenient home security experience.
- Remote home monitoring
- Smart security camera integration
- Enhanced video interaction
- Online customer support
- Family safety features
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Protecting your home has never been easier. Our smart home security camera helps you monitor your home anytime, anywhere, ensuring safety and comfort for your family. Welcome to Dekco, our brand-new home security app! We've officially launched with the goal of providing you with a safer and more convenient home security experience. In this version, we've introduced the following new features and improvements: - Enhanced video interaction experience: Enjoy smoother viewing and control of your cameras for an improved user experience. - Online customer support: Chat directly with our customer service team within the app to address any questions or concerns you may have. We will continue to refine and optimize our products and services to deliver an even better home security experience. If you have any feedback or questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
BABIQ
Manage your intelligent security devices from a single application. Control various security equipment like bubble machines, doorbells, and shake head machines to enhance your living environment's safety and convenience.
- Integrated security equipment management
- Supports bubble machines
- Supports doorbells
- Supports shake head machines
- Enhances living environment safety
- Convenient intelligent device control
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BABIQ is an APP for the integrated management of intelligent security equipment. At present, BABIQ mainly supports a variety of security equipment such as bubble machine, doorbell and shake head machine. BABIQ aims to provide users with a safer living environment, so that users can fully experience the convenience brought by intelligent security equipment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dekco at 3.1 against BABIQ's 1.5. Dekco also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (24% vs 4%). BABIQ's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Dekco holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Dekco's written reviews are positive against 4% of BABIQ's.
Dekco ships an update every 2 months, BABIQ every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Dekco | BABIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (80 ratings) — better | 1.5 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.5% of reviews — better | 4.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 456 MB | 326 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | HONG KONG GLAZERO INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO.,LIMITED | SanKeXiaoCao(ShenZhen)IOT Technology Company Limited |
Customer experience
Dekco
BABIQ
User reviews
Dekco
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📹 Clear image quality
- 🔄 24/7 continuous recording capability
- 👍 Easy installation and setup
- ⚡ Responsive customer service
- 💰 Affordable price point
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes frequently
- 📺 Video playback fails consistently
- 🔄 Recent update broke core functionality
- ⏸️ Cannot scroll through video timeline
- 🔍 Difficult to review past footage
BABIQ
From 47 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works as advertised (rare)
- 👍 Some users find it works well
Room to improve
- ❌ Useless without app
- ❌ App crashes frequently
- ❌ Cannot connect to camera
- ❌ Payment issues
- ❌ Data privacy concerns
Bugs and requests
Dekco
Reported bugs
15 issues- App freezes during multicam view
- Video preview not displaying after update
- Session expiration and login failures
- QR code scanning malfunction during camera setup
- Events fail to load without manual refresh
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- Recording gaps appearing in 24/7 footage
- Camera randomly turning without user input
- Video playback cutting every 10 seconds
- Black screen when viewing alerts
- App crashes when scrolling through timeline
- Motion detection stops working intermittently
- Live view unavailable on non-home WiFi
- Camera setup fails with manual entry method
- Notification delays after recent update
- Signal drops and connection instability
Requested features
15 requests- Restore old timeline interface for video scrubbing
- Add scrolling capability through full 24-hour footage
- Implement fast-forward and rewind buttons
- Restore auto night mode switching
- Multi-camera simultaneous viewing
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- Customizable notification sounds and alert tones
- Area blocking to prevent false motion detection
- Dark mode for app interface
- Search functionality for events and dates
- Support for older camera models in Dekco app
- Unified app for all Dekco camera models
- Next video button for cloud recordings
- Bird detection mode
- Continuous light and infrared options
- Alexa motion detection integration
BABIQ
Reported bugs
14 issues- App keeps crashing
- App shows error message
- App cannot connect to camera
- App gets stuck
- App systematically crashes on launch
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- App doesn't send verification code
- App doesn't send email/text for account creation
- App doesn't load videos after payment
- App doesn't work
- Camera won't turn on or sync
- Bluetooth not working
- Error 101 when opening app
- Cannot access detection clips
- Cannot set intrusion times
Requested features
4 requests- Fix payment feature
- Allow subscription to cloud
- Add United Kingdom option
- Allow setup with email only
In-app purchases
Dekco
No in-app purchases
BABIQ
No in-app purchases
