HoMeYe Pro vs Sight Bulb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HoMeYe Pro
Monitor your home or business with this surveillance software. Easily connect cameras, view live feeds, and receive motion detection alerts. Enjoy features like two-way audio and cloud storage for enhanced security.
- Easy camera connection
- Real-time multi-image preview
- PTZ control
- Motion detection video capture
- Alarm information push
- Two-way audio
- Cloud storage
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HoMeYe Pro is a surveillance and security software, no need for professionals, no complicated network setup, just login to the app and follow the guidelines to connect the camera and then complete the relevant settings. On the app you can achieve multiple images and real-time preview, PTZ control, motion detection video capture, alarm information push, two-way audio, cloud storage and other functions.
Sight Bulb
Monitor your home and family remotely with live HD video streaming and two-way audio. Receive instant motion alerts and review recorded video history to stay connected and secure.
- HD Live Streaming
- Two-Way Audio
- Motion Alerts
- Home/Away Assist
- Camera Sharing
- Video History
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Sight Bulb - the one that know you best. Remote Video Monitoring: Always stay closer to your family. Motion Detection: Protect your family 24/7. HD Video Playback: Do not let you miss any event. KEY FEATURES: HD Live Streaming - Keep images clear after zooming in and videos smooth. Let you see every detail. Two-Way Audio - You are able to talk to your family anywhere instantly with one tap. Motion Alerts - With the activity timeline and snapshots, you can see at a glance when events happened. Home/Away Assist - Let you control your camera and its accessories in one click by configuring the the On/Off state of the devices in Home and Away mode. Camera Sharing - Share the camera access to your family in a secure and controllable way. And you can cancel sharing at anytime. Video History - When motion is triggered, videos will be recorded to the SD card. You can scan through the entire video history to see what you missed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sight Bulb at 2.7 against HoMeYe Pro's 1.9. Sight Bulb also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). HoMeYe Pro's advantage is review sentiment (23% vs 10%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Sight Bulb holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 211 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of HoMeYe Pro's written reviews are positive against 10% of Sight Bulb's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HoMeYe Pro ships an update monthly, Sight Bulb every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HoMeYe Pro | Sight Bulb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (73 ratings) | 2.7 (211 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews — better | 10.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 211 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN KZK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD | Continuum Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
HoMeYe Pro
Sight Bulb
User reviews
HoMeYe Pro
From 73 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📸 Clear picture quality and night vision
- ⚡ Easy installation and setup process
- 🔄 360-degree camera angle capability
- 📱 User-friendly app interface (when working)
- 💰 Affordable price point for the features
Room to improve
- 🐌 Extremely slow app performance and loading times
- 🔌 Frequent connectivity and offline issues
- 💥 App crashes and freezes regularly
- 🔐 Login and authentication problems
- 📹 Video recording failures despite detection
Sight Bulb
From 211 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Great concept/idea
- 👍 Camera follows movement
- 👍 Decent video quality
- 👍 Loud siren
- 👍 Pan and zoom capabilities
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes
- 🐛 App frequently offline
- 🐛 Cannot connect to WiFi
- 🐛 No notifications
- 🐛 Difficult to set up
Bugs and requests
HoMeYe Pro
Reported bugs
20 issues- App freezes when opening motion notifications
- Cameras disappear from app after closing and reopening
- Login credentials rejected despite correct password
- App force closes on notification click
- Video playback fails with long buffering then offline error
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- SD card not recognized despite multiple attempts
- Camera stuck in cruise/preset mode with no delete option
- Account lockout after subscription payment
- QR code not recognized during setup
- Network error messages on WiFi and mobile data
- Cameras stop recording simultaneously
- Night vision intermittent or non-functional
- Preset selection feature missing in version 1.3.0
- Video playback broken after app updates
- Black screen showing for all captures
- App requires login on every open
- Encryption connection failures
- Camera wake-up failures with error messages
- Renaming cameras doesn't work properly
- Pan/tilt functionality unreliable
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to select and use preset camera positions
- Motion highlight or indicator on notifications
- Improved app responsiveness and speed
- Better documentation and user manual
- Desktop app with proper access ID system
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- HomeKit compatibility
- Ability to enlarge/zoom recordings
- Download and export video files from SD card
- Disable indicator lights for covert viewing
- More frequent app updates
- Incognito/invisible viewing mode
- Better cross-device support (iPad compatibility)
- Unified feature set between iOS and Android versions
Sight Bulb
Reported bugs
114 issues- App crashes frequently
- App is often offline
- Cannot connect to WiFi
- No notifications received
- Account creation fails
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- Videos not recording consistently
- Data not saved beyond 24 hours
- Download events stuck at 0%
- Error code 1107
- Light control removed after update
- Light bulb won't stay lit or connected
- Light doesn't stay off at night
- Image quality degrades with light on
- Voice commands unresponsive
- Low speaker volume
- Low light brightness
- No notifications after iOS updates
- App crashes after sign-in
- App injecting malware/stealing data
- App connection to video fails
- Light bulb caused network issues
- App crashes on iPad Pro
- Device offline when away from home network
- No recording when offline
- Firewall issues preventing connection
- App closes when setting light timer
- Timeline scrolling is problematic
- Tracking misses people
- Notifications not working on iPhone
- Alarm reaction time is delayed
- Tracking is unreliable at close range
- App lags significantly
- Event pictures take a long time to load
- WiFi service repeatedly blocked
- Only one user can log in at a time
- App won't load past login page
- Light bulb flickers randomly
- App stopped working on iPad
- Device consistently offline
- Motion detection occurs through glass
- Timeline is not user-friendly
- IR light causes glare
- QR code has text that may interfere with scanning
- Customer support is unhelpful
- Camera moves on its own
- App options change unexpectedly
- No technical support available
- App is difficult to use
- App settings are not clearly explained
- Only current day's videos are viewable
- Setup steps are difficult and unclear
- App freezes on login screen
- App closes when setting light timers
- App not compatible with 5G networks
- Motion detection misses humans
- App settings not fully readable on iPhone
- Motion detection misses people in frame
- Security risks identified
- App crashes on startup
- App doesn't allow reading all settings
- Tracking is questionable
- App doesn't alert when app is closed
- App doesn't show past events
- App doesn't record consistently
- App doesn't save data past 24 hours
- App download events stuck at 0%
- App error code 1107
- App update removed light control
- App light bulb won't stay lit
- App image grainy with light on
- App voice commands unresponsive
- App speakers low volume
- App light brightness low
- App no notifications after iOS updates
- App crashes after sign-in
- App connection to video fails
- App light bulb caused network issues
- App crashes on iPad
- App device offline when away from home
- App no recording when offline
- App firewall issues
- App closes when setting light timer
- App timeline scrolling problematic
- App tracking misses people
- App notifications not working
- App alarm reaction time delayed
- App tracking unreliable
- App lags
- App event pictures load slowly
- App WiFi blocked
- App only one user login
- App won't load login page
- App light flickers
- App stopped working on iPad
- App device offline
- App motion detection through glass
- App timeline not user-friendly
- App IR light glare
- App QR code issue
- App customer support unhelpful
- App moves on its own
- App options change
- App no technical support
- App difficult to use
- App settings unclear
- App only current day videos
- App setup difficult
- App freezes on login
- App closes when setting timers
- App not 5G compatible
- App motion detection misses humans
- App settings not readable
- App motion detection misses frame
- App security risks
Requested features
30 requests- Allow multiple users on one account
- Improve notification reliability for iPhones
- Add option to adjust siren volume
- Fix light timer glitch
- Improve motion tracking accuracy for humans
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- Make setup process more intuitive
- Document firewall port requirements
- Add dark mode
- Improve timeline usability
- Add option to shut off IR light
- Fix QR code scanning issue
- Provide password protection
- Allow viewing of videos from previous days
- Improve app stability on iPads
- Allow users to adjust light brightness
- Allow users to adjust speaker volume
- Make app more user-friendly for older users
- Provide better customer assistance
- Enable cloud service option
- Fix app crashing on opening
- Enable notifications when app is not open
- Allow users to set a schedule for the light
- Improve account creation process
- Fix app freezing on login screen
- Add option to turn light on/off from homepage
- Improve app responsiveness
- Make app compatible with 5G networks
- Allow for manual control of light
- Improve motion detection to avoid false positives (e.g., insects)
- Fix issue with app closing when setting timers
In-app purchases
HoMeYe Pro
No in-app purchases
Sight Bulb
No in-app purchases
