CARKUDA vs HOTKam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CARKUDA
Connect your mobile phone to your vehicle's data recorder to preview, record, and download driving videos and pictures. Easily share your captured moments with friends.
- Connect to vehicle data recorder
- Real-time video preview
- Record driving video
- Capture pictures
- Download recordings locally
- Share recordings
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Welcome to download CARKUDA applications, mobile phones connected to the vehicle traveling data recorder, real-time preview, recording video, pictures, and can be downloaded to the local, sharing good friends
HOTKam
This application connects to dashcams for driving and parking recordings. It enables collision photography, alert message pushes, and cloud storage for recordings. Users can view and manage files in real-time and receive notifications.
- Driving and parking recordings
- Collision photography and recording
- Cloud storage for recordings
- Real-time file viewing and management
- Message push alerts
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An APP client software for driving recorders; Supports driving and parking recordings, and can realize collision photography and recording, as well as push alert messages. The recording supports cloud storage; Supports real-time viewing and management of recording files on the App side, receiving message push, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HOTKam at 5.0 against CARKUDA's 2.1. HOTKam also leads on review sentiment (23% vs 0%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). CARKUDA's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
HOTKam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CARKUDA's written reviews are positive against 23% of HOTKam's.
CARKUDA ships an update every 3 months, HOTKam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CARKUDA | HOTKam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 23.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 清贤 高 | Shenzhen VeePai IoT Intelligent Technology LLC |
Customer experience
CARKUDA
HOTKam
In-app purchases
CARKUDA
No in-app purchases
HOTKam
No in-app purchases
