LeadChick vs V+ Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LeadChick
This smart device automatically opens and closes your chicken coop door, protecting your flock from predators. It features a safety mechanism that stops and reopens the door if an obstruction is detected, ensuring animal safety.
- Automatic coop door operation
- Predator protection
- Smart device with app control
- Safety obstruction detection
- Manual override and test button
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The LeadChick Automatic Coop Door protects your chickens from the wild animal. The aluminium coop door close until morning so that no wild animal can invade your coop. Then your chickens will feel safe and lay more eggs, and you’ll be stress-free with your chickens taken care of.Using the APP auto model for setup, you’ll never worry forget to open and close your coop door. This door is a smart device. Therefore, if anything were to get stuck in between the closing door (for example, the chicken gets stuck when it passes), the motor automatically stops the door，then reopen, so it will not harm the animal but might trap it for safety reasons. The door stays in the position until you open it manually with the test button and release the obstruction.The LeadChick Automatic Coop Door is designed to make your days easier and relaxed.
V+ Smart
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Here is a smart home control APP from Guangdong Vanward New Electric Co., Ltd. You can control different types of Vanward products by using this APP, such as zero-cold gas water heater (with WiFi&BLE function) and electric water heater (with WiFi&BLE function), etc. Also, this APP not only provides device control function, but also offers device sharing function. This feature requires the people who are accepted for sharing to have an account on this APP. When you have connected smart home devices in your account, you can use this feature to share it with your family, loved ones, or friends.
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Verdict
LeadChick and V+ Smart are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
LeadChick ships an update every 4 months, V+ Smart every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LeadChick | V+ Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Gardennock Technology Co., Ltd. | Guangdong Vanward New Electric Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
LeadChick
No in-app purchases
V+ Smart
No in-app purchases
