Comparison

Octopus vs COOAUDash

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Octopus

Manage your driver account, track earnings, and cash out directly to your bank or debit card. Update your profile, check points, and set your account to away mode for breaks. This app simplifies managing your driver income on the go.

Highlights
  • Cash out earnings
  • Track payment progress
  • Update contact information
  • Biometric login
  • Manage driver profile
  • Set account to away mode
Features
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The Octopus Driver App is a quick and easy way for Octopus drivers to access their account and cash out earnings, track progress towards their next payments, update contact information, and more. It’s the mobile application version of the existing driver web dashboard, plus a few exciting new features! Key Features: Login with Face ID or Fingerprint Change your contact information (email, phone number) Check your points on the go Cash out earnings to a debit card, bank account, or e-gift card Set account to "away" mode for vacations and breaks Update the Driver Profile shown to riders Testimonials from Octopus Drivers: “It’s simple, easy to use, not confusing, and convenient – I’m a fan!” “App download was fast, and setup was very smooth and quick!” “It was smooth and I love using Face ID.” “Biometric sign-in is an amazing feature that allows easier and quicker login than the web dashboard.” Download Today!

About

COOAUDash

Connect to your driving recorder to view, play back, and manage videos. Features real-time preview, collision detection, and emergency recording. Simplifies safe driving and video management with a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Connect to driving recorder
  • View and playback videos
  • Real-time preview
  • Collision detection
  • Emergency recording saving
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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COOAU Dash is a mobile application designed specifically for driving recorders, seamlessly connecting your recorder device for easy viewing, playback, and management of driving videos. Through real-time preview function, ensure recording quality, while providing collision detection and emergency recording saving, ensuring that important moments are not missed. A user-friendly interface and simple operation make safe driving and video management easier. 【 Kind reminder 】 The function of obtaining the user's work trajectory during a certain time period will continue to use GPS positioning services, and switching to the background will still maintain GPS connection, which will consume more power compared to other operations. Continuous operation of GPS in the background will affect battery life.

Screenshots

Octopus4 screens
COOAUDash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Octopus at 77% against COOAUDash's 2%. Octopus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.4) and ratings volume (22K vs 100). COOAUDash's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Octopus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Octopus has 22K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Octopus's written reviews are positive against 2% of COOAUDash's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Octopus ships an update every 6 weeks, COOAUDash every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Octopus versus COOAUDash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOctopusCOOAUDash
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (22K ratings) — better1.4 (100 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews — better2.1% of reviews
Number of ratings22K — better100
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOctopus Interactive Inc理才 罗

Customer experience

Octopus

All ratings22,089 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative17.2%

COOAUDash

All ratings100 ratings
Positive6.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative92.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive2.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative93.8%

User reviews

Octopus

From 22K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💰 Good money opportunity
  • 🎉 Entertaining for passengers
  • 🤑 Earn extra cash
  • 👏 Great company

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Takes too long to accumulate points
  • 💳 Delayed payouts
  • 🔒 Account locking issues

COOAUDash

From 100 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Used to be great
  • 👍 Quality and recording look great

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App constantly disconnects
  • 🐛 Cannot play back or download videos
  • 🐛 App is unresponsive or crashes
  • 🐛 Videos not saving
  • 🐛 App freezes frequently

Bugs and requests

Octopus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • GPS not tracking rides properly
  • Face ID issues causing account lockouts

Requested features

3 requests
  • More games and entertainment options
  • Ability to control tablet remotely
  • Improved GPS tracking

COOAUDash

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Camera won't stay connected to the app
  • Unable to play back or download videos
  • App disconnects after a few seconds
  • App doesn't record video
  • App not opening
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  • App is non-responsive
  • Camera doesn't save videos
  • App doesn't connect to the camera
  • Playback function drops when downloading
  • Live connection is spotty
  • Cannot delete footage due to 'Incorrect Password'
  • Verification code does not work
  • App freezes after a few seconds
  • App won't record
  • Videos stopped being visible using the app
  • Video downloading is very slow
  • App is buggy
  • Cannot play back on the app
  • Verification code error when registering
  • App keeps losing communication with camera
  • App crashes when opening
  • Network error during account creation
  • App doesn't open
  • App crashes every time it's opened
  • App won't add dash cam
  • Connecting to the camera does not fully load
  • Unable to create a password/account
  • App is an email collector

Requested features

11 requests
  • Fix the app
  • Improve the app
  • Fix video saving and playback
  • Fix connection issues
  • Allow full video downloads
Show 6 more
  • Improve app responsiveness
  • Fix verification code errors
  • Allow account creation
  • Fix password issues
  • Add support for D50 front and rear camera
  • Switch to English texts

In-app purchases

None

Octopus

No in-app purchases

None

COOAUDash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Octopus free?
Octopus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COOAUDash free?
COOAUDash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Octopus or COOAUDash?
Octopus is rated higher. Octopus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while COOAUDash averages 1.4 from 100 ratings.
Do Octopus or COOAUDash have ads?
Neither Octopus nor COOAUDash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Octopus or COOAUDash?
Octopus ships an update every 6 weeks, and COOAUDash every 2 months. Most recently, Octopus was updated on November 8, 2026 and COOAUDash on October 30, 2026.

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