Comparison

baseus Security vs FacePaw

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

Head to head
About

baseus Security

Access live video feeds and motion detection recordings from your home security system. Review footage remotely from your phone, ensuring peace of mind and the ability to check in on your property anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Live video streaming
  • Motion detection recording
  • Remote access from phone
  • Review security footage
  • Anytime, anywhere access
Features
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baseus Security app provided live video and motion detection recording service,just access from your phone to review your home security anytime, anywhere.

About

FacePaw

Features
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Pairing with FacePaw 1 pet doors - Ability to set time restrictions for going out and coming in, as well as entry permissions - Can prevent unfamiliar pets from entering your home - Can prevent pets from bringing foreign objects into the house, such as dead mice - Can view automatically generated daily records of pet entry and exit, along with captured photos - Can receive push notifications about the operation status of the pet door and the behavior of the pet

Screenshots

baseus Security4 screens
FacePaw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FacePaw at weekly against baseus Security's every 3 weeks. baseus Security's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

baseus Security ships an update every 3 weeks, FacePaw weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
baseus Security versus FacePaw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbaseus SecurityFacePaw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB112 MB
Age rating17+9+
Developer深圳市倍思科技有限公司ACE SMART&TECH INC.

Bugs and requests

baseus Security

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • App does not register well
  • Cannot zoom photos
  • Slow app performance
  • Notifications are too late to view events
  • Recordings happen randomly
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  • Cannot see footage stored until a couple of minutes
  • Service is down
  • Cannot see cameras
  • Cannot add cameras back
  • Cameras not functioning after update
  • All devices disappeared after update
  • Cannot connect a homestation anymore
  • Cameras disappeared from account
  • App instability for displaying cameras
  • Layout is a bit wrong
  • Back button disappears when accessing camera
  • App very slow to respond to live footage
  • Live footage often times out
  • Cannot connect remotely from external Wi-Fi
  • Cannot watch remotely
  • Only works on local network
  • No internet access
  • Device does not work in Russia
  • App does not work on mobile internet in Russia
  • App does not warn about Russia region limitation
  • Cannot turn camera on/off after last update
  • Time is incorrect on one camera
  • Camera and app do not work in Russia
  • Not warned about Russia region limitation by sellers
  • Not recording traffic until it's almost gone
  • Reports come much too late
  • Cannot connect to TV
  • App glitches
  • Camera glitches
  • Base station stopped seeing cameras
  • Tech support unresponsive
  • Cannot connect to home network
  • No feedback from support
  • Lost time
  • Start page showed only 2 devices on iPad
  • Had to awkwardly shift device order on iPad
  • Only portrait mode on iPad
  • No landscape mode on iPad
  • App not supported in Russia
  • Registration not possible after installing app
  • Password requirement error despite meeting criteria
  • iPad does not convert to full screen like mobile
  • Notifications stopped working for all devices
  • Have to manually change mode of each camera
  • No way to change mode across all devices

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add filter to view cameras
  • Unified view for all cameras
  • Ability to connect to TV
  • Remote viewing
  • Support for Russia region
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  • Support for Bangladesh region
  • Full screen streaming on iPad
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Option to switch modes across all devices
  • Function to detect when devices are not in HomeStation network and switch to notification mode

FacePaw

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

baseus Security

No in-app purchases

None

FacePaw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is baseus Security free?
baseus Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FacePaw free?
FacePaw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do baseus Security or FacePaw have ads?
Neither baseus Security nor FacePaw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, baseus Security or FacePaw?
baseus Security ships an update every 3 weeks, and FacePaw weekly. Most recently, baseus Security was updated on October 14, 2026 and FacePaw on October 2, 2026.

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