Apai Genie Reviews

by Jenkiddtx

Seriously. What a waste of $40! After MONTHS of going back & forth with the company, having to send screenshots of how my iPhone 11 max would NOT connect... they finally told me to reinstall ApaiGenie (since they updated SOME of the glitches, I’m sure)... I’ve finally got the piece of junk plastic to work- sorta. This is ok for a small child to play around with. Period. It won’t stay on track of where I’m at. If I move or walk “too fast”, the next thing I see is my phone turning the OPPOSITE way of where I’m wanting it to go! Very jerky in motions too. Don’t even get me started on the actual App. Omg. Lol. First off it doesn’t have the MAIN #1 feature I even ordered this for! SLO-MO! This will NOT record slo-mo videos!!! Strictly photos (not even portrait mode either) or plain videos, which the quality is downright HORRIBLE! Next, they’re trying to be cool & trendy I guess? They have about a dozen super cheesy “SnapChat” weird face filters. Not even cute ones either. I couldn’t even tell you what half of them were supposed to be? WEIRD. Anyway, I rarely write reviews but this was so bad I had to. At least try to help one person or more save their $40! There are so many BETTER gimble devices out there now! Put your $49 bucks towards a REAL one!

by Alayna_vendetta

When I downloaded ApaiGenie , I had three screens to swipe though that talked about the intelligent object and face tracking before getting to a screen that says start. Unfortunately the start button is not clickable. I closed ApaiGenie , ended it’s run by double clicking the home button on my phone. Upon attempting to reopen ApaiGenie I am just left with a black screen before the application crashes and I am taken back to my home screen.

Once these issues are corrected, I am sure ApaiGenie will be great, and I’ll update my review once I am able to run the program successfully.

by Hollis!

Just opened the box, tried to connect through Bluetooth, it WON’T! 2 different QM-Aipai appears, constantly fails to connect! ** After approximately 30 minutes, the product started to work with my iPhone XS out of the cradle. I was happy that it finally started to work. When I watched the video playback, you could here the product loudly rotating over the voices in the video. NOT a fan of this product.

by ZenModeling

The mechanics of the rotating and facial tracking features are adequate... but that’s about it... someone needs to come along and hack this so it’s able to use zoom features and all the other type features with your iPhone!! I say hack because I don’t see the developers of this device DOING ANYTHING TO IMPROVE IT!!! It’s a shame because it built sound - just not paired with many of the features other similar devices....(don’t waste your $$$)

by Bush8989

ApaiGenie works completely backwards with zoom And FaceTime. Think about what you see on your screen when FaceTiming someone. The view from their camera. The unit tries to follow THAT face and not your face with your phone so if the person you are talking to moves their face away from their camera your camera moves!!!
My girlfriend bought 4 of them for family and it was a complete waste of money. It’s still up in the air if she’ll get her money back.

by BLK RCAN

The gimbOWL which ApaiGenie is associated with is a scam do not buy this product I have already reported them to Apple as you will see a message that says that this product is not supported so hopefully you have not purchased it already because ApaiGenie will not work with the gimbOWL which is essentially nothing more than a glorified paperweight. Contacting the company will essentially get you nowhere as I’m still waiting for my money back! Obviously if I could give it a -0 I would because just as a -0 does not exist neither does this use of the associated product or app!

by Ladye0123

After installing ApaiGenie . It did turn on but idk wth it was tracking because I was sitting as still as a mouse and it started moving or doing a complete 360. It definitely is a misrepresentation of what is advertised. This is a horrible product and an even horrible company for the lies and deletion of negative reviews on SM! I would give it no stars if I could but I guess I will use it to just hold the phone (which my $2 holder does just fine at smh)

by Kinkemagazine

So I purchased the stand mdevice so I had an option to record hands free and the device can move along with recording. Had I had read the reviews about ApaiGenie I would not have purchased the device. The picture and video quality are just awful. And it’s sad because if you used your own phone camera/video it won’t move because it only works with ApaiGenie . The only benefit, it’s the right size to record stuff with your own phone, say for example I use mine to show pages in a book. However using ApaiGenie for any pic or video quality is a no. If someone cares about ApaiGenie they would revise and consider people who are buying this model, not getting ripped off with ApaiGenie quality if you care about your business and reputation. Just saying dude. Fix this and do better.

by I_cosplay_for_charity

This company is practicing disreputable business tactics on social media. They remove any negative reviews from all of their social media and only leave a positive ones. ApaiGenie makes this product almost worthless the tracking is terrible you can’t take photos if you’re outside of 5 feet. Sometimes it spins 360 and just loses you. Worst of all the video and photo quality drops dramatically when using ApaiGenie and you cannot use the device without ApaiGenie . Lastly they say they don’t sell your information but since I bought the device and downloaded ApaiGenie I’m getting calls from China Japan and Korea every day. I have reported them to the Better Business Bureau for their tactics on social media and you should too thanks.

by Art Maru

I bought a pair of the Apai Genie Robot Cameramans intending to send one to a friend, so I downloaded ApaiGenie first to test it. One of the functions I was most interested in is panoramic shooting, the ability to take a sequence of pictures to get up to a 360 degree view. ApaiGenie has this function in its list of functions but it is NOWHERE to be found in the actual app controls.

Its face-tracking is VERY slow and it could not track me when I tried to circle completely around the Cameraman. It appeared only to be able to cover maybe 45 degrees before it gave up to then try to find my face again or another face by circling around.

On top of these problems, I tried to slide open the battery cover on the bottom of my second Cameraman and it would not budge.

by Rico's II

Well ApaiGenie is good for the ones of you are looking for just an app to blog in different platforms except: FaceTime; Google Duo; Skype; pretty much the rest that is not interested to “vlog”. So without the rest is limited for what is capable to do. If the developer decides for “ in app purchases “ DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY.... Needs those improvement...

by A Teacher.

It has improved! The current version of ApaiGenie allows you to broadcast a recording into other apps. That is a great help!

BUT, when you use the back camera of your iPhone (the one with better resolution) ApaiGenie turns the rotating device in the wrong direction. For example, if you move to your right, ApaiGenie rotates the phone to the left. When the phone is using the face camera, ApaiGenie works correctly. This problem seems to happens regardless of what app is using the broadcast signal.

by Writingareview36912

I’m not sure what others are using ApaiGenie for but really I just think it’s a fun little gadget, nothing more. My biggest complaint is that when using ApaiGenie to take pictures/record video there is an automatic FaceTune feature that slims the face, nose, etc. and after changing all the settings to remove this feature, it automatically resets every time I use ApaiGenie . A huge reason I don’t use ApaiGenie is because of this facetune feature, it is such a headache to adjust everything each time.

by Sky-Guy

In short, ApaiGenie does more than most reviews here imply, but the user experience is so counter-intuitive most users think they’re stuck before they really are.
It can be used with the apps it claims; however, instead of seeing those apps as options, you must start a “broadcast” with ApaiGenie, THEN open ApaiGenie you want. At that point the device will track faces displayed.
This makes sense for hosting a stream, where the user is the “presenter.” It does not work well with video calling apps (like FaceTime) where the screen is dominated by the other caller. ApaiGenie /device then tracks their face, essentially giving them remote control!
Basically, if you need to record or stream and don’t have a camera operator, this will help. It does not work well to keep one caller in frame for a video calling-type app. (Unless you put that person in primary display, which defeats the purpose of video calling, i.e. seeing who you’re talking to.)

by Rashid4

I bought this thing to do panning while recording video, after granting all permissions, the Bluetooth connected fine. I managed to take photos & videos. It lost me. A few times but overall it worked. I also was able to make it work with the iPhone 11 Pro native camera app. I got this for around $20 bucks & delivered as I expected for this price!

by Petey816

I mainly bought this to use for streaming... unfortunately, doesn’t work with FaceTime or any streaming services that I could figure out. Only works with its own video app (which did sync easily, but I cannot do anything live). Rotates quite loudly and makes clicking sounds. Doesn’t track well, loses me and starts rotating arbitrarily.

by Staylor26

Maybe they fixed the glitches, but I was able to go Live on Facebook very easily. It does have some problems with supporting iPhone 11 max. It tipped over a couple of times. It tracks slowly, but does track.

by OGBossBabe

Just got this today, quick turnaround. When I installed ApaiGenie , I was shocked by the negative reviews, I got real concerned. I treated it immediately and not only did it work, I was able to connect to my TikTok, Zoom and Facebook.
So far, the quality looks good.
I have a 4 side because it’s battery operated and I prefer a rechargeable battery, Potter than that, works great!!
IOS user

by BrosOfNP

It actually works well for video recording or picture taking. I struggled to connect it the device to my Bluetooth, I figured out you can’t configure it, it automatically connects to your phone through ApaiGenie , once you open ApaiGenie , tap on video and press on the Bluetooth icon (all while the gimbOWL is on with a flashing light) and then your phone will be set up properly. I haven’t tried streaming or anything but the pairing with the device worked and it works with recording and that’s what I was actually after so 👍👍

by Seed Of Life

Press the power button 3 seconds upon turning it on and the A.I. makes everything work seamlessly from there!

The photos and videos simply have a different look since no one is holding your devices.

What is really cool for taking photos is the 3 second countdown to snap the shot!

by Consumer Protection Bureau

You can not use it for FaceTime, Instagram, TikTok or anything else other than ApaiGenie they make you download or it won’t work. The video quality is horrible and distorted when using app. It rotates and follows your face minimally but does not track objects at all. I have been scammed out of $40 please don’t be another victim avoid at all cost!!!! Trust me not even worth $5

by Mdenley

While the face tracking works, ApaiGenie does not allow direct usage with conferences NG apps.

The software does not allow you to control whether to “hold” the auto photo or video taking. Once you set it and start moving and then hold a position it starts taking photos or video. The user should control when to do this. Please expose this option.

by Ihateyoumore

That should be the most simple thing you could have. Please add it to ApaiGenie !!!
I have a music band practicing in a room and I want the camera to keep turning 360 continuously, so everyone could be capture in our videos while the band is playing... ah! Please don’t forget a control of the speed!

by Dovahkiin_66

In ApaiGenie it shows WhatsApp for live broadcast, the issue is, I would love for ApaiGenie to work while in a Video call. Keeping it all private of course, having ApaiGenie to work with the camera while in a Video call would be pretty Amazing. Please add this feature.

by Crazed05

Best face tracking app I’ve ever used!!! It’s even better with the phone tracking stand. Would 100% recommend to family and friends.