Watching, talking, and the subscription question · review
A 1080p treat camera with a 110-degree view, thirty feet of night vision and a dishwasher-safe 1.5 lb hopper, with the Petcube Care plan optional.
What we take from it The most completely specified camera on this page: 1080p, a 110° field, thirty feet of night vision, eight times digital zoom and a 1.5 lb dishwasher-safe treat hopper, with the subscription genuinely optional. Petcube also sells the identical camera at $19.99 with a $9.99 monthly plan and a twelve-month commitment — which is $139.87 in the first year against $79.99 here.
1080p live video, a 110° field of view, 30 ft of night vision, 8× digital zoom, two-way audio, and a treat dispenser holding 1.5 lb that comes apart for the dishwasher. Alexa voice control. $79.99.
Resolution, field of view, night vision range and zoom, all four on one listing. Across the six cameras surveyed for this page, only the Geeni matches that, and it matches it with different numbers.
Those figures put it in the middle of the field: wider than nothing, narrower than the Geeni’s 125° and the PETLIBRO’s 145°, and far short of the Furbo’s motorized 360° rotation — which is a different thing altogether, a camera that turns rather than a lens that sees wide.
“With optional subscription service, Petcube Care, receive instant notifications for any activity at home.”
Optional, on a shelf where it usually is not. What you lose without it is the AI alerting and the stored history; what you keep is live view, two-way audio, treat tossing and scheduled dispensing.
| listing | price | plan |
|---|---|---|
| This one, B08XXKJGKH | $79.99 | optional |
| B0CM3QVX5J, “[Subscription Required]” | $19.99 | $9.99/month, 12-month commitment |
The locked listing’s own words: “requires an additional paid Petcube Care subscription for $9.99 per month (cancellable at any time after 12 months commitment period)”.
Twelve months at $9.99 is $119.88, so the cheap camera costs $139.87 in its first year against $79.99 here. If you want Petcube Care anyway, the locked route is the cheaper way to get a year of it. If you do not, this is the listing to buy, and the sixty-dollar gap is a year of a service you did not want.
That is the clearest illustration on this shelf of why the buying advice here says to read the free tier before the specification sheet.
Treats leave grease. A hopper that goes in the dishwasher stays usable; one that does not goes rancid and then gets ignored. Petcube is the only camera in this survey to state it.
“Toss dry, crunchy dog and cat treats short, medium, or long distance” — three settings, no distances published.
2.4 GHz only — “does not support 5 GHz”. That is true of at least five of the ten cameras here and is a 2026 annoyance rather than a fault; a modern mesh router that will not split its bands is the problem it causes.
iOS 11.4 or Android 8.10 and higher, which is generous.
No audio latency, which is the third thing the intro to this shelf asks about and which not one camera in this survey publishes. No treat distances in feet, no frame rate, no treat size range, and no Petcube Care price on this listing — the $9.99 figure above comes from the other one.
Read on the day this page was built: $80 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-06. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Video | 1080p Full HD |
|---|---|
| Field of view | 110° |
| Night vision | 30 ft |
| Zoom | 8× digital |
| Treat hopper | 1.5 lb, dishwasher-safe |
| Treat throw | Short, medium or long — no distances published |
| Subscription | Petcube Care, optional |
| Cheaper locked SKU | B0CM3QVX5J, $19.99 + $9.99/month, 12-month commitment |
| Wi-Fi | 2.4 GHz only |
| Voice control | Alexa |
| Warranty | 1 year |
| microSD slot | None |
| Audio latency | Not published |
| Amazon reference | B08XXKJGKH |
| EAN | 0854592007363 |
It depends on one question: do you want Petcube Care? The $19.99 listing requires it at $9.99 a month with a twelve-month commitment, so the first year costs $139.87 — sixty dollars more than this listing. If you were going to subscribe anyway, the locked route is the cheaper way to buy a year of the service. If you were not, this listing is $60 cheaper and the camera is identical.
Live 1080p view, two-way audio, treat tossing, scheduled treat dispensing, zoom and night vision — the camera, in other words. What Petcube Care adds is the AI alerting (person, pet, barking, meowing) and the stored video history. Since there is no microSD slot, "no subscription" also means "no recordings": this is a live camera with extra steps, which is exactly the caution the buying advice on this shelf gives.
Petcube publishes three settings — short, medium and long — and no distances. Nobody on this shelf publishes a figure in feet, which is why the intro to this page lists treat-tossing distance as something we compare and the listings do not provide. What it does publish is the hopper, 1.5 lb, the largest stated capacity in this survey.
Details checked on October 6, 2026.
A household that wants a fully specified treat camera and no monthly bill
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 100.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for pet devices and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Full HD · 360° rotation · color night vision · treat tossing
The camera the category is named after: full HD with a rotating 360° view, color night vision and a treat launcher. This is the basic-camera listing, without a bundled subscription.
Best for: A dog left alone that reacts to a voice, in a room too big for a fixed lens.
≈ $185
360° · barking and meowing alerts · rotating treat dispenser
The smaller Furbo: the same rotating view and treat dispenser in a compact body, with barking and meowing alerts. It is the cat-capable one.
Best for: A cat household, or a smaller room where the full-size Furbo is more camera than the space needs.
≈ $99
3 MP · 5 × 7.5 × 8 cm (2 × 3 × 3.1 in) · push notifications · no subscription
A small 3-megapixel camera measuring 5 × 7.5 × 8 cm (2 × 3 × 3.1 in), with push notifications and — stated on the listing — no subscription trap.
Best for: Anyone who wants to see the animal and nothing more — and does not want a monthly bill for it.
