Foscam Viewer User Reviews

Foscam  Viewer
Foscam Viewer
ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology co., Ltd

Customer Experience

Positive experience13.9% of reviews
Neutral14.8% of reviews
Negative experience71.3% of reviews

~ Based on 122 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Foscam Viewer Safe?

Foscam Viewer does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for Foscam Viewer is 46/100.

This assessment is based on 84 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2/5.

Safety Analysis

21.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
71.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 84 App Store ratings for Foscam Viewer.

Is Foscam Viewer Legit?

Foscam Viewer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Foscam Viewer is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

App needs updating.

App hasn’t been updated in six years as of the time of this review. It currently is not compatible with IOS 16, so this means that it will not show images full screen.

Total Crap

This Foscam app is total crap. I have given up and deleted the app because it keeps erasing the cameras I add. Total frustration!!

No image

If there’s a choice of no star, I would not give any. Have been not able to view any image for a long time. Want to ask the developer if they are going to fix it????

Brand new Foscam cameral not recognized

Brand new Foscam cameral not recognized

Snapshots need work

It would be nice if the snapshots were date and time stamped so you know when you took them.

The app is easy to use and very useful. Easy to control the camera.

Startup configuration

Seriously... this isn't fixed yet? It can't be that hard.... and no update to app in how long? I don't want to use your other app which is even worse than this. Fix the startup issue(s) and this app is just fine.
The does mostly everything I want it to do. The one thing that will make or break this app at anytime is the time it takes to use it (start it up). I agree with the others that say the new splash screen needs to be removed. And more importantly, the app should auto connect to the four cameras I tell it to or had last viewed/set. It takes way too long to launch the app, then go and manually click on the cameras I want to look at. It seems that if I do that and close the app and go back in a short time later it works fine but after a longer time, like a few hours or overnight, I have to select the cameras again. Not useful for needing to look at something quickly in the middle of the night. I would give it 5 stars instead of 2, it the cameras were selected correctly each time
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Useless!!!!!!!

Don’t bother not worth the time of installing and uninstalling...........

Always have to re log in!!!

If I want to look at my camera’s image quickly to catch something, I’m always required to log in each time. By the time I log in, it’s too late. This is very frustrating, please address this!

Why no support?

Got this app, it tells me to download ANOTHER app, which is not listed here and has NO ICON.

Hey Foscam, Why is the new app not listed in the App Store?

Long time to load app

It’s a long time to load app.

Bad move Foscam

Foscam has changed for the worst, same opinion about this app. It was great app, now they are forcing us to to provide emails and sign up in order to use their cloud, don’t trust any cloud system how do I know that I am not losing my privacy. Everything are in those little and small letter. If I just wanted to have access to my cameras, no other option than trash these ones and get other brands.
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Foscam is disappointing.

For years, this has been the only genuine Foscam app which allows you to view four cameras at once on your iPhone or iPad. One of its biggest advantages is its ability to use P2P technology to connect to your cameras. With P2P, you're not required to do all the technical work of setting up your cameras and your router to do port-forwarding. It's been a very useful app, even though Foscam has decided to stop supporting it or updating it. For remote viewing, this app continues to fit my needs however, it could desperately use some maintenance and bug fixes. The new app Foscam came out with to replace this one is total garbage, and simply useless. Their new app can only view one camera at a time and it's painfully slow & unreliable. My Foscam equipment is totally useless without this app functioning properly. I'm not sure why Foscam decided to abandon this app. In conclusion, Foscam is not a reliable, professional security solution, as indicated by their abandonment of this app. I would recommend against purchasing any of their products to anyone considering it. Low quality equipment and poor customer service is all Foscam has to offer. I really wish they would reconsider their decision to abandon this app. With a few upgrades and bug fixes, this would easily be a 5 star app.
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Can't view camera in landscape mode on iPad!

Called Foscam support as I lost viewing camera I landscape mode on my iPad. Support rep stated this was a recent feature? Who in their right mind would ask to have your camera view locked in portrait mode and be reduced to 1/3 of the viewable screen. They say they haven't had any other complaints! Guess the don't count the reviews on this app. Very disappointed the developers took away landscape viewing in iPads. Please complain!
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Needs work but connects great

Interface Needs a lot of work. However in terms of connecting outside network with foscam it works great.

Horrible

Horrible design, very unintuitive. Hard to get working too. Makes me hate foscam....

Pure Unadulterated GARBAGE

Don't waste your time with this app or any other garbage foscam product. They have no clue as to what they are doing. Their tech support is beyond incompetent too.

Disappointing - let's hope it gets better with updates

I was excited to see an app from the manufacturer but what a let down. It is designed overall ok and looks good but it is not that well done and it is not obvious how to set it up with all the right details for even a fairly experienced person. I got it working eventually however.

It is not possible to switch on or off the night vision on this app. And the video recording only appears to support video recording on some cameras. it does not also allow you to change other nice settings such as the alerts for motion and sound alerts. This would have been nice.

Lastly the overall app appears to stop working at if times and you have to connect to each camera each time you start the app?
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👍🏻

Great app!

Absolute rubbish

Does not support many Foscam cameras I have HD ones that are a year or two old.

Foscam are pushing you to use their new app with iCloud but that crashes all the time.

A real shambles that is not taken seriously at all by Foscam

Shame as I love their cameras

useful

able to connect but still seeing foscam logo but no live feed... MUST UPDATE NOW!!! 👿