Recent change made app worse
I wish I didn’t have auto app update on. The recent change to Funlux App made it worse. My main complaints:
1) push notification no longer indicate the type of alert such as movement or sound. They are all just “alarms”.
2) The notifications are also missing the date and time. Since push notifications are not always delivered timely then this is a big miss of information.
3) push notifications are missing the thumbnail which is helpful to quickly determine if it is a false alarm
4) the new layout is wasteful: the page immediately opens the live stream of one of my dozens of cameras. I appreciate it better if I can have a faster page load with the list of my cameras and I can select either to open its live stream or its recorded videos
5) now it’s harder to find the recorded video of a specific camera as they are now aggregated into one list and you’ll need to then filter by camera
6) the list of cameras cannot be ordered as before. So now the app opens to a camera that happens to be the least important of them all
They need better UI/UX designer. This new one broke many functionalities and made it less efficient to get the info I’m looking for.
1) push notification no longer indicate the type of alert such as movement or sound. They are all just “alarms”.
2) The notifications are also missing the date and time. Since push notifications are not always delivered timely then this is a big miss of information.
3) push notifications are missing the thumbnail which is helpful to quickly determine if it is a false alarm
4) the new layout is wasteful: the page immediately opens the live stream of one of my dozens of cameras. I appreciate it better if I can have a faster page load with the list of my cameras and I can select either to open its live stream or its recorded videos
5) now it’s harder to find the recorded video of a specific camera as they are now aggregated into one list and you’ll need to then filter by camera
6) the list of cameras cannot be ordered as before. So now the app opens to a camera that happens to be the least important of them all
They need better UI/UX designer. This new one broke many functionalities and made it less efficient to get the info I’m looking for.
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Skip august 2026 update
August 2026 update added loud ad before the app starts, and then pics of scantily clad women at the bottom of the camera selection home page. I’m very sorry I updated.
Sept 2026. Changed from a 1 star to a 3. I reacted to the new forced ad to get to the camera view up. Still don’t like it, but the camera view usually works. Occasionally the live view drops from 8 cameras to less or even none. Restarting the main box several times often adds some cameras back and sometimes they all come back. The time and date is almost always wrong. I suspect it is the main recording box not the app but who knows. I plugged it into a kasa WiFi switch so I can reset as often as I want from anywhere. So, bottom line, the app ads are annoying, the camera control box is more likely the main failure point, not the app. And yes, I guess the app people need more revenue to keep it working.
Sept 2026. Changed from a 1 star to a 3. I reacted to the new forced ad to get to the camera view up. Still don’t like it, but the camera view usually works. Occasionally the live view drops from 8 cameras to less or even none. Restarting the main box several times often adds some cameras back and sometimes they all come back. The time and date is almost always wrong. I suspect it is the main recording box not the app but who knows. I plugged it into a kasa WiFi switch so I can reset as often as I want from anywhere. So, bottom line, the app ads are annoying, the camera control box is more likely the main failure point, not the app. And yes, I guess the app people need more revenue to keep it working.
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Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We understand that ads can be a change to your experience. To continue providing high-quality security features and maintain our cloud infrastructure without increasing subscription costs, we are exploring new ways to support our development team. We are actively monitoring how these ads impact usability. If you have specific suggestions on how we can make them less intrusive, please reach out to us at support@funlux.com so we can share your thoughts with our product team. Regarding scantily clad women at the bottom of the home page, are you sure they're not fully dressed? We've had several contacts of confusion from the image being small and people at a glance assuming it is inappropriate, but each time it's actually just been fully covered women where the dresses were vaguely skin color and at a glance it was assumed that was their bare skin. If not, please send us a screenshot so we may report, but based on previous confusion I suspect that may be the case here. Edit: Please reach out to the email above and we'd be happy to assist with your NVR. If it can't hold the time and date, it's CMOS battery may need replaced which is just a coin battery similar to what you may find in a watch.
Recent updates terrible
We’ve been using this app for around 10 years. No issues. In the last few months someone had the bright idea to add ads and now it’s awful. Half the time our camera shows as offline, but it also records events and sends us notifications so it’s obviously not offline. Go back to how it was and we’ll be fans forever.
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Complain to Attorney General
I confirmed with two different Ai Search Engines that Zmodo / Funlux NVR users are getting locked out of being able to use the phone app to view their cams because of the way the obnoxious adware is working. EVERYONE needs to complain to the Department of Consumer Affairs at their own State’s Attorney General web site. Then they need to complain to the Consumer Affairs at California and also Federal about the “Bait and Switch that Zmodo, Funlux, MeShare has pulled on NVR users to try to force us to paid cloud subscription or to switch out an entire NVR system to another provider when ours works fine except Zmodo is locking us out.
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Response from developer
Hi, AI is not a particularly good source of information and will often agree with whatever you're asking about. You should still be able to access devices normally post-ads, but if you're having trouble please make sure your app is fully updated, try reinstalling it, or otherwise reach out via support@funlux.com and we'd be happy to see what we can do to help.
Really bad
Don’t work most of the time
Advertising
There use to never be ads for the entire time I’ve had this app and it’s been prolly 10 years. And now with the recent update there’s ads everytime you open something even to look at your live feed you have to click your way through an ad first it’s awful please get rid of them and bring it back to how it was
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What happened!!???
Several years ago the app was great! They recently got the ad sponsors and now the app SUCKS!!! The camera view wont even load after the ad plays…. Just sits! Useless!
Live function stopped working with most recent update
Live feed feature stopped working on both my android tablet and iPhone with the most recent update, hopefully this will be fixed soon . It was a great app before that.
Can’t access because ads
Several instances of unable to remove ad, so you can’t access the camera
Stupid
They updated the APP and allowed ads in it. This has to be the dumbest idea ever!
Now when you open the app, suspicious ad’s instantly run and some are very loud giving your position away in key moments when you’re trying to be discreet for security purposes. I also noticed that since the ads have been added the app has trouble staying online. The app will say offline however the DVR will still be working fine.
STOP THE AD’S!
Now when you open the app, suspicious ad’s instantly run and some are very loud giving your position away in key moments when you’re trying to be discreet for security purposes. I also noticed that since the ads have been added the app has trouble staying online. The app will say offline however the DVR will still be working fine.
STOP THE AD’S!
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Ridiculous!
Cameras freeze up when someone or something triggers it so you can't see who or what it is. Now these annoying ads to take up precious time! I am regretting more and more paying for cameras that are basically useless now!
Talk about ruining your own app.
Used to be a great app for my camera system. Now I can’t even open the app without it crashing half the time trying to open up a camera view. And the ads… why? I’m not sending an email to Funlux support either. They are aware of all the issues at this point and have fixed nothing.
Frustrated
This app has a bug and I’m sicka this. Pop ups tictok pop ups and I don’t even have it. I wish you would update this.
Stupid
They updated the APP and allowed ads in it. This has to be the dumbest idea ever!
STOP THE AD’S!
STOP THE AD’S!
Ads
Added ads their app! What kind of developer does that.
Ads!!!!!! Really????
Which idiot thought it was a good idea to put ads in a security app? I get notifications and instead of being able to click and see immediately what’s going on I have to stop to clear ads, and I’m already paying for my subscriptions. This is the dumbest update ever especially when the app was already iffy and the so called descriptions of events are usually inaccurate.
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Response from developer
We're exploring options for ad removal for subscribers in the future, but do not have this ready at the moment. Please feel free to reach out via support@funlux.com and we'd be happy to discuss further. Thank you for your feedback.
Thanks for Ruining Dark Mode!
Update 5/26/2026:
The developer wants me to reach out to support via email to describe my troubles with dark mode. The developer should be able to see that it’s totally removed. Every screen on the app used to work as traditional dark mode. I run every app on my iPhone in dark mode and I do the same thing with my PC. I avoided the Zmodo App for years because it has no dark mode. I am not talking about just the screen around the cameras view. I am talking every page in the app.
Secondly. The adds are annoying. It’s a shame you feel the need to bother me with them so that you can support the app. If your corporate owners would have realized you had the best NVR system with wi-fi cams for the price and would have stuck with it instead of trying to force everyone into way too expensive cloud service, you wouldn’t need the adds. Also, I fail to see how any of the adds you are running, interest anyone who wants a security cam app. the add that particulary bothers me is the bogus malware advertisement that tells me my iPhone is infected. The only infection on my iPhone are that the zmodo and funlux apps are infected with bothersome advertisements. iPhones cannot be infected as long as the user only gets adds from the app store.
THIS WAS ALWAYS MY GOTO APP FOR MY ZMODO AND FUNLUX CAMS (even though any functions to install new cams would not work because they hadn’t updated the app for so long) BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS VERSION HAD DARK MODE. I seen the latest update and reluctantly clicked it. Now True Dark Mode has been removed. I prefer dark mode because I am older and I also now have cataracts in my eyes. Why can’t you folks learn not to break what doesn’t need fixing? Restore dark mode and I’ll give you five stars. Right now you get two stars and I’m considering 1 star.
The developer wants me to reach out to support via email to describe my troubles with dark mode. The developer should be able to see that it’s totally removed. Every screen on the app used to work as traditional dark mode. I run every app on my iPhone in dark mode and I do the same thing with my PC. I avoided the Zmodo App for years because it has no dark mode. I am not talking about just the screen around the cameras view. I am talking every page in the app.
Secondly. The adds are annoying. It’s a shame you feel the need to bother me with them so that you can support the app. If your corporate owners would have realized you had the best NVR system with wi-fi cams for the price and would have stuck with it instead of trying to force everyone into way too expensive cloud service, you wouldn’t need the adds. Also, I fail to see how any of the adds you are running, interest anyone who wants a security cam app. the add that particulary bothers me is the bogus malware advertisement that tells me my iPhone is infected. The only infection on my iPhone are that the zmodo and funlux apps are infected with bothersome advertisements. iPhones cannot be infected as long as the user only gets adds from the app store.
THIS WAS ALWAYS MY GOTO APP FOR MY ZMODO AND FUNLUX CAMS (even though any functions to install new cams would not work because they hadn’t updated the app for so long) BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS VERSION HAD DARK MODE. I seen the latest update and reluctantly clicked it. Now True Dark Mode has been removed. I prefer dark mode because I am older and I also now have cataracts in my eyes. Why can’t you folks learn not to break what doesn’t need fixing? Restore dark mode and I’ll give you five stars. Right now you get two stars and I’m considering 1 star.
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Malvertisements
1 star.
The app itself works, but the advertisements being served are extremely concerning for a surveillance/security camera app. I was shown fake “your device has been hacked” scareware-style ads claiming my phone was infected after visiting adult websites and telling me to install cleanup software from the App Store.
This is not acceptable behavior for an app that users trust to monitor their homes. Whether these ads come from a third-party ad network or not, they damage trust in the platform and make the app feel unsafe and unprofessional.
Please review the advertising providers being used and remove deceptive/malicious ads immediately.
I and 11 other subscribers will be seeking alternatives.
The app itself works, but the advertisements being served are extremely concerning for a surveillance/security camera app. I was shown fake “your device has been hacked” scareware-style ads claiming my phone was infected after visiting adult websites and telling me to install cleanup software from the App Store.
This is not acceptable behavior for an app that users trust to monitor their homes. Whether these ads come from a third-party ad network or not, they damage trust in the platform and make the app feel unsafe and unprofessional.
Please review the advertising providers being used and remove deceptive/malicious ads immediately.
I and 11 other subscribers will be seeking alternatives.
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Why ad?
I've had this app for quite a few years now and I subscribe to the cloud and well open up the app today and there is a pop up ad before I can even view my cameras. I asked for a refund and to cancel my service with them and they said no refunds! I don't want something pay for the service and ads. Ridiculous.
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Response from developer
We're exploring options for ad removal for subscribers in the future, but do not have this ready at the moment. Please feel free to reach out via support@funlux.com and we'd be happy to discuss further. Thank you for your feedback.
Ads for paid subscribers
Advertising should not be forced upon users paying for subscription services. Strongly considering canceling all services as a result of this change.
