# HIDVCAM — user reviews > 369 indexed App Store user reviews of HIDVCAM by 祥文 曾, rated 1.90/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hidvcam/id1434068425/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hidvcam/id1434068425.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 36 ## What do users think of HIDVCAM? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Easy setup - 👍 Simple and functional app - 🚀 Plug and play - 👍 Works as expected **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent disconnections - 🐛 Unreliable app performance - 🔋 Short battery life - 🔒 Privacy concerns - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 🔒 Excessive data collection - 🔋 Charging issues - 🐛 Connectivity problems **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to receive verification code - Inconsistent video playback and downloads - Alarms and notifications not working as expected - Sudden app crashes and freezes - Failure to connect to WiFi **Most requested features** - Ability to change activity zone size - Sensitivity slider for motion detection - More control over cloud storage subscription - Ability to delete saved videos - Support for more than 4 cameras ## Newest reviews (19 of 369) ### 1/5 — I paid for a camera, not ads *2026-04-08, version 2.5.26* As review states, I purchased the camera paired with the app & since the recent update it’s riddled with ads. This is not necessary and incredibly frustrating to keep refreshing the app just to monitor an elderly cat’s activities when I’m not home ### 1/5 — Suddenly ads appear *2026-04-07, version 2.5.26* Unauthorized ads start spamming the software. Pretty annoying ### 1/5 — No option to delete recorded files from their cloud *2026-04-07, version 2.5.26* There is no option to delete recorded files from their cloud ### 3/5 — Good cam sketchy app *2026-04-04, version 2.5.26* I got a small remote camera to be able to monitor inside of an outdoor feral cat house. Camera is remarkably reliable with good image quality day or night. It helped us identify raccoons as the problem intruders and take measures to discourage their visits. The app has to be restarted occasionally which is not really a big deal breaker. The problem is that after 4-5 months of helpful monitoring it began showing a pop-up add for a very annoying game whenever I pull up the viewer app for the first time of the day. It is very nearly impossible to close the add requiring several cycles of trying to close it before it finally goes away. The most successful way to stop the add is to fully close the viewer app and restart it. Viewer app is still very useful but I can’t find any way to disable the annoying & persistent pop-up adds! Lose the adds and I would give the app 4-5 stars. ### 1/5 — The App don’t work *2026-04-04, version 2.5.26* You can’t connect to app which mean you cannot use the camera at all. ### 1/5 — A fuir !!! Très mauvaise qualité *2026-04-02* Tout est très compliqué . Une application codée avec les pieds . Instables. Confronte à devoir faire et refaire pas mal de fois chaque étape De l’inscription à la finalisation de l’installation Une fois que tout semble ok, il faut lire une vidéo qui ne se charge pas (bloque à 92%), même en posant téléphone et caméra à côté du routeur Temps passé (sans que la caméra soit opérationnelle et parametrable)= 6h Merci le made in china qui ne vaut rien comme souvent ! ### 1/5 — Watch ads before u watch your home *2026-03-31, version 2.5.26* What rubbish idea put ads in cam app, need to watch ads before u can watch your home, what is something emergency. ### 1/5 — Was great then ruined by ads *2026-03-21, version 2.5.26* Why put alerts in the app if you actively prevent your users from reacting to them by having them fumble to close dumb idiotic ads to try to see what triggered the alert! ### 1/5 — Hidvcam *2026-03-02, version 2.5.26* Terrible application and set up process. Don’t waste your money on the camera ### 1/5 — Neuerdings Werbung *2026-02-28, version 2.5.26* Ich war lange Zeit zufrieden, jetzt nervt die App mit Werbung nach dem Start, bevor man auf seine Kameras zugreifen kann. Ich suche nach einer Alternative. ### 4/5 — 2G限定なのが… *2026-02-14, version 2.5.26* 通常使いは困ってなかったのですが、最近家のネット環境を6Gにしたらやっぱり反応しなくなりました。 今までは2Gもついてたので使えてましたが5Gにも対応してないとなると長くは使えなさそうです。残念です。 ### 1/5 — Too high of a demand *2026-02-09, version 2.5.26* Absolutely terrible.what do you mean I have to buy a camera (not cheap) then I have to pay a monthly subscription to use it? Honestly,might return the camera.really not on,at all. ### 1/5 — Cloud not working at all *2026-01-29* It took my money but not work at all ### 1/5 — Negativo *2026-01-22, version 2.5.26* Prima era senza pubblicità ora non si riesce più a visualizzare per la troppa pubblicità ,cambierò Cam ### 3/5 — Apparition de publicités *2026-01-19* Comment se fait-il qu’on doive désormais subir des publicités quand on lance cette application alors que le produit ait été acheté ? ### 1/5 — Werbung *2026-01-18, version 2.5.26* Was soll der Unsinn mit der Werbung. Die Cam's wurden bezahlt. ### 1/5 — Werbung über Sicherheit im Notfall ? *2026-01-10, version 2.5.26* Das jetzt Werbung abgespielt wird, wenn z.B. der Alarm kommt, das macht die App absolut nachteilig. Sollte das weiter gehen, werd ich wahrscheinlich zu einer anderen Sicherheitskamera & App umsteigen. Es geht nicht das erstmal Werbung abgespielt wird, wenn du deine Kamera prüfen willst, wertvolle Zeit & Nerven gehen verloren. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2026-01-09, version 2.5.26* Unreliable app, and now they’ve updated it so you have to watch an ad before accessing your camera. I bought the camera. I shouldn’t have to provide you with ad revenue, especially for an app as inconsistent as this one. ### 1/5 — Voll mit Werbung *2025-12-31, version 2.5.26* Kann Werbung nicht abstellen, es nervt langsam ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — He spies on you *2026-08-09, version 2.5.27* Be aware, your privacy video will be stolen. The seller acted as a fugitive when he was contacted, he never responded to your demand. I would give it a ZERO star, never buy it !!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-07-05, version 2.5.26* Straight up just doesn’t work and makes you enter all of your personal information. Sketchy app that doesn’t even work ### 1/5 — Why the adds *2026-07-02, version 2.5.26* I like the cameras and I like the applications but now this price integrated polios adds and that annoying because when you need to access the application to cheek the notifications you have to wait until the add disappear. I paid for this camera why would the app have adds that are not related whatsoever to the tops you needs. It looks cheap and I was going to buy extra camera but this makes it not reliable and efficient. ### 1/5 — Hors ligne *2026-06-21* Après avoir fait le job pendant 1 an ou 2, depuis 3 jours elle n’est plus détectée, en mode hors ligne et rien ni fait ! Me le faisait de temps en temps et revenait au bout d’une journée mais là je sens qu’elle a rendu l’âme… dommage Sinon qualité d’enregistrement médiocre, impossible de reconnaître la personne sur la capture d’écran. Je m’en servais pour savoir si le facteur laissait du courrier dans la boîte aux lettres ### 1/5 — IDIOT *2026-05-29, version 2.5.26* This scammer runs ads claiming that your phone is infected with viruses. What an idiot. ### 1/5 — Unable to connect remotely anymore *2026-05-27, version 2.5.26* I no longer can view it remotely. I get the error “network is not strong enough” this only started to happen after latest update. Also none of the notifications are in English ### 1/5 — Now I have to watch ads?!? *2026-04-19, version 2.5.26* I bought this camera and now there’s been an update and all of a sudden I need to watch ads before I can access my camera or live feed?? ### 1/5 — Ein Stern ist noch zu viel ! *2026-04-18, version 2.5.26* App kann mit demselben Account nur auf einem Gerät genutzt werden, ansonsten erfolgt Zwangsabmeldung. Zudem muss Kamera PERMANENT Internetverbindung haben - wenn bei einem Einbruch diese gekappt wird sind die Aufzeichnungen werden (denn erneute Anbindung erfordert Werks-Reset der Kamera). Fazit: Sicherheit und Täterermittlung = 0, Hard- und Software sind ihr Geld nicht wert! ### 1/5 — Pubblicità *2026-04-18, version 2.5.26* Già faceva pena, adesso anche la pubblicità. ### 1/5 — Werbung nervt *2026-04-13, version 2.5.26* Frechheit, dass man irgendwann beginnt einfach Werbung einzuspielen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 連線速度尚可 *2026-03-12, version 2.5.26* 功能太少了 希望能跟有我看家app功能一樣 感恩 ### 5/5 — Does what it’s supposed to do *2025-09-14, version 2.5.24* Added the device with ease. It’s a simple app with few features but does what it needs to do. ### 5/5 — It works *2025-07-18, version 2.5.19* I’m not sure the low reviews? Yes it took a second to connect to the wifi but by the second try I was connected, I’ll update if I have issues with it but honestly it does what it’s for? ### 5/5 — Cámara *2025-07-13, version 2.5.19* Salón ### 5/5 — Awesome I recommend buying *2025-07-06, version 2.5.19* I love this badly my mom gave this to me I dond mind lag I love it (I’m a kid and I set it up!) ### 5/5 — Ottima applicazione *2025-05-28, version 2.5.19* Scrivo questa recensione perché vedo giudizi negativi basati semplicemente sulla inesperienza.collegare una telecamera al Wi-Fi necessita che il Wi-Fi sia settato su 2,4 giga Herz.se non siete sicuri di questo dato fatevi consigliare da qualcuno più esperto di voi, perché l’applicazione si collega perfettamente la telecamera e il risultato complessivo è ottimo. ### 5/5 — Funziona *2024-11-24, version 2.5.15* Con l’ultimo aggiornamento non si connette più dice sempre che non c’è linea “rete non collegato controllare” . Problema risolto egregiamente. Grazie ### 5/5 — とても良いです！ *2024-11-10, version 2.5.13* 画像もとても綺麗ですし、iPhoneですがネットワーク接続もしっかり出来て、録画も出来、スクリーンショットもしっかりできます。 ### 5/5 — HIDVCAM *2024-04-29, version 2.5.6* À qui de droit! J’ai acheté deux caméras HIDVCAM il y a quelques années. Présentement j’ai un gros problème avec, j’ai supprimé par erreur les caméras de l’application avant de les installer. Je n’ai plus les codes QR qui allait sur chaque caméra 😢. Lorsque j’ouvre l’application, il n’y a plus rien et j’ai essayé plusieurs reprises de les installer,mais ça ne fonctionne plus. J’ai acheté ces deux caméras sur Amazon. Est-ce qu’il y a un moyen de pouvoir obtenir un code QR ???? Je vous remercie de votre compréhension et de votre réponse. J’attends votre retour pour pouvoir faire quelques choses avec mes caméras Wifi . Merci d’avance. Cordialement ! ### 5/5 — It works great!! *2023-10-13, version 2.5.4* Be patient or shall I say diligent!! Works great and easy to share with other devices. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*