Hik User Reviews

Hik-Connect - for End user
Hik-Connect - for End user
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer Experience

Positive experience23.6% of reviews
Neutral12.8% of reviews
Negative experience63.6% of reviews

~ Based on 1,001 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Hik Safe?

Hik-Connect - for End user appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Hik is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 172,011 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 172,011 App Store ratings for Hik.

Is Hik Legit?

Hik-Connect - for End user appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hik is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Cellular live view not working

Very frustrating to be away and want to check camera security via cellular data and no live stream loads. This is since recent upgrade Sep/10/2026. Only access to camera live view and playback is when at home via wifi connection - please fix

New bugs since latest update

Constantly asking for encryption password. Used to only ask for this once.

Bye bye hikvision - moving to Unifi Protect.

Serious issues

Constantly going offline since recent updates. Very poor for a security system

Need improvements

With the latest update the remote configuration stopped working and also the recent playback stopped working! Please fix.

Every Update More Problems

Useless every update causes more problems

Time for a new system non chinese

App update issue

Since the recent app update, getting sporadic device offline on all cameras, but a refresh of the app resolves this.

Deleted and re downloaded the app and now it flashes up “Add Device” briefly and then loads, as this is consistent with every instance of opening the app.

Seems a bug is causing a cloud handshake issue? All cameras are online and no dropouts in playback.
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Previews

Great system but could you please consider adding image/video preview to future updates that can be seen on iPhone and Apple Watch. It would be of value to people managing multiple cameras. Thank you.

BAD APP UPDATE

Most recent update I’m no longer able get my nvrs to show up on the app I refresh they show up but then when I open app again they r gone again

App is flawless

The hik-connect app works as expected with every feature I could hope for. Hats off to Hikvision for providing best in class cameras, NVRs and the software to support it. Thank you!!

Update

Since today’s update when I open the app it says I’m not connected, it’s a wired connection so it’s not working properly

Slow notifications

The notifications to my phone used to work perfectly now they become so slow and takes about 45 minutes to get to my phone. It’s all locked on the NVR but not sent to my phone. Very annoying.

Notifications

Plus de notifications depuis la dernière mise à jour de l’application

Needs to be improved

App does not have much options to modify and manage security and alarms

Dvr footage stuck issue

I am using dvr but when i click into any camera footage into full screen the footage get stuck and live doesn’t play. Please fix this.

TURNING OFF CALL NOTIFICATIONS DOES NOT WORK

HOW DO I TURN OFF CALL NOTIFICATIONS?

Audio notifications on indoor video intercom

Audio notifications on indoor intercom no longer works since software updates - driving me crazy!!!!

Not as good now

Ever since a bug fix 5 days ago my system goes off-line every night at approximately the same time. Not ideal for a security system.

Phone overheating when I use this app

My phone overheat when I use this app need the dark mode so it doesn’t overheat

Network settings

It says my device is off line

Very slow and freezing screen

The app is freezing a lot very often very annoying