# Manything — user reviews > 216 indexed App Store user reviews of Manything by Videoloft Ltd, rated 3.37/5 from 336 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/manything/id639672976/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/manything/id639672976.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 147 · 4★ 33 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 32 · 1★ 90 ## What do users think of Manything? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to set up - 🔒 Useful for security monitoring - 👍 Works well with old devices - 💡 Innovative use of old phones - 🚀 Reliable performance **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues - 🔋 Overheating and battery drain - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🐛 Buggy after updates - 🔒 Concerns about security/privacy **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent recording - Playback issues - Compatibility problems with iOS 11+ - Frequent app crashes **Most requested features** - Remote camera control - Local storage option - Improved motion detection - Better audio support - Apple TV integration ## Newest reviews (15 of 216) ### 2/5 — Once a Gem - Now a Failure *2025-09-29, version 12.8.18* For a few years I found this app to be super reliable but now it just randomly goes offline (every single day). My wifi is strong and steady and my phones are reliable… I’m moving on to a different product. ### 3/5 — I would give a 5 but…. *2025-07-27, version 12.8.10* App works great- with the exception of the power flickers off or internet. Then you have to physically turn it back on and push the record button. If you try to use this while you’re out of town and that happens you’ve wasted your money. (I did) ### 2/5 — Bluetooth audio doesn’t work *2024-10-04, version 10.9.2* This app would be perfect but when you watch the live video feed, any and all audio switches from your bluetooth audio (headphones, car speaker, whatever) to your phone speaker. So you can’t listen privately in shared spaces. This is a big drawback for me and I’m sure for many other users as well. ### 4/5 — Got the Job Done *2024-09-19, version 10.9.2* I set this up in my kitchen to monitor my daughters house party. To make sure things were ok and to make sure things were not getting out of hand. It worked very well. Could see the live feed. ### 2/5 — Poor video quality and sound turns off *2024-08-08, version 10.9.2* 1. Even though the iPhone has excellent video quality, this app reduces the quality of video. 2. If you are using your iPhone to listen to audio, the audio turns off when you view the live camera feed—even if you are not playing audio through the feed and the feed is on mute. ### 2/5 — Never works when you want *2024-03-01, version 10.9.2* Only works when you don’t need it to. When you want to show someone your camera or try to see if someone is at your house it NEVER WORKS. ### 1/5 — Junk App *2024-01-12, version 10.9.2* Live video doesn’t load quick or reliably, motion saved clips rarely play, constant playback error message. App freezes repeatedly. Waste of money for the premium. Switched to AlfredCamera, resolution and functionality work far better than Manything. More money but far more features and continuous recording. Don’t waste your time with Manything. ### 1/5 — Don’t use it *2023-11-08, version 10.9.2* When you open the app, it takes 5 to 30 seconds to connect to the other camera. Once finally connected, it will show you a list of video clips to view. Usually at least a few of them won’t play. I once contacted the developers about this. They said “sorry there aren’t any video clips in the cloud.” Yet I was looking at a few clips that I had not been able to play. And this - clips that record but can’t play because they “don’t exist in the cloud - happens ALL the time. I theorize that sometimes the camera records and then the recording doesn’t get sent to the cloud and so for many recordings that supposedly are sent to the cloud I’m paying $7.99 a month for 30 days of this, of recording, endless video clips where half of them or more don’t play. Insane. Other apps cost far less. They can’t work any worse than this one. What’s truly bizarre is that while I had it in my bedroom, to observe what a kenneled dog does while I was gone, it worked fine. Yet when I placed it in the living room to see who was coming and going, it showed a few clips of me coming and going while setting it up. After that during the times when I wasn’t there and someone else was coming and going, none of those clips would play. Today there are about 30 clips of others coming and going, and on hitting “play” it did the usual spinning a gear endlessly then finally told me there’s an error in playback. So this offers no security whatsoever. It offers zero reliability. It is more expensive than five other apps that do the same thing. If I had to do over, I would try anything else before this. I’m so angry that I’ve wasted so much money with this. ### 2/5 — Did not detect motion *2023-07-24, version 10.9.2* Purchased the subscription for home monitoring but wanted to use it for monitoring my indoor garden. I will start to say that the app did not perform its function and has inconsistent motion detection. I have a 4 year old night shade that was going to bloom for its first time so I pointed the camera in its direction. If you know night shades only bloom once very briefly and then wilt. The camera did not detect and motion of the flower despite being 14 inches from the plant, however in the distance of the window the camera went off once to detect a person. I had the camera up for 3 days to catch the event. So not only did it not detect the flower, but in all that time it only caught one person walking down a relatively busy city street. So it’s not even reliable for what it is designed to do which is home monitoring. I cannot recommend this product. ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2023-04-04* Crashes a lot funnily enough coincidentally everytime I go on holiday . I pay for it as well going to just buy a decent camera , used it for years but it’s not 100 percent goes on and off line all the time . Frustratingly often when I need it most! ### 2/5 — They have a known bug *2023-01-16, version 10.9.2* The app crashed non stop, it will not run more then a 2 days without stopping. I’ve messaged them multiple times and they know of the issue but don’t have the fix. Instead they keep upgrading me .. it’s worthless without a means to record. ### 1/5 — Only free recording on android? *2022-10-21, version 10.9.2* I used this app for awhile with my android as the viewer and old iPhone 6s as the camera. I would get one recording that I could review at a time and if I delete it I could review the next one and so on.. since getting a new iPhone I can’t review a single recording without paying! I suppose that might be worth it, but I don’t need that much… ### 1/5 — Used for years! *2022-10-07, version 10.9.2* It was great for ai long!! Now it doesn’t work at all!!’ ### 2/5 — Non existent support, TS on my own *2022-09-28, version 10.9.2* Great when it works! It would be great if someone could actually tell me what TS steps I should try vs using my TS experience to isolate the issue on my own. It won’t even allow me to access my account and cameras from the website. Going on 4 mos as of today. I’m sorry I’ve recommended their app to so many people at this point. Deleted & re-downloaded to all devices, deleted my subscription, deleted and re-added my account, worked until I added a second viewer to the account and now I’m back to square one telling me everything is “offline” showing blank viewers, yet sending me motion alerts! You would think that they would want to resolve this bug, but all I’ve gotten is inaccurate statements about my devices, & my connection, and a snarky comment about me not using their platform so there was nothing to TS! lol What is there to use?! I’ve emailed for months that it’s not working… lol accounts are deleted again- I’ll try again another day when I have more time to waste… ### 1/5 — Dose not work on iOS *2022-08-07, version 10.9.2* Installed the application on iPhone 13 pro max Live feed is not working The app looks terrible Avoid this application! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App installed itself *2026-08-04, version 12.8.18* This app installed itself on my old ipad ### 1/5 — So sad *2026-04-20, version 12.8.18* I’ve used Manything for years with an old iPad and old iPhone. Worked great; all questions answered quickly. Now it no longer works because it requires an iOS not compatible with OLDER hardware. Seems pretty illogical. Unfortunately there does not appear to be any alternate options for older iPads. ### 1/5 — Pay to view *2025-11-26, version 12.8.18* I got the app but didn’t realise I had to pay to watch the footage back can you confirm this is the case? ### 1/5 — Save your phone memory space *2025-05-23, version 12.8.10* I used it a lot. Had several cameras for free. Now they want you to pay for multiple yet I can’t connect to the 1 free camera anymore. Terrible ### 1/5 — IOS 15 *2025-04-22, version 12.8.10* It is strange that an app that is designed for old Apple devices requires IOS 15 or higher. Very limiting!! ### 1/5 — Buggy, huge delay, terrible quality *2025-04-01, version 12.8.10* The app is quite a simple concept but for some reason it’s awfully applied. Crashes a lot. Then when it is working, the image quality is slightly better than an oil painting, and with the delay you have between the recording and what you see on the other device, it may actually be an oil painting. ### 1/5 — Dog water *2025-02-01, version 10.9.2* Straight trash. ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2024-12-31, version 10.9.2* Crashes a lot funnily enough coincidentally everytime I go on holiday . I pay for it as well going to just buy a decent camera , used it for years but it’s not 100 percent goes on and off line all the time . Frustratingly often when I need it most! Update !!! Despite trying other devices I’ve been unable to get a reliable stream so it’s goodbye I’ve purchased some tepo cameras no issues so far . Apple stuff just seems to be unreliable with this system . ### 1/5 — Downhill *2024-10-18, version 10.9.2* Inused to use it often for monitoring my dog while traveling in the car. Over time I use it less and less. Even w a good 5g connection i spend more time watching it connect than watching the feed. This has gotten worse over time but now it’s hardly usable ### 1/5 — IT STARTED TALKING WITH MY VOICE! *2024-03-20, version 10.9.2* First time using it, I went to buy food and left the camera pointing towards my bedroom where my dog was sleeping. The first thing I started hearing was a voice saying "Hi Dog, Hi Dog" then i stepped in my room & it went quiet. The scariest part was that the voice was MINE! Very scary & confusion. I do not recommend it since not sure if it was AI. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Manything *2026-02-10, version 12.8.18* Works fine. My iPad’s battery is old but works well enough for my purposes. ### 5/5 — Great in a pinch *2025-06-18, version 12.8.10* Needed a live camera set up immediately. Was easy to setup and use. ### 5/5 — Absolutely convenient! *2025-01-25, version 10.9.2* Needed some surveillance over my dogs and this was exactly what I was looking for. Works very well and isn’t difficult to use. ### 5/5 — Cat savior! *2022-12-15, version 10.9.2* I used this app to turn my garage into a giant cat trap. We set up an iPad pointing at a safe box with some food and a warm blanket. As soon as we saw movement we closed our garage from the outside! Very thankful as we now have our cat “bud” back with us! ### 5/5 — It’s great *2022-10-30, version 10.9.2* Caught my wife cheating ### 5/5 — Excellent little monitor app *2022-05-11, version 10.9.2* I downloaded this a long time ago and had forgot all about it. Just set it up again to watch wildlife out of the window. What a great app, easy to set up, adjustable picture quality which is great. I’ve put a light up outside so I can’t wait to see what it picks up tonight. Thank you for such a great app ### 5/5 — Best phone security *2022-04-05, version 10.9.2* I’ve found no other app that detects motion,sound,blocking areas, complete remote control away from home, and multiple cameras. Been using it for 4 years and is 100% reliable. Was too sensitive and had to turn down detection levels. This on a 11 year old iphone 4 as the camera. ### 5/5 — Very reliable *2021-12-05, version 10.9.2* I don’t need 24 7 monitoring, just when I go out of town and want to keep up with the cats Manything has always worked very well and is easy to use ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2021-11-09, version 10.9.2* Works really well, with no adds. I have had this app for a couple of years and it has been extremely useful on several occasions. Brilliant, I would highly recommend it ### 5/5 — Peace of mind *2021-08-08, version 10.9.2* Will eventually cave and buy cameras with HKSV support, but for now it allows me to easily turn old iPhones into cameras when needed. The cost is reasonable considering I only pay for the month when it’s needed. --- *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 2026-08-24.*