# Speco Blue

> Remote access and management for Speco Technologies NR and HR video recorders. (iPhone/iPad app by Components Specialties, Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speco-blue/id1363113859 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Components Specialties, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/375611866)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.20/5 from 99 App Store ratings · 75 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.1 · 106 MB
- Languages: American English, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France) and 20 more
- Released: 2018-12-06
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speco-blue/id1363113859/reviews.md

## What is Speco Blue?

Use Speco Blue to access Speco Technologies' NR and HR models of recorders for the following:
- Live view of all channels
- Playback of previously recorded video and audio
- Take and send snapshots of any channel
- Record video to your local device
- Receive push notifications of events and tap to directly view on Speco Blue
- Change certain remote settings of your recorder
- 2-Way audio communication
- Analytics search of recordings from NR recorders

## Key features

- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded video and audio
- Snapshot capture and sending
- Local video recording
- Event push notifications
- Remote recorder settings adjustment
- Two-way audio communication

## What do users think of Speco Blue?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Fast and responsive performance (when working)
- 💡 Two-way audio communication
- 💡 Analytics search feature
- 💡 Snapshot feature
- 💡 Remote settings control
- 💡 Push notifications work seamlessly
- 💡 Good video and audio quality
- 💡 Human detection search

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Clunky and hard to navigate design
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPad
- 🐛 Buttons cease to function
- 🐛 Defaults to unviewable substream settings
- 🐛 Outdated and slow
- 🐛 No admin access from app
- 🐛 Waiting for things to load
- 🐛 Blurry images
- 🐛 No customer service responses
- 🐛 App keeps crashing on new iPhones
- 🐛 Connection losses signal randomly
- 🐛 Unexplained logouts
- 🐛 App broken on iOS 17
- 🐛 Freezes in landscape mode
- 🐛 Logs out frequently
- 🐛 Auto resolution lowers quality
- 🐛 Not optimized for new iPhones (dynamic island)
- 🐛 Unusable on iPad OS 16 with Stage Manager
- 🐛 Struggles with orientation changes on iPad
- 🐛 Event notifications not working
- 🐛 Playback issues (black screen, sluggish)
- 🐛 Fast forward limited to 2x
- 🐛 Playback slows down significantly
- 🐛 App crashes when viewing more than five cameras
- 🐛 Major battery drain

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Menu comes and goes at will
- Buttons to view camera or review past footage cease to function
- Defaults to unviewable substream settings
- App keeps crashing on iPhone 14 Pro and 13
- Connection of NVR server loses signal randomly
- Constantly crashing, not able to connect, unexplained logouts
- Bugs and issues with iOS 17, consistently crashing
- App crashes immediately when trying to add a location on iPhone 15 Pro
- App crashes every time you turn to landscape mode on iOS 17
- Can't access camera during business on new iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App keeps freezing and crashes if you go to landscape mode
- Logs you out anytime then you have to reset all over again
- When watching a camera, it downgrades resolutions
- Event notifications not working with iOS 16.5.1
- App is not compatible with iPad operating system 16.3
- Cannot play back anything, playback shows black screen with 'camera not connected'
- Playback is sketchy and sluggish, implodes every few minutes
- App is unusable on iPad OS 16 with Stage Manager
- App struggles with switching from portrait to landscape mode on iPad
- App icons in the top left and right corners are hard to access due to stretched view on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- New update dislikes auto resolution function where app lowers camera viewing resolution
- App crashes any time I try to view more than five cameras
- App is the biggest battery drain ever
- App does not work well on iPhone 13
- App crashed after less than 2 months
- Cannot get app to work to view live feed and recorded
- Cannot see anything with the new orange colors on intelligence view playback
- App will not connect to the NVR after a power outage until you reboot NVR, generate a new QR code and reconfigure app
- Nothing works when needed most

**Most requested features**

- Allow admin access from app for editing settings and receiving motion notifications
- Improve default substream settings for Speco profile
- Allow changing notification sound
- Implement full setting configurations in the app (like on NVR)
- Improve UX/UI design to match competitors
- Make app work in landscape mode on iPad
- Create an iPad-specific version that utilizes screen real estate
- Remove auto resolution function
- Optimize for new iPhones (dynamic island)
- Allow viewing notifications in the app without push notifications
- Improve fast forward speed in playback
- Fix playback slowing down
- Allow viewing more than five cameras without crashing
- Reduce battery drain

## Recent user reviews (10 of 75)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speco-blue/id1363113859/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Great Cameras, lacking app

*2026-08-04, version 1.13.12*

Cameras are some of the best around (if you know what you need) you can’t buy the $100 2MP and expect it to have a good image… THE APP needs help. I’ve found multiple bugs that if fixed would really make this a superior camera app. 

1. Notifications (AI/ motion) on all NVR models when clicked from iOS/ Android does not load snapshot. It takes 1-2 refreshes to show snapshot. 

2. Notifications on iOS/ Android that are opened instantly fail to show stream/ playback and makes all streams fail to load within the app. And the app must be restarted

3. When multiple devices are added to the app: E.g. 1 NVR and 1 camera: when viewing app multiview on nvr, and switching to single camera view (seperate device) the stream quality of the single device becomes incredibly bad. It stays that way until resolution is manually set back.
Appears to be cameras setup with “Speco” protocol.

4. Initial app start from download needs to prompt you with local/ account. Not make you skip all the local stuff, then open the menu to login.

5. Unlock the Android brightness lock

6. Remove the subcode stream not enabled message. It pops up everytime you load a stream. It’s incredibly annoying. 

7. Add custom notification sounds

### 1/5 — this app barely works 60% of the time

*2026-06-23, version 1.13.12*

you’d be waiting for things to load more than using the app.

### 1/5 — Drops off randomly

*2026-06-22, version 1.13.12*

Not a user friendly app and very spotty. Drops cameras off randomly requiring calls to IT to get them back online. Not ideal for something designed to provide safety.

### 3/5 — New and disappointed.

*2026-04-28, version 1.13.12*

Cameras and app installed yesterday working with the insta, tech. Worked great. Tried to view today and it started acting up and then it said app was crashing. Couldn’t get it to show the 8 cameras. Rebooted twice and it started working. Kinda. Then it stopped showing the views. Then it told me again that the app was crashing. I also have some inexpensive WiFi cameras that are much clearer with no crashing issues.  Not impressed.

### 1/5 — Zero Stars

*2026-02-06, version 1.13.10*

I’ve never written like 4 reviews online in my whole adult life, but this app sucks so bad it’s actually incredible. Not only is the design clunky and hard to navigate on an iPhone, but it straight up doesn’t work on an iPad. The menu comes and goes at will and beyond the log in all of the buttons that you would use to view a particular camera or review past footage beyond the live feed cease to function. Utterly useless.

### 3/5 — Please fix this issue.

*2026-01-29, version 1.13.10*

This app isn’t bad. But when I connect a single Blue IP cam by itself, when I load a favorites tab or orientation that pulls the substream, it defaults to almost unvewable substream settings. Please stop this from happening. Or at least make the default substream settings for Speco profile better.

### 1/5 — Terrible, absolutely terrible.

*2026-01-28, version 1.13.10*

Outdated, slow, inconsistent. Any of the 5 star reviews you see are clearly botted and not written by actual customers.

### 3/5 — Needs Improvement

*2026-01-19, version 1.13.10*

While goal of streaming cameras remotely is accomplished w app, there is no way to get admin access from app, which prevents editing meaningful settings or receiving motion notifications on phone. Until at least the latter is accomplished, this will be inferior to the other apps out there…

### 1/5 — this app barely works 60% of the time

*2025-10-02, version 1.13.9*

you’d be waiting for things to load more than using the app.

### 2/5 — this app barely works 60% of the time

*2025-03-19, version 1.13.7*

you’d be waiting for things to load more than using the app.

## Frequently asked questions about Speco Blue

### What can I do with this app?

This app allows you to remotely access and manage Speco Technologies NR and HR recorders. You can view live video feeds from all channels, playback previously recorded video and audio, take and send snapshots, and even record video directly to your local device.

### Can I receive alerts from my recorder?

Yes, the app supports receiving push notifications for events. When an event occurs, you will be notified and can tap the notification to directly view the relevant footage on Speco Blue.

### Is this app free to use?

Based on the provided information, the app is free to download and use. There are no mentions of subscription fees, in-app purchases, or advertisements.

### What types of recorders does this app support?

The app is designed to work with Speco Technologies' NR and HR models of recorders. It provides access to features specific to these recorder lines.

### Can I communicate with people through my recorder using this app?

Yes, the app features two-way audio communication, allowing you to speak with individuals near your recorder through the app interface.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.13.13 — 2026-08-11

Added the ability to connect to doorbell cameras.

### 1.13.12 — 2026-04-01

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Fixed issues encountered when viewing 9 channels from a 128 channel recorder.

### 1.13.10 — 2025-12-17

Fixed an issue playing back recordings from an HRLN with firmware version 1.4.3.

### 1.13.9 — 2025-05-15

Fixed issue where some functions were not available to administrator users.

### 1.13.7 — 2024-10-19

Resolves issues encountered when changing profile image

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