VIOFO User Reviews

VIOFO
VIOFO
Shenzhen Viofo Technology Co., Ltd

Customer Experience

Positive experience22.4% of reviews
Neutral9.0% of reviews
Negative experience68.6% of reviews

~ Based on 523 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is VIOFO Safe?

VIOFO does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for VIOFO is 38/100.

This assessment is based on 696 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.8/5.

Safety Analysis

16.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
78.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 675 App Store ratings for VIOFO.

Is VIOFO Legit?

VIOFO appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for VIOFO is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Absolute garbage

This app is the definition of minimum effort, the player is absolutely horrible, controls are non-existent, you can’t protect the videos you watching, it’s what you get paying for Chinese garbage

Completely unusable.

You will never be able to retrieve a video over WiFi. The camera cannot maintain a connection for more than a few seconds tops and you’ll be booted out of the app before you ever see anything even resembling a preview. You’re almost better off carrying paper and pencils with you to sketch what you see on the road.
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App crashes randomly or freezes

App crashes randomly or freezes. Is this really the best we can expect?

Software lets down otherwise very good hardware.

Firmware CANNOT be updated using this app!!!

Extremely Subpar

This is my first dash cam so I can’t be certain if all of them are like this, but VIOFO makes it extremely difficult to download any videos. They take a ridiculous amount of time to download a 3 minute video and then, once you’re nearly done downloading it, the dash cam automatically disconnects. It’s very unfriendly to users and this problem alone will make me choose another dash cam. Very disappointing considering that VIOFO fails at doing the one thing it’s supposed to do. Buy elsewhere.
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Poor design

Can’t download any videos because the cam turns itself off while downloading. I made sure it was powered the whole time as well. Stupid

Near perfect

Not sure what other people complained about, I’m not all that tech savvy, But it worked fantastic for me.

Seems to work great

Just got my A229 installed today and loaded the app to adjust the settings. My first impressions are all very positive. I was able to adjust everything I needed once I learned the wifi connection process, which was pretty easy. Overall the app seems to do everything I need it to do!

OLD VERSION! BROKEN GARBAGE!

DO NOT INSTAL!

Junk

Set up instructions simply do not work. The app is incredibly poorly designed.

Cannot access sd card via wifi on iOS app. Only works on android app.

Cannot access files on sd card after spending 10 minutes connecting to the wifi. Had to use my old android in order to access sd card via wifi.

DOES NOT WORK AT ALL

The app renders my dashcam USELESS unless I take out the SD card to get the footage off of it. Every single time I’ve tried to use it for the past YEAR+ it has not worked. When I open the app it says “connect camera” and then tells me to give it access to wifi/cell data in settings, so it opens my settings where it ALREADY HAS PERMISSIONS, and then as soon as I switch back to this app it goes back to the “connect camera” page. There is literally no way to get it to work
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Works flawlessly

Skill issue folks?

Works for Viofo 139Pro

I downloaded this app in order to use my Viofo 139Pro dashcam. Although the app is not titled Viofo “Dashcam,” it shows dashcam illustrations in its description. This app appears to be an older app, but it does support the Viofo 139Pro, and works quite well with it.

An improvement over previous app but not perfect

The app makes it easier to connect to dash cam WiFi (no need to jump back in forth in WiFi settings). However no matter what I tried the app failed to apply firmware update.

For me copying firmware update bin file to freshly formatted microSD card using my Mac computer is what ultimately worked to update firmware.

If they could improve this part it would have been 5 stars
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Fail

This app is very "glichy"..some days it will connect with no problem MOST times it doesn't connect...been trying for a month to get into the app to format disk but it doesn't connect no matter what I do...camera "great"...App SUCK!!!

1 Star – App is unreliable and makes the dash cam frustrating to use

The Viofo app has been extremely disappointing, especially considering the cost of the dash cam. At first, I was able to connect to my A329S, but even then it was inconsistent. The app would often show nothing but a black screen instead of the live view, and the WiFi connection would randomly drop for no reason.

Now it’s gotten worse. My A329S won’t connect to the app at all. I’ve tried all the basics, including deleting and reinstalling the app, and it still refuses to connect.

For a dash cam in this price range, you’d expect a smooth, reliable app experience. Instead, the app feels unstable and unfinished, which takes away from what could otherwise be a solid product.

Until the app is fixed, it’s hard to recommend this system.
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Difficult to use

Trying to connect and access files is hit and miss and once a connection is made, it will not disconnect and resume recording and all buttons on camera are inoperable until you unplug the camera, wait and plug back in.

Great app, easy to use

The app is great and easy to use! No crashes whatsoever and video quality is supreme. One thing that would make it a 5* star app would be to allow configuring the camera to connect to a known Wi-Fi such as when you’re at home, so that the app can be used from home Wi-Fi

Stops showing live feed when connected to iphone

I have the T130 which used to work. The last year The app does not show the live feed when you connect iPhone14.
It is recording but no live feed even after i downloaded firmware their website

Supposedly good dashcam NOT!

One of the worst apps I have ever seen, connects then disconnects and have to go through set up over and over again to be stuck in a setup loop that never allow you to actually get into the app, major stuff up buying this dash cam don’t do it get something else