IP Camera Lite vs Intelligent Home Center
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IP Camera Lite
Transform your iOS device into a wireless IP camera with audio support. Stream live video to various platforms or use it as a webcam on your computer. Offers advanced features like multi-cam support and high-resolution output.
- Wireless IP camera with audio
- RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS server
- RTMP/SRT live streaming
- Multi-cam support (front, back, USB)
- Up to 4K UHD 10bit HLG HDR output
- ONVIF and MJPEG viewer
- QR code for quick server addition
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*** Lite edition will add water mark on all video frames of IP Camera Server, including video record and snapshot, without Bi-directional audio, Motion Detection, Mail Notify, OneDrive, FTP, UPnP port forwarding and so on. Upgrade today and enjoy full Edition without ad *** "IP Camera Lite" can turn your iOS device into a wireless IP Camera via built-in RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS Server for security monitoring with audio support, you can use your browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera", it can work with the 'IP Camera for Mac' via AirDrop. "IP Camera Lite" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server (e.g. Push to YouTube, Facebook), and use for network broadcast. It also supports the rtmps security protocol and SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube Live currently. You can turn it on from IP Camera Server. It supports iOS 13 's Multi Cam feature which allows you to capture from front camera, back camera and external USB camera(For iPad Only) simultaneously and process into PIP video then transfer. It supports output video up to 4K UHD 10bit HLG HDR and up to 60FPS (The maximum resolution and frame rate are based on your iOS devices). It supports user name and password authentication, default username and password are admin, you can modify from the Settings App. "IP Camera Lite" provides full IPv6 support! "IP Camera Lite" is also a ONVIF and MJPEG viewer WITH video recording support! It also supports RTSP and SRT, RTMP protocols to playback! Finally, you can add another device's IP Camera Server quickly with build-in QR Code! Using HEVC for video recording/streaming requires iOS 11 or above, and the device must supports HEVC codec. IP Camera Bridge - A MJPEG video streaming and virtual microphone driver for Windows which can make your Windows applications using IP Camera as WebCam with audio input. https://github.com/shenyaocn/IP-Camera-Bridge
Intelligent Home Center
Transform your home into a smart environment by connecting and controlling all your appliances remotely. This application offers seamless interaction with smart hardware, enabling interoperability between intelligent devices for ultimate convenience.
- Connect smart home appliances
- Remote control of devices
- Interoperability between smart hardware
- Easy mobile interaction with devices
- Anywhere, anytime control
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IHC is a super app you can enable all your home appliance smart and control them from any where at any time.You can interact with smart hardware via your mobile phone easily , and get interoperability between intelligent hardware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Intelligent Home Center at none against IP Camera Lite's shown. Intelligent Home Center also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (509 vs 36). IP Camera Lite's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 22%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Intelligent Home Center holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intelligent Home Center has 509 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of IP Camera Lite's written reviews are positive against 22% of Intelligent Home Center's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IP Camera Lite ships an update every 9 days, Intelligent Home Center monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IP Camera Lite | Intelligent Home Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (36 ratings) | 3.4 (509 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 21.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 509 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 垚 沈 | Broadlink Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
IP Camera Lite
Intelligent Home Center
Bugs and requests
IP Camera Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Intelligent Home Center
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to add new devices
- Scenes and settings disappearing
- Incorrect time display on timers
- Connectivity issues outside of local network
- Facebook/email login not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more device brands
- Improve Alexa/Google Assistant integration
- Introduce customizable remote layouts
- Add temperature display in Celsius
- Implement IFTTT and Siri Shortcuts
In-app purchases
IP Camera Lite
No in-app purchases
Intelligent Home Center
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is IP Camera Lite free?
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Which has better reviews, IP Camera Lite or Intelligent Home Center?
Do IP Camera Lite or Intelligent Home Center have ads?
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