My Homeview vs mCamView2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Homeview
Remotely view and control your IP cameras from your iPhone or iPad. Features real-time video and audio, motion detection with push notifications, and two-way audio communication. Offers remote PTZ control and lighting adjustments for compatible cameras.
- Real-time video and audio monitoring
- Remote PTZ control
- Motion detection with push notifications
- Two-way audio
- Remote lighting control
- Remote playback
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My HomeView is a customized APP for use with our IP Cameras. With this APP, you can remotely view and control your IP camera BY using an iPhone and/or iPad. The use of advanced P2P technology makes our IP camera truly plug and play. It supports remote PTZ control of our indoor IP camera and also controls the lighting on our outdoor IP camera with integrated LED light. Features: 1. Real time video and audio monitoring 2. Camera accessible through 3G and Wi-Fi 3. Supports iPhone and iPad (iOS 6.0.0 and later) 4. Motion Detection and Push Notification supported 5. Auto and Manual recording 6. Remote playback 7. Two-way audio 8. Remote control for setting lights
mCamView2
View live video from plug-and-play IP cameras on your mobile devices. Access recorded footage remotely and control camera functions like pan and tilt. Receive event logs and temperature monitoring alerts.
- Live IP camera viewing
- On-screen pan/tilt control
- Remote SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback
- Time Lapse video playback
- Event log and push notifications
- Temperature monitoring
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mCamView2 is the innovative software for viewing the video of plug n play IP Cameras on iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. It is simply enough to just key in the ID/password of the IP camera to see the video from your mobile devices anywhere, anytime. Besides the live video viewing, on-screen pan/tilt control are also supported. The latest features: 1. Time Lapse video playback 2. SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback remotely 3. Event log 4. Share video to other App 5. Temperature monitoring 6. Hardware video decode for better performance 7. improved video finger zooming 8. Push notification
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mCamView2 at 5.0 against My Homeview's 3.0. My Homeview's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 9.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
mCamView2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
My Homeview ships an update every 7 months, mCamView2 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Homeview | mCamView2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RDI Technology (Shenzhen) Co Ltd | Tzu-Lung Chang |
Customer experience
My Homeview
mCamView2
In-app purchases
My Homeview
No in-app purchases
mCamView2
No in-app purchases
