Guard Viewer vs Annke View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guard Viewer
Access and manage your surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video from network cameras and NVRs, receive alarms, and control cloud devices directly from your mobile phone.
- Remote surveillance access
- Live video streaming
- Recorded video playback
- Alarm notifications
- Cloud device management
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Guard Viewer is a mobile surveillance client app. With this app you can access surveillance products(Network Cameras,Network Speed Domes,NVRs) through network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.
Annke View
Monitor your surveillance devices remotely from your iPhone. View live feeds from DVRs, NVRs, and IP cameras, with support for up to 32 channels. Features include two-way audio and fisheye expansion for enhanced situational awareness.
- Transcoding Playback
- Fisheye Expansion
- Up to 32 Channels Live View
- Two-way Audio
- Multi-Division Live View Optimization
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Annke View is a mobile phone surveillance application just based on iPhone, which supports the full line of surveillance products, including digital video recorders,digital video servers, as well as network cameras and speed domes that support standard H.264 video codec. 1.Transcoding Playback 2.Fisheye Expansion 3.Up to 32 Channels Live View 4.Two-way Audio with IP Channel 5.Multi-Division Live View Optimization 6.FAQ 7.Fix Bug
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guard Viewer at 2.8 against Annke View's 2.4. Guard Viewer also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 13%) and ratings volume (220 vs 41). 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.
Guard Viewer holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guard Viewer has 220 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Guard Viewer's written reviews are positive against 13% of Annke View's.
Guard Viewer ships an update every 4 weeks, Annke View every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Guard Viewer | Annke View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (220 ratings) — better | 2.4 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews — better | 13.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KeyLife International Technology Limited | Shenzhen Kean Digital co., LTD. |
Customer experience
Guard Viewer
Annke View
User reviews
Guard Viewer
From 220 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works flawlessly
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Excellent camera control features
- 🔒 Secure remote access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and disconnections
- ⚠️ Unreliable live streaming and playback
- 🔌 Compatibility issues with recent iOS updates
- 🤯 Confusing user interface
Annke View
From 41 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well when set up correctly
- 👍 Can combine cameras from multiple systems
- 👍 Great zoom and pan features
- 👍 Crystal clear live stream
- 👍 Good video playback
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly logs out
- 🐛 App is glitchy and unstable
- 🐛 Doesn't work on Android
- 🐛 Customer support is slow and has limited hours
- 🐛 System and app become useless
Bugs and requests
Guard Viewer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues after recent update
- Inability to delete user accounts
- Time sync problems between app and NVR
- Inconsistent camera detection
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for Apple TV
- Improve notification system
- Introduce bulk management of cameras
- Provide more customization options
Annke View
Reported bugs
27 issues- Constantly logs out
- App locks up iPad
- App is glitchy
- App doesn't work on Android
- Zoom button not working
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- Device frequently offline
- Remote playback not working
- App signs all users out
- App crashes after update
- App doesn't work after update
- Not working on iPad
- Cannot open full screen
- App keeps logging out
- Password incorrect errors
- Cannot multitask on iPhone while recording
- Error code 340500
- Annke Vision asking for code on camera
- Cannot view camera activity remotely
- Not working on iOS anymore
- Crashes constantly when adding a device
- Does not work anymore since update
- Cannot connect via mobile data
- App doesn't work at all
- Error code 340500 on iPhone
- Cloud servers are down often
- Cannot remotely access cameras after update
- Annke servers down frequently
Requested features
9 requests- Allow auto login
- Add mic option to this app
- Improve playback speed options
- Add iPad support
- Fix zoom functionality
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- Make app more user-friendly
- Improve remote view setup process
- Update app for newer iOS versions
- Fix multitasking issue on iPhone while recording
In-app purchases
Guard Viewer
No in-app purchases
Annke View
No in-app purchases
