SmartCam Pro vs CloudEdge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartCam Pro
Access your smartphone camera remotely from any location to view live feeds. Stay connected with family, monitor your home, or check on your office.
- Remote camera access
- Live video streaming
- View from any location
- Family monitoring
- Office surveillance
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No matter how far the distance is, open your smartphone and you'll see it any time at any places. You can see parents and baby to feel the family, see the office and colleagues to get relaxed during traveling.
CloudEdge
Monitor your home or business with live video streaming and playback. Receive instant motion detection alerts for enhanced security. Share video footage easily with family or colleagues, ensuring peace of mind wherever you are.
- Live video streaming
- Playback image checking
- Motion detection alerts
- Instant push notifications
- Video image sharing
- Time and message reminders
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“CloudEdge” is established for providing a set of video service platform for family and enterprise. You can easily check the real video and playback image of your apartment/villas/shops/factory and office etc site via the "CloudEdge" video service platform; Meanwhile you will received the instant push message via "CloudEdge" alarm system once the motion detected, so you can do accordingly for the safety protection measures. Your family and enterprise be with you, wherever you are. The main function: 1. Real video playing 2. Playback image checking 3. Time & message reminding 4. Share the video image Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://apis-us-west.cloudedge360.com/html/audit/storage_server.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CloudEdge at 63% against SmartCam Pro's 0%. CloudEdge also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (21K vs 18). SmartCam Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. CloudEdge sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SmartCam Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
CloudEdge holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudEdge has 21K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SmartCam Pro's written reviews are positive against 63% of CloudEdge's.
SmartCam Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, CloudEdge every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartCam Pro | CloudEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (18 ratings) | 4.3 (21K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 63.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 21K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #78 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 洪波 王 | Hangzhou MEARI Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
SmartCam Pro
CloudEdge
Bugs and requests
SmartCam Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CloudEdge
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cameras going offline randomly
- App signing users out unexpectedly
- Firmware update issues
- Inconsistent motion detection and recording
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to adjust motion detection sensitivity
- Option to disable motion alerts while keeping recording
- Faster and more reliable notifications
- Improved video playback controls (timeline, fast forward, rewind)
- Support for multiple user accounts
In-app purchases
SmartCam Pro
No in-app purchases
CloudEdge
- One cam for 30 days AI Service$1.991 Month
- AI Subscription 1 Device$1.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 3 Days$2.991 Month
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- One Camera for 30 days Cloud$3.991 Month
- Cloud Month Event 7 Days$4.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device$4.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-as-1-c1 Month trial$6.991 Month
- Cloud SUB Event 2 Device$7.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-1-c1 Month trial$8.991 Month
- cam plus-month-1-duov41 Month trial$8.991 Month
