EdiLife vs CTRONICS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EdiLife
Easily monitor and control your Edimax smart home devices remotely. Access live video feeds, manage appliances, and receive motion-activated alerts from any 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Enjoy simple setup with Plug-n-View technology.
- Remote device control
- Live video streaming
- Environment monitoring
- Motion detection alerts
- Power consumption tracking
- Two-way audio support
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EdiLife is an easy-to-use app for Edimax smart home device, ideal for monitoring environment or controlling your home appliance from any 3G or Wi-FI connection. With Edimax’s innovative Plug-n-View technology, you can say goodbye to inconvenient and complicated setting procedures. It’s extremely easy to connect your Edimax network camera/smart plug to the cloud in just a few simple steps and access it remotely with a smartphone, tablet, or computer no matter where you are. Features of the EdiLife iPhone app: 1. Easy, intuitive setup and network management 2. Location-based group management 3. Live video viewing from any 3G or Wi-Fi connection 4. Easily manage your home electronics anywhere/anytime 5. Monitor power consumption of your home electronics 6. Motion activated snapshots 7. Adjust brightness, saturation, sharpness, video quality and pan & tilt speed settings remotely*1 8. Push notifications supported 9. Remote pan and tilt control*1 10. Video events supported*2 11. Two way audio supported*3 *1 For pan/tilt supported models *2 For video event supported models *3 For two way audio supported models Supported Edimax devices: 1. IC-3116W 2. IC-3140W 3. IC-3210W 4. IC-5150W 5. IC-5160GC 6. IC-5170SC 7. IC-6220DC 8. IC-6230DC 9. IC-7112W 10. IC-7113W 11. IC-9110W 12. IC-9110W V2 13.SP-1101W V1 14.SP-2101W V1
CTRONICS
Stream live video from your camera and capture still images directly from the feed. Remotely control your camera's functions for a seamless viewing and recording experience.
- Watch online video
- Catch photos on video
- Control the camera
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1.watch the on line video 2.catch the photo on video 3.control the camera
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CTRONICS at 2.6 against EdiLife's 1.9. CTRONICS also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 10%) and ratings volume (60 vs 15). 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.
CTRONICS holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of EdiLife's written reviews are positive against 37% of CTRONICS's.
EdiLife ships an update every 3 months, CTRONICS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EdiLife | CTRONICS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (15 ratings) | 2.6 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 60 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDIMAX | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
EdiLife
CTRONICS
Bugs and requests
EdiLife
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CTRONICS
Reported bugs
67 issues- Video seems to be inverted
- Turning iPad does the opposite in landscape
- App in portrait but wrong way round
- Video is landscape but upside down in portrait
- None of the 8 cameras show video in playback
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- Downloaded videos still don't play
- App no longer works with modern authentication
- Device have many faults
- Motion sense all over the place
- Highlight an area & it motion senses the whole screen
- Smart humanoid detection doesn't work
- Notifications don't work
- App not talking to the cameras
- Won't let me erase SD card data
- Video stays vertical when mirroring iPhone to TV
- App doesn't actually turn horizontal
- App works well if you have set it up correctly
- Since iOS 15 update, no more notifications
- Cannot connect, stopped working
- Stuck loading
- View is sideways on Macbook or iPad
- Video stays vertical and doesn’t change to horizontal
- App doesn’t actually turn horizontal
- Network anomalies after connecting to live camera
- Only watch few hours back video
- More than 6 hours old videos do not play or download
- Camera stopped responding
- Camera simply does not wake up
- Camera doesn’t connect to WIFI anymore
- Notifications stopped working after upgrade to IOS 15.2.1
- CCTV system has stopped working after uploading version 15.0.2
- System will load but no CCTV coverage
- Night video doesn’t work
- Alarm recording time is shorter
- Human recognition sensing records in blocks of 14 seconds
- Email settings not an option for all camera models
- Very difficult to connect
- Unable to share to another device or person
- First device did not work anymore after connecting to second device
- Camera was easy to configure alongside the app
- Can't watch none of the video captured on my motion detector online
- Simply will not connect from the app to the camera
- Keep having to reset both cameras and go through setup again every day or so
- App needs some changes
- App takes forever to receive any feedback
- App is too slow and frequently freezing
- Constant notification sounds
- Constant False notifications with no screen message
- Disable CTRONICS app stops false notifications
- Camera keeps dropping out about every 4-6 hrs
- After 1 week can't connect at all
- App was good but after the last update it takes more than twice as long to get the cameras online
- Camera seems to have a bad connection to router
- Sometimes it takes a time to load
- The app no longer sends notifications
- Barely works anymore
- App can’t find the camera
- After 13.5 update I have no push notifications
- Alarm and motion sensor notification doesn’t work
- Has to be very close to the modem, otherwise won’t connect
- New version has cam stuck in auto pan
- No control
- Application lente et bug souvent
- Always needing to be reset
- App doesn’t work anymore
- Crashing on iPhone 10 X
- Will not load on the iPhone 10X
Requested features
27 requests- Provide a video on YouTube for internet connection
- Add a feature to select all videos at once
- Improve video quality settings
- Allow longer recording times for motion triggers
- Add ability to set alarm off from live view
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- Provide a version for Apple Watch
- Make email settings available for all camera models
- Add custom alarm sound for iPhone
- Add arrows for continuous camera turning
- Improve motion detection accuracy
- Add smart humanoid detection improvements
- Allow for 24/7 recording
- Improve notification system
- Add ability to erase SD card data
- Fix video orientation issues on AirPlay
- Fix video orientation issues on Mac/iPad
- Allow users to download older videos
- Enable camera to change Wi-Fi without reset
- Allow sharing to another device or person
- Improve app speed and responsiveness
- Add option to select all videos for deletion
- Provide a DVD or website for setup instructions
- Add more seconds to motion alarm recordings
- Allow faster loading of cameras
- Add a button to set alarm off from live view
- Add a feature to download camera after deleting it
- Allow watching recorded videos at sped-up speeds
In-app purchases
EdiLife
No in-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
