SereneViewer vs Amcrest Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SereneViewer
Access and manage your IP cameras remotely from your mobile device. View live feeds, receive motion alerts, and communicate through your cameras. Control all your devices from a single, secure platform.
- 100% Cloud Based Recording
- Quick IP camera setup
- Secure remote viewing
- Motion detection alerts
- Two-way audio communication
- Centralized camera control
- Remote camera positioning and recording control
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The Serenelife IP cloud camera app gives you 100% mobile and remote access to all of your Serenelife IP cameras setup on your home or office system. Features -100% Cloud Based Recording! -Set up your IP camera in less than a minute -Check your camera feed securely from anywhere (WIFI or 4G Network Data) -Set and receive motion detection alerts via email or push notification -Talk or listen through your camera -Control all of your cameras in one place -Change camera position and trigger recording -Change camera settings Keep an eye on things. Never miss a beat. Download it and see for yourself.
Amcrest Link
Access live video feeds, review recorded footage, and receive real-time alerts from your security cameras. This app provides convenient remote monitoring for your home or business, all from your mobile device.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded footage
- Receive real-time alerts
- Remote monitoring
- Home and business security
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Amcrest Link gives you live video, playback, and alerts—putting the security of your home or business right in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Amcrest Link at 3.5 against SereneViewer's 2.1. Amcrest Link also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%). SereneViewer's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 11) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Amcrest Link holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SereneViewer has 89 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of SereneViewer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Amcrest Link's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SereneViewer | Amcrest Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (89 ratings) | 3.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sound Around Inc. | Amcrest |
Customer experience
SereneViewer
Amcrest Link
Bugs and requests
SereneViewer
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when tilting phone
- App freezes on iOS 13
- Camera offline message
- Network connection failed error
- Live feed not flipping to landscape
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- App won't open or quits unexpectedly
- Video fails to load intermittently
- Talking/mic feature not working
- WiFi pairing fails
- App not working on iPhone 11
- App crashing with new iPhone Xs
- Notifications not consistent
- Motion detector not working
- App doesn't respond
- Can't stop loading
- Cannot choose recording
- App not working on iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Firmware update bricks cloud box
Requested features
6 requests- Multi-viewing tool for multiple cameras
- Update app for iOS 13+
- Fix landscape mode crash
- Improve motion detection sensitivity settings
- Add option to activate record in settings under motion detection
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- Improve audio quality for two-way talk
Amcrest Link
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SereneViewer
No in-app purchases
Amcrest Link
No in-app purchases
