RMOB vs HikCentral Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RMOB
This application enables real-time remote monitoring and control of live video streams from cameras and encoders. It offers features like instant live viewing, remote playback, local recording, and PTZ control, facilitating comprehensive surveillance management.
- Real-time live remote monitoring
- Remote playback and local recording
- PTZ control
- Bidirectional talk
- Snapshot and picture searching
- QR code serial number scanning
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Iphone/Ipad Surveillance Software RMOB, allows user to monitor and control live streaming from Camera’s And Video Encoders. Besides, Controlling Live View, it has some major features as mentioned below: - Support instant real time live remote monitoring through instaOn (P2P) - Support instant real time live monitoring through IP/cpplusddns - Support remote playback - Local recording and play - Support snapshot and pictures searching - Support bidirectional talk - Support PTZ control - Support scanning serial number by QR code - Support cloud user register and modify - Support remote device add, edit and delete - Support local device add, edit and delete - Support adding device by address - Support manually searching device in LAN - Support version updating automatically - Support Alarm Push
HikCentral Mobile
Access and manage HikCentral Professional features remotely from your mobile device. View live feeds, playback recordings, and receive alarm notifications for connected devices. Requires iOS 14.0 or higher.
- Remote site access
- Live view
- Remote playback
- Alarm notifications
- Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G network support
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HikCentral Mobile software is installed on the iOS 16.0 or higher version mobile platform. It gets access to the HikCentral Professional, via Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G network, and fulfills the functions of the devices connected to the HikCentral Professional, such as Remote Site, Live view, Remote playback, Receive Alarm Notice and so on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HikCentral Mobile at 4.7 against RMOB's 2.8. HikCentral Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (269 vs 6). RMOB's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
HikCentral Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HikCentral Mobile has 269 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RMOB's written reviews are positive against 18% of HikCentral Mobile's.
RMOB ships an update every 8 months, HikCentral Mobile every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RMOB | HikCentral Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (269 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 269 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CP PLUS | 明军 顾 |
Customer experience
RMOB
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In-app purchases
RMOB
No in-app purchases
HikCentral Mobile
No in-app purchases
