AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 vs exacqVision Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
Access and manage your video surveillance and access control systems remotely. View live feeds, search recorded events, and respond to alerts. Control doors, manage intercoms, and utilize advanced camera features for comprehensive security oversight.
- Mobile access to multiple systems
- Timeline visualization for recorded events
- Live view with selectable streaming profiles
- Two-way audio and intercom communication
- Access control for doors
- Notifications for immediate actions
- PTZ control and 360 camera dewarping
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Mobile app for AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 - Powerful and flexible video management and access control. Main features: • Mobile access to multiple systems • Quickly find and view recorded events with timeline visualization • Export of recordings • Notifications to take immediate actions • Live view with selectable streaming profiles • Two-way audio from camera in live view • Respond to calls from Axis network intercoms • Support for action buttons to play pre-recorded audio messages, control I/O, etc. • Mechanical and digital PTZ pre-sets for fast navigation • 360 camera dewarping • Custom views with support for camera, split and folder views • Scheduling of notifications from local and port-mapped systems • Access control features such as locking/unlocking doors, overriding/resuming schedules, and monitoring door status Setup: Requires AXIS Camera Station version 5.38 or later. Setup information at www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station Release notes at www.axis.com/ftp/pub_soft/cam_srv/ACS_iOS/latest/relnote.txt
exacqVision Mobile
Monitor live security cameras and search recorded footage on your mobile device. Receive push notifications for critical events to stay informed remotely. Easily share important video clips with your team and stakeholders.
- Monitor live cameras
- Search recorded footage
- Share critical videos
- Push notifications for events
- Remote access to video
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Designed for security professionals and end customers alike, exacqVision Mobile enables users to intuitively monitor live cameras, quickly search recorded footage, and easily share critical videos with their team and other stakeholders. And when critical events occur, push notifications help ensure operators stay connected and informed – no matter where they are. Download exacqVision Mobile today and explore the next generation of mobile video management!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: exacqVision Mobile at 4.1 against AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5's 2.9. exacqVision Mobile also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 24%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
exacqVision Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5's written reviews are positive against 63% of exacqVision Mobile's.
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 ships an update every 2 weeks, exacqVision Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 | exacqVision Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (103 ratings) | 4.1 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AXIS Communications AB | Exacq Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
exacqVision Mobile
User reviews
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
From 103 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Stable and lightest VMS
- 👍 Good layout and clean interface
- 👍 PTZ control finally available
- 👍 Resolved issues with updates
- 👍 Works well overall
Room to improve
- 🐛 Magenta/pink camera view
- 🐛 Title bar takes up real estate
- 🐛 Inconsistent and unreliable
- 🐛 Playback issues
- 🐛 No connection
exacqVision Mobile
From 47 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Improved user experience on the go
- 🔒 No need for complicated network setup
- 👍 Intuitive and easy connection process
- 💡 Full control over various systems in one interface
- ⚡️ Almost instant video responses
Bugs and requests
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
Reported bugs
121 issues- Camera view turns magenta/pink
- Cannot see cameras with latest update
- Title bar takes up too much space
- Cannot access IOS app with same credentials
- No secure entry app
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- App crashes when opening certain cameras
- Constant motion alerts in app
- Time increments disappearing
- Motion viewing skips entire days of data
- Updates purge systems and passwords
- Cameras never load after update
- Never connects to anything
- Connection timed out error
- Apps don’t connect to servers
- Does not accept configured port number
- No works on iPhone 13 Pro
- Continually asked to check port number
- Doorbell notification doesn’t work on iPad on WiFi
- Playback unavailable on iPhone
- Playback does not function after update
- Time increments disappearing
- Motion viewing is horrible
- Updates lose settings
- Cameras never load
- Never connects
- Cannot add local server using Apple app
- Unable to access servers
- Constant motion alerts
- Poor build, so many bugs
- Apps don’t connect to servers
- Does not accept configured port number
- No works in iPhone 13 Pro
- Wouldn’t connect
- Doorbell notification broken
- Not reliable
- Playback unavailable on iPhone
- Playback does not function
- Keeps deleting saved cameras
- Slow playback
- No speed control during playback
- Playback recorded video issue
- Load speed slow
- No support for MPEG
- App crashes
- Playback controls broken
- No audio from cameras
- Slow to connect
- Forgets preferred stream quality
- No PTZ control
- Lacking PTZ and IO control
- No support for 3rd party cameras full screen
- Dewrap no longer works after update
- Cannot access recordings
- Cannot see taped videos
- Recordings still not showing
- Time increments disappearing
- Motion viewing is horrible
- Updates lose settings
- Cameras never load
- Never connects
- Cannot add local server
- Unable to access servers
- Constant motion alerts
- Poor build
- Apps don’t connect
- Does not accept configured port number
- No works on iPhone 13 Pro
- Wouldn’t connect
- Doorbell notification broken
- Not reliable
- Playback unavailable on iPhone
- Playback does not function
- Keeps deleting saved cameras
- Slow playback
- No speed control
- Playback recorded video issue
- Load speed slow
- No support for MPEG
- App crashes
- Playback controls broken
- No audio from cameras
- Slow to connect
- Forgets preferred stream quality
- No PTZ control
- Lacking PTZ and IO control
- No support for 3rd party cameras full screen
- Dewrap no longer works
- Cannot access recordings
- Cannot see taped videos
- Recordings still not showing
- Time increments disappearing
- Motion viewing horrible
- Updates lose settings
- Cameras never load
- Never connects
- Cannot add local server
- Unable to access servers
- Constant motion alerts
- Poor build
- Apps don’t connect
- Does not accept configured port number
- No works on iPhone 13 Pro
- Wouldn’t connect
- Doorbell notification broken
- Not reliable
- Playback unavailable on iPhone
- Playback does not function
- Keeps deleting saved cameras
- Slow playback
- No speed control
- Playback recorded video issue
- Load speed slow
- No support for MPEG
- App crashes
- Playback controls broken
- No audio from cameras
- Slow to connect
- Forgets preferred stream quality
- No PTZ control
- Lacking PTZ and IO control
- No support for 3rd party cameras full screen
Requested features
14 requests- More features and capabilities
- Better search features for video playback
- Support for ACS secure entry capabilities
- Ability to add users
- View live events with video
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- Manual record button
- Mac App Store availability
- Secure Entry integration
- Video download
- Show bandwidth, FPS from camera to app
- Group cameras into views
- Add Audio support
- Add Video export to mobile
- Manual server name entry
exacqVision Mobile
No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.
In-app purchases
AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
No in-app purchases
exacqVision Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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