Comparison

IPC360 vs HDReye

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IPC360

Monitor your home remotely with live video streaming, two-way audio, and motion detection alerts. Pan and tilt cameras can be controlled with simple taps or by moving your phone, offering a comprehensive view of your surroundings. Store recordings on an SD card for later review.

Highlights
  • Live video streaming
  • Two-way audio communication
  • Pan and tilt camera control
  • Motion detection alerts
  • SD card video recording
  • Gyroscope-supported panoramic view
Features
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- IPC360 provides home users with 360 extraordinary experience as staying home when they are away from home. With the establishment of worldwide stream servers, users can easily feel home on their phone or tablet by watching, listening and talking. -When a Pan&Tilt camera is added, you can create panoramic navigation picture,with which you can simply rotate the camera exactly to the direction you want just by a “tap”. You can set maximum 3 sets of shooting angels via panoramic navigation picture. -With a simple tap on your mobile phone, you can initiate a 2-way conversation with your family remotely. Its specially designed microphone and speaker ensures loud and clean voice quality. -By simply panning your mobile phone left and right, a complete panoramic view will be displayed to provide a better viewing experience. The gyroscope support, integrated in the App, is able to follow the mobile phone orientation, making it easier to see every corner being monitored. Functions: -The IPC360 camera uses wide-angle lens to produce bright and crystal images. With FHD/HD resolution (1920x1080/1280x720), it delivers excellent image quality even if your enlarged to view small details. -IPC360 camera always keeps an eye on things that is important to you. With built-in high accuracy motion detection technology, the camera sends notification to your mobile phone detailing when, where, and what movement was detected so you always stay on top of things that you care about. As additional function, there are some kinds of camera have PIR sensor, which can detection the invisible radiation from human body. -Support up to 128GB SD card, it stores video and audio of special moments, worked with two mode: continue(real time record) or trigger(best storage capacity optimization) mode. -Our adaptive streaming technology automatically adjust to the optimal viewing quality based on your network conditions.

About

HDReye

Create custom 360° HDRi images for realistic 3D lighting and compositing directly from your phone. Capture bracketed panoramas and generate 32-bit EXR files for seamless integration with 3D software and AR development.

Highlights
  • Create 360° HDRi images
  • Shoot bracketed multi-exposure panoramas
  • Generate 32-bit .EXR files
  • Realistic 3D lighting and compositing
  • Image-based lighting solution
  • Access to crowdsourced HDRi collection
Features
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Finally, an app to shoot 360° HDRis with your phone. HDReye is the first and only iOS app for creating custom 360° HDRi images for realistic 3D lighting and compositing. Just select your desired dynamic range, follow the prompts to shoot a bracketed multi-exposure panorama of your location, and HDReye will stitch and generate a 32-bit (.EXR format) HDRi of your location. HDReye is an essential app for combining 3D animation realistically with footage or capturing lightmaps of any location. What used to require an expensive 360° camera or chrome ball light probe, now can be done conveniently on your phone with HDReye. Whether you are an independent 3D artist, VFX studio, AR developer, NFT artist, content creator, or just a hobbyist - HDReye is here to make your workflow simpler and renders more realistic. HDReye is your image-based lighting solution. Compatible with all 3D packages and render engines including Cinema 4D, Blender, Houdini, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Adobe After Effects, Element 3D, OTOY Octane Render, Redshift, V-ray, Arnold, Unreal Engine, Unity, Spark AR, and more. HDReye users also have access to the largest crowdsourced collection of HDRi images in the world. HDReye also works well for capturing 360° panoramas similar to the Google Street View app. Terms of Use: http://hdreye.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: http://hdreye.app/privacy/

Screenshots

IPC3603 screens
HDReye4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HDReye at none against IPC360's shown. HDReye also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). IPC360's advantage is ratings volume (6.4K vs 771) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. IPC360 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and HDReye sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HDReye holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IPC360 has 6.4K ratings behind it against 771, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of IPC360's written reviews are positive against 29% of HDReye's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IPC360 ships an update every 2 months, HDReye monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IPC360 versus HDReye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIPC360HDReye
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6.4K ratings)4.5 (771 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.2% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6.4K — better771
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPUWELL CLOUD TECH LIMITEDHDReye Technologies Inc.

Customer experience

IPC360

All ratings6,351 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews791 reviews
Positive31.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative54.5%

HDReye

All ratings771 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative66.1%

User reviews

IPC360

From 6.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Faultless
  • 🚀 Good and reliable camera
  • 🚀 Great cheap baby monitor option
  • 🚀 Always Works
  • 🚀 Highly Recommend

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Alerts don't work
  • 🐛 Cannot fetch videos
  • 🐛 Forced cloud subscription ruined it
  • 🐛 Not working
  • 🐛 Decent but not good

HDReye

From 771 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 High-quality stitching
  • 💡 Convenient for VFX work
  • 🚀 Fast processing
  • 👍 Intuitive workflow

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall to preview/download
  • 🐛 Inconsistent stitching quality
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🐛 Crashes and server issues
  • 🔒 No offline processing

Bugs and requests

IPC360

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Cameras not working
  • App doesn't work!
  • Can't see!!
  • Suddenly stopped
  • DANGEROUS TO USE AS BABY CAMERA
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  • Bad Connection
  • Causes phone to shut off
  • Restarting Iphone
  • It pastes your clipboard to itself on opening
  • 这次更新翻车了,听不到摄像方的声音
  • Older versions were better
  • Cannot easily delete all data from cloud.
  • Freeze
  • Terrible terrible app
  • Where is the delete option on alerts
  • I can't get the sound to work for me to use it as a baby camera
  • Video playback doesn't work

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Fast forward button
  • Support for RTSP
  • Ability to record video when motion is detected
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  • Ability to rotate video if mounted vertically
  • Option to disable night vision

HDReye

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account deletion issues
  • Stuck on processing/uploading
  • Disappearing credits

Requested features

4 requests
  • Free trial or preview option
  • Ability to stitch locally on device
  • One-time purchase option
  • Improved stitching algorithm

In-app purchases

10 purchases

IPC360

One-time10
  • 7days cloud storage (1 month)$1.99
  • 15D/1M/Event cloud storage$2.99
  • 30D/1M/Event cloud storage$3.99
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  • 7days cloud storage (6 months)$8.99
  • 7D/1M/CONT cloud storage$8.99
  • 7days cloud storage (1 year)$14.99
  • 15D/12M/Event cloud storage$19.99
  • 30D/6M/Event cloud storage$19.99
  • 30D/1M/CONT cloud storage$19.99
  • 30D/12M/Event cloud storage$29.99
4 purchases

HDReye

Subscriptions3
  • HDReye Pro$6.991 Month
  • HDReye Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • HDReye Pro$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Asset unlock$2.99

Questions

Is IPC360 free?
IPC360 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HDReye free?
HDReye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IPC360 or HDReye?
HDReye is rated higher. IPC360 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while HDReye averages 4.5 from 771 ratings.
Do IPC360 or HDReye have ads?
IPC360 shows ads; HDReye does not.
Which is updated more often, IPC360 or HDReye?
IPC360 ships an update every 2 months, and HDReye monthly. Most recently, IPC360 was updated on October 17, 2026 and HDReye on October 16, 2026.

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