DSS Mobile vs GDMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DSS Mobile
This mobile surveillance application connects to a security platform for field operations. It provides real-time video previews, playback, and control of various camera types, along with E-map management.
- Real-time video preview
- Playback and PTZ control
- E-map management
- Multi-point touch and gesture recognition
- IP camera, Speed dome, DVR, and NVR support
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DSS Mobile is mobile surveillance software designed for security field, working together with Dahua DSS platform. It has user-friendly UI and offers fluent video playing experience, supports multi-point touch and gesture recognition, enables real-time preview, playback, PTZ control and E-map management of IP cameras, IP Speed dome cameras, DVR and NVR. Support IOS7.1 And Later
GDMS
This app offers centralized, secure management for Grandstream audio/video products. Administrators can easily add devices by scanning codes, configure accounts, upgrade firmware, and receive real-time alerts about device status.
- Scan code to add devices
- Configure accounts
- Upgrade device firmware
- Remote device start
- Real-time device monitoring
- Push alert messages
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GDMS mobile application provides centralized, secure and zero-operation management methods and solutions for Grandstream audio/video products users. The device administrators can work on mobile devices by scanning the codes to add devices, configure accounts/upgrade devices firmware quickly, and the alert messages can be pushed to mobile client. Including: 1. Scan code to add device: Support to scan the barcodes of a batch of devices to add the devices to GDMS platform. 2. Manage device: Support to configure accounts for devices, upgrade devices firmware, and start the devices remotely. 3. Monitor device in real-time: Push the device registration, abnormal status, alert messages to mobile management client.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GDMS at 50% against DSS Mobile's 0%. GDMS also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2). DSS Mobile's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). 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.
GDMS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of DSS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of GDMS's.
DSS Mobile ships an update monthly, GDMS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DSS Mobile | GDMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 水鑫 陈 | Grandstream |
Customer experience
DSS Mobile
GDMS
In-app purchases
DSS Mobile
No in-app purchases
GDMS
No in-app purchases
