Hosted Cloud Video vs SharpvueCam Hosted Video
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hosted Cloud Video
This app offers AI-powered cloud video surveillance for businesses. It provides hardware-free setup, secure off-site storage, and advanced object detection capabilities with support for a wide range of IP cameras.
- AI-powered object detection
- Hardware-free video surveillance
- Secure off-site cloud storage
- Advanced camera health checks
- Live video monitoring
- Supports wide range of IP cameras
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Hosted Cloud Video provides AI-powered cloud video surveillance for multi-location enterprises, restaurants, retailers, schools and many other industries. The service offers hardware free video surveillance that requires no specialized on-premise equipment and includes secure off-site cloud storage, advanced camera health checks and alerts, recording schedules, live video monitoring and more. The Cloud AI module allows customers to enable sophisticated people, vehicle, animal and other object detection with any camera supported by the platform. The service is an open platform that supports a wide variety of IP cameras from manufacturers such as Axis Communications, Amcrest, Hanwha Vision, Hikvision, VIVOTEK and many others. Download the app and login with the account provided to you by your authorized Hosted Cloud Video reseller.
SharpvueCam Hosted Video
View your home or small business video feeds securely from anywhere. Receive motion alerts, manage recorded footage, and control multiple locations with ease. Supports a wide range of camera brands for flexible integration.
- Easy camera setup
- Secure live streaming
- Motion detection alerts
- Remote alarm control
- View and manage recordings
- Multi-location management
- Supports multiple camera brands
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The SharpvueCam Hosted Video app is an easy to use and effective place to view your video feed for your home or small business. SharpvueCam’s platform supports many different types of cameras, which allows you to not be tied to just one brand. Download the free SharpvueCam Hosted Video app to sign up or sign in with your existing SharpvueCam account. With the SharpvueCam Hosted Video app you can: - Set up your camera and video feed in less than a minute. - Stream securely, day or night. - Get alerts when there’s motion while you’re away. - Alarm and Disarm all cameras with a click of a button. - View and manage your recorded video. Includes the ability to delete and download videos directly to your mobile device. - Control all your locations in one place. - Free upgrades and new features Supported Camera Brands: - Axis Communications - Foscam - Sony - Hikvision
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Verdict
Hosted Cloud Video and SharpvueCam Hosted Video both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SharpvueCam Hosted Video's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hosted Cloud Video's. Hosted Cloud Video's advantage is ratings volume (488 vs 30). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Hosted Cloud Video against 4.7 for SharpvueCam Hosted Video. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Cloud Video has 488 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Hosted Cloud Video's written reviews are positive against 100% of SharpvueCam Hosted Video's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hosted Cloud Video | SharpvueCam Hosted Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (488 ratings) | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 488 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Camcloud Inc. | SharpvueCam |
Customer experience
Hosted Cloud Video
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In-app purchases
Hosted Cloud Video
No in-app purchases
SharpvueCam Hosted Video
No in-app purchases
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