SharpvueCam Hosted Video vs IoT Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
IoT Central
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With this app you can create an easy to use IoT Dashboard for you and your client. Features: 1. Can run as always on Dashboard. 2. Supports both MQTT (TCP) and Websocket protocol. 3. SSL for secure communication. 4. JSON Support for both subscribe and publish message. 5. Panels subscribe and / or publish the topic automatically, hence get updated in real time. 6. Designed to work with public broker efficiently (using device prefix). 7. Sent and Received timestamp from broker. 8. Material design. 9. Flexible panel width, merge any panels 10. More than 250 icons to customize specific panels. 11. Dark theme for comfortable use in low light. 12. Clone connection, device or panel for effortless configuration 13. Import/Export application configuration for easy share with multiple devices. 14. Re-connects automatically if connection lost. 15. Persist export message for log and graph. Available panels: -Button -Slider -Switch -LED Indicator -Combo Box -Radio Buttons -Multi-State Indicator -Progress -Gauge -Color Picker -Time Picker -Text Input -Text Log -Image -Barcode Scanner -Line graph -Bar graph -Chart -URI Launcher This list will grow upon feedback from users. Your feedback is much appreciated. If you find any issue please feel free to leave a comment in my blog with steps to reproduce. https://blog.snrlab.in/iot/iot-mqtt-panel-user-guide/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IoT Central at weekly against SharpvueCam Hosted Video's every 3 months. SharpvueCam Hosted Video's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
SharpvueCam Hosted Video ships an update every 3 months, IoT Central weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SharpvueCam Hosted Video | IoT Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SharpvueCam | Rahul Kundu |
In-app purchases
SharpvueCam Hosted Video
No in-app purchases
IoT Central
No in-app purchases
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