mCamView2 vs GoodCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mCamView2
View live video from plug-and-play IP cameras on your mobile devices. Access recorded footage remotely and control camera functions like pan and tilt. Receive event logs and temperature monitoring alerts.
- Live IP camera viewing
- On-screen pan/tilt control
- Remote SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback
- Time Lapse video playback
- Event log and push notifications
- Temperature monitoring
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mCamView2 is the innovative software for viewing the video of plug n play IP Cameras on iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. It is simply enough to just key in the ID/password of the IP camera to see the video from your mobile devices anywhere, anytime. Besides the live video viewing, on-screen pan/tilt control are also supported. The latest features: 1. Time Lapse video playback 2. SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback remotely 3. Event log 4. Share video to other App 5. Temperature monitoring 6. Hardware video decode for better performance 7. improved video finger zooming 8. Push notification
GoodCam
Monitor your home or office remotely with this utility app. It allows for snapshotting, video recording, and remote configuration of your IP camera setup. The application is free to use and supports various Apple devices.
- Remote IP camera monitoring
- Snapshot functionality
- Video recording
- Remote configuration
- Free to use
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GoodCam enables customers to monitor home / office premises where the IP Camera is installed. This free app offers many other useful functions such as: snapshot, video recording, and remote configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mCamView2 at 5.0 against GoodCam's 2.2. mCamView2 also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 22%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). GoodCam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mCamView2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoodCam has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of mCamView2's written reviews are positive against 22% of GoodCam's.
mCamView2 ships an update every 5 months, GoodCam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mCamView2 | GoodCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tzu-Lung Chang | 湖南安畔智科安防科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
mCamView2
GoodCam
In-app purchases
mCamView2
No in-app purchases
GoodCam
No in-app purchases
