mCamView2 vs CamView Lite
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
CamView Lite
This surveillance software allows for live video streaming, recording, and playback of security footage. It supports remote access, snapshots, and PTZ control for comprehensive monitoring.
- Live video streaming
- Video recording and playback
- Remote video playback
- Snapshots
- PTZ control
- White light warning
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Camview Lite is a surveillance software, which support Apple Push Notification service, support live video stream, video record and playback, video remote playback, snapshots, play lullaby, white light warning, and PTZ control, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mCamView2 at 5.0 against CamView Lite's 1.0. mCamView2 also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 25%). CamView Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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.
mCamView2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of mCamView2's written reviews are positive against 25% of CamView Lite's.
mCamView2 ships an update every 5 months, CamView Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mCamView2 | CamView Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tzu-Lung Chang | 大均 杨 |
Customer experience
mCamView2
CamView Lite
In-app purchases
mCamView2
No in-app purchases
CamView Lite
No in-app purchases
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