Annke Vision vs Smonet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Annke Vision
Access your ANNKE security cameras, DVRs, and NVRs from anywhere. View live feeds, playback recorded footage, and receive instant motion detection alerts. Simply create an account and add your devices to start monitoring your property remotely.
- Real-time monitoring
- Video playback
- Motion detection alerts
- Remote camera access
- Device management
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The Annke Vision app is designed to work with ANNKE DNRs, NVRs and IP cameras which support Cloud P2P function.It allows you to live with your cameras remotely.All you need to do is creating an account and adding device into the account, then you can enjoy the real-time video from cameras on a global scale. it also allows you to play back recorded video to search every milestone of your life.When motion detection alarm of your device triggered, you can get an instant message notification from Annke Vision app. Key Features: 1. Real-time monitoring 2. Video playback 3. Motion detection alarm notification Contact Us Help center : help.annke.com Technical Support : support@annke.com Website : www.annke.com Youtube : www.youtube.com/channel/UClGYzqKrHdDIYDrp8ue7o8g Facebook : www.facebook.com/annke.system/ Twitter : twitter.com/annkesecurity Free call for US and CA, EST, 7Days, +1 833 717 0187
Smonet
This app provides 24-hour mobile remote video surveillance. It features a concise interface with multiple preview options, real-time video streaming, and controls for PTZ cameras. Users can also capture and preserve video recordings.
- 24-hour remote video surveillance
- Real-time video preview
- QR code scanning
- PTZ camera control
- Video capture and preservation
- Concise and fashionable interface
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Smonet—24-hour mobile remote video surveillance client. Interface style is concise and fashionable, multiple preview forms, real-time preview video stream, QR code scanning, PTZ control, video capture, video preservation... More Functionality, waiting for you to find, quickly download it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Annke Vision at 4.7 against Smonet's 1.9. Annke Vision also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). Smonet's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price 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. Smonet sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Annke Vision asks for nothing beyond the download.
Annke Vision holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Annke Vision has 20K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Annke Vision's written reviews are positive against 3% of Smonet's.
Annke Vision ships an update every 2 months, Smonet every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Annke Vision | Smonet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20K ratings) — better | 1.9 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.6% of reviews — better | 3.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 445 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Kean Digital co., LTD. | 皎 王 |
Customer experience
Annke Vision
Smonet
Bugs and requests
Annke Vision
Reported bugs
9 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Time won't stay correct
- Playback controls not working
- Favorites list keeps resetting
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- Crashes when rotating view
- Black and white lines on screen
- Live view fails to resume
- Connection issues, app crashes
Requested features
10 requests- Allow selecting all notifications at once
- Show events on full length playback
- Option to turn off pausing of live view
- Add 1X, 2X, 4X playback speed
- Add rotate view option on iPad
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- Allow adjusting and changing motion detection areas from app
- Add option to change notification sound
- Add formats to view multiple cameras in different sizes
- Add ability to swipe between cameras
- Add option to set individual alert schedules for each camera
Smonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Annke Vision
No in-app purchases
Smonet
- Past 3-day Event Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 30 day$5.99
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- Past 7-day Full Video 30 day$8.99
- Past 3-day Event Video 90 day$9.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 90 day$13.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 90 day$16.99
- Past 7-day Full Video 90 day$25.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 180 day$31.99
- Past 3-day Event Video 360 day$36.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 360 day$59.99
- Past 30-day Full Video 90 day$79.99
- Past 30-day Full Video 360 day$299.99
