AVY Mobile CVMS vs Speco Blue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AVY Mobile CVMS
Access live or recorded video surveillance feeds from your mobile device. Search for AI-detected events and gain full control over your video surveillance system. Experience a new era of central monitoring on your iPhone or iPad.
- View live video
- View recorded video
- Search AI-detected events
- Control surveillance products
- Supports H.265, H.264+, H.264 devices
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The AVY Mobile CVMS app for iPhones and iPads is a free mobile app that allow users to view Live or Recorded video, search for AI detected events, and take the full control of AVYCON's new H.265, H.264+ video surveillance products as well as the existing prior generation H.264 devices. Now is the New Era of Central Monitoring Station on your mobile device! Supported DVR Models: AVR-T900 Series AVR-T900A Series AVR-T900C Series AVR-TS500A Series AVR-TS500C Series AVR-HT500A Series AVR-HT500C Series AVR-HT500F Series AVR-HT500H Series AVR-HT800A Series AVR-HT800C Series AVR-NT500A Series AVR-NT500C Series AVR-NT800A Series AVR-NT800C Series Supported NVR Models: AVR-N900P Series AVR-HN500P Series (H.265) AVR-HN800P Series (H.265) AVR-HN500E Series (H.265) AVR-NN800P Series (H.265) AVR-NN800E Series (H.265) AVR-NU800P Series (H.265) Supported IPC Models: All AVYCON's Plug & Play H.265, H.264+, and H.264 IP Network and Thermal Cameras Please feel free to contact our Technical Support Department for any questions. Email: support@avycon.com
Speco Blue
Access and manage Speco Technologies' NR and HR recorders remotely. View live feeds, playback recordings, take snapshots, and receive event notifications. The app also allows for local recording and two-way audio communication.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded video and audio
- Snapshot capture and sending
- Local video recording
- Event push notifications
- Remote recorder settings adjustment
- Two-way audio communication
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Use Speco Blue to access Speco Technologies' NR and HR models of recorders for the following: - Live view of all channels - Playback of previously recorded video and audio - Take and send snapshots of any channel - Record video to your local device - Receive push notifications of events and tap to directly view on Speco Blue - Change certain remote settings of your recorder - 2-Way audio communication - Analytics search of recordings from NR recorders
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speco Blue at 3.1 against AVY Mobile CVMS's 2.3. Speco Blue also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 15%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Speco Blue holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 102 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of AVY Mobile CVMS's written reviews are positive against 47% of Speco Blue's.
AVY Mobile CVMS ships an update every 3 months, Speco Blue every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | AVY Mobile CVMS | Speco Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (124 ratings) | 3.1 (102 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 102 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AVYCON | Components Specialties, Inc |
Customer experience
AVY Mobile CVMS
Speco Blue
Bugs and requests
AVY Mobile CVMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speco Blue
Reported bugs
29 issues- Menu comes and goes at will
- Buttons to view camera or review past footage cease to function
- Defaults to unviewable substream settings
- App keeps crashing on iPhone 14 Pro and 13
- Connection of NVR server loses signal randomly
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- Constantly crashing, not able to connect, unexplained logouts
- Bugs and issues with iOS 17, consistently crashing
- App crashes immediately when trying to add a location on iPhone 15 Pro
- App crashes every time you turn to landscape mode on iOS 17
- Can't access camera during business on new iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App keeps freezing and crashes if you go to landscape mode
- Logs you out anytime then you have to reset all over again
- When watching a camera, it downgrades resolutions
- Event notifications not working with iOS 16.5.1
- App is not compatible with iPad operating system 16.3
- Cannot play back anything, playback shows black screen with 'camera not connected'
- Playback is sketchy and sluggish, implodes every few minutes
- App is unusable on iPad OS 16 with Stage Manager
- App struggles with switching from portrait to landscape mode on iPad
- App icons in the top left and right corners are hard to access due to stretched view on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- New update dislikes auto resolution function where app lowers camera viewing resolution
- App crashes any time I try to view more than five cameras
- App is the biggest battery drain ever
- App does not work well on iPhone 13
- App crashed after less than 2 months
- Cannot get app to work to view live feed and recorded
- Cannot see anything with the new orange colors on intelligence view playback
- App will not connect to the NVR after a power outage until you reboot NVR, generate a new QR code and reconfigure app
- Nothing works when needed most
Requested features
14 requests- Allow admin access from app for editing settings and receiving motion notifications
- Improve default substream settings for Speco profile
- Allow changing notification sound
- Implement full setting configurations in the app (like on NVR)
- Improve UX/UI design to match competitors
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- Make app work in landscape mode on iPad
- Create an iPad-specific version that utilizes screen real estate
- Remove auto resolution function
- Optimize for new iPhones (dynamic island)
- Allow viewing notifications in the app without push notifications
- Improve fast forward speed in playback
- Fix playback slowing down
- Allow viewing more than five cameras without crashing
- Reduce battery drain
In-app purchases
AVY Mobile CVMS
No in-app purchases
Speco Blue
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AVY Mobile CVMS free?
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