HomeView Pro vs CamView Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeView Pro
Remotely view and control your IP cameras from your iPhone or iPad. This app offers real-time video and audio monitoring, motion detection with push notifications, and remote playback capabilities. It supports PTZ control for indoor cameras and light control for outdoor cameras.
- Real-time video and audio monitoring
- Remote PTZ control
- Motion detection and push notifications
- Two-way audio communication
- Remote playback of recordings
- Control camera lighting
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HomeView Pro is a customized APP for use with our IP Cameras. With this APP, you can remotely view and control your IP camera by using iphone or ipad. The use of advanced P2P technology makes our IP camera truly plug and play. It supports remote PTZ control of our indoor IP camera and also controls the lighting on our outdoor IP camera with integrated LED light. Features: 1. Real time video and audio monitoring 2. Camera accessible through 3G and WiFi 3. Supports iphone and ipad (iOS 7.0 and later) 4. Motion Detection and Push Notification supported 5. Auto and Manual recording 6. Remote playback 7. Two-way audio 8. Remote control for setting lights 9. Supports downloading recording files to cell phone/tablet
CamView Smart
This application connects to P2P IP camera series for remote viewing. It allows users to monitor their cameras from their mobile devices.
- P2P IP camera connection
- Remote viewing
- Mobile monitoring
- Camera series support
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This app is specially built for P2P IP camera series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HomeView Pro at 5.0 against CamView Smart's 3.0. HomeView Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
HomeView Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HomeView Pro | CamView Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 561 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frank Zhang | 宗强 刘 |
Customer experience
HomeView Pro
CamView Smart
In-app purchases
HomeView Pro
No in-app purchases
CamView Smart
No in-app purchases
Questions
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