RetroCams vs NetSee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RetroCams
Monitor your surveillance devices remotely using cloud technology. This app simplifies setup, allowing you to view your DVR or IPC from your iOS device with features like audio and online alarms.
- Cloud technology for easy setup
- Remote viewing of DVR/IPC
- Audio monitoring
- Online alarm notifications
- User-friendly interface
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Based on Cloud Technology, which enables users to use mobile surveillance without difficult setting like port forwarding any more! You just need to plug the DVR or IPC, then register in Cloud Server then you can view the device via iOS devices. Advanced Features: Audio, online alarm and other controling functions, User-friendly UI.
NetSee
Monitor your cloud cameras remotely with real-time video, playback, and recording. Receive alarm notifications and control PTZ functions. Enjoy HD video streaming with intelligent cloud technology.
- Real-time video monitoring
- Remote video playback
- Video recording and snapshot
- Alarm function
- HD video streaming
- PTZ control
- Video zoom-in
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NetSee is a free application for new generation cloud camera, it is used for remote video monitor. The app features are as below: 1.Users can check real time video and playback remotely any time,any place. 2.The app supports remote video recording and image snapshot. 3.The app supports alarm function. 4. With intelligent stream media cloud technology, 720p HD video can be real-time transferred. 5.Support video image zoom-in. 6.Users can record video manually on live video and playback video interface. And the video recorded manually can be checked on album. 7.The app can control PTZ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RetroCams at 3.0 against NetSee's 2.7. RetroCams also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). NetSee's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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.
RetroCams holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetSee has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of RetroCams's written reviews are positive against 20% of NetSee's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RetroCams ships an update every 2 months, NetSee every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | RetroCams | NetSee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 波 朱 | Beijing Ithink Imagination Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
RetroCams
NetSee
Bugs and requests
RetroCams
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NetSee
Reported bugs
45 issues- Camera will not bind with app
- Loses WiFi signal
- Half the cameras don't connect
- App doesn't connect
- Cannot connect cameras at new address/phone number
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- WiFi hacked along with cameras
- No video found when alerts are present
- Requests Chinese phone number for verification
- Phone speaker connection disabled for bonding tones
- App freezes
- Camera constantly offline
- App not connecting to cameras
- Cannot set up motion recording
- Cannot flip image if camera is upside down
- Cannot re-connect camera after power loss or removal from app
- Stubborn and difficult to reconnect to WiFi
- Motion detector too sensitive, records constantly
- Constant vibrate alert from motion detection
- App keeps freezing
- Camera always offline
- App unstable
- Update failure, does not sign in
- Cameras stopped connecting after update
- Cannot get through for support
- No iPhone X support
- Playback does not work
- Cannot scroll through recorded content
- App crashes frequently
- Cannot sign up, 'service busy'
- Does not respond to commands, very slow
- Camera going offline
- Sound wave linking issues
- App shows microphone icon for cameras without speakers
- Network Exception errors
- Won't log into account
- No motion detection level settings
- Cannot have motion alerts without alarm sounding
- Camera movement controls are near impossible/laggy
- Drops connection constantly
- Trouble logging in
- Buffering for a long time but never connects
- Email verification code not received
- App does not load camera
- Internet cannot connect, incorrect WiFi password message (when it's correct)
- Rotation problem, rotates more than expected
Requested features
15 requests- Automatically record on motion
- Improve motion detection sensitivity settings
- Option for silent alarm or less deafening tones
- Zone settings for motion detection
- Easier pan and zoom controls
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- Ability to set more than one alarm timed setting
- Support for iPad/tablet screens
- Improve camera movement controls
- Fix rotation issues
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Improve playback functionality (fast forward/rewind)
- Send notifications for motion detection
- Alarm to continue until no movement detected
- Direct sharing from alarm recording files
In-app purchases
RetroCams
No in-app purchases
NetSee
No in-app purchases
