Comparison

REI DVR Toolkit vs PRO8

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

REI DVR Toolkit

This app simplifies mobile DVR firmware programming, allowing users to easily configure and manage vehicle cameras and DVR settings via a touch screen device. It offers features like live video viewing, quality selection for downloads, and fault notifications for up to 12 cameras.

Highlights
  • User-friendly DVR programming
  • Live vehicle camera viewing
  • Video quality selection
  • Vehicle naming/ID assignment
  • Camera setup and control (up to 12)
  • Fault and notification settings
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We’ve taken the work out of your mobile DVR firmware programming by eliminating the manual process. REI’s new DVR Toolkit app provides user-friendly HD5 DVR programming via a touch screen tablet or mobile phone plus an REI DVR with Wi-Fi adapter. It’s revolutionary and couldn’t be easier! After downloading REI’s DVR Toolkit and connecting to your DVR, you’ll have access to: • Play video • View live from vehicle cameras • Select the quality/resolution of your video to be downloaded • Assign a name/ID to your vehicle • Set up cameras • Turn cameras on/off – up to 12 cameras • Set camera frame rates • Set time and date • Set fault indicators and beepers for notification of DVR, hard drive or camera issue • Set external record indictor to illuminate DVR’s exterior notification light for an alarm or fault • Configure start-up schedule and delayed turn-off • Play back video to confirm your configured DVR firmware is satisfactorily working according to your selections. REI’s DVR Toolkit is compatible with REI’s HD5 DVR family only. REI has extensive experience developing automotive-grade mobile electronics and fleet/passenger software systems in North and South America. Solutions include: mobile video surveillance, GPS tracking solutions, camera observation systems and audio/video equipment. REI prides itself on designing, manufacturing, and servicing customer friendly electronic products for the transit, school, motorcoach, shuttle, agriculture, and construction industries. Founded in 1938, REI continues its history of service, quality and value every day. Specify REI today: 800.228.9275 | radioeng.com

About

PRO8

Monitor your fleet in real-time with live video feeds, tracking, and system alerts. Capture snapshots, create video clips, and play back recordings directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Live video view
  • Live vehicle tracking
  • System alerts
  • Snapshots
  • Quick video clipping
  • Video playback
Features
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PRO8 provides real-time insight into your fleet of any size and any vehicle type, when your fleet is equipped with Vulcan™ Series mobile video surveillance systems and PRO 8 Central Management System™. Created by AngelTrax, an innovative developer of in-vehicle video surveillance solutions, PRO8CMS is a server-based central management system and offers numerous capabilities for managing your fleet’s Vulcan Series video. The PRO8 mobile app allows these common features of PRO8CMS for use on your mobile device: live view, live tracking, system alerts, snapshots, quick video clipping and playback. The live view feature provides real-time camera views from vehicles in the field. With live tracking, view your vehicles on the map as they travel. System alerts can be sent via text message or email for driver-operated panic button events, geo-fence breaches and for other user-selectable events. Take snapshots from video, make video clips, playback video and record video to your phone. AngelTrax is a leading designer, manufacturer and provider of high-definition in-vehicle mobile surveillance for the student transit, mass transit, waste management, fleet, law enforcement and rail industries. AngelTrax drives the market with state-of-the-art products, including Vulcan™ Series MDVRs, patented Hybrid Component™ MNVRs, IP cameras, high-definition cameras, live view, live tracking, driver behavior management and patented Virtual Synchronized Mapping™ technology.

Screenshots

REI DVR Toolkit4 screens
PRO83 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PRO8 at 5.0 against REI DVR Toolkit's 4.2. PRO8 also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). REI DVR Toolkit's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PRO8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: REI DVR Toolkit has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

REI DVR Toolkit ships an update every 6 months, PRO8 every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
REI DVR Toolkit versus PRO8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREI DVR ToolkitPRO8
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadio Engineering Industries Inc.AngelTrax

Customer experience

REI DVR Toolkit

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

PRO8

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

REI DVR Toolkit

No in-app purchases

None

PRO8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REI DVR Toolkit free?
REI DVR Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRO8 free?
PRO8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, REI DVR Toolkit or PRO8?
PRO8 is rated higher. REI DVR Toolkit averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while PRO8 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do REI DVR Toolkit or PRO8 have ads?
Neither REI DVR Toolkit nor PRO8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, REI DVR Toolkit or PRO8?
REI DVR Toolkit ships an update every 6 months, and PRO8 every 16 months. Most recently, REI DVR Toolkit was updated on September 20, 2026 and PRO8 on July 5, 2026.

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