HikCentral Mobile vs EZView CIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HikCentral Mobile
Access and manage HikCentral Professional features remotely from your mobile device. View live feeds, playback recordings, and receive alarm notifications for connected devices. Requires iOS 14.0 or higher.
- Remote site access
- Live view
- Remote playback
- Alarm notifications
- Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G network support
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HikCentral Mobile software is installed on the iOS 16.0 or higher version mobile platform. It gets access to the HikCentral Professional, via Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G network, and fulfills the functions of the devices connected to the HikCentral Professional, such as Remote Site, Live view, Remote playback, Receive Alarm Notice and so on.
EZView CIS
Access and manage Uniview surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video, receive alarms, and control cloud devices from your mobile phone.
- Remote access to Uniview surveillance
- Live video viewing
- Recorded video playback
- Alarm notifications
- Cloud device management
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EZView CIS is a mobile surveillance app. With this app you can access Uniview surveillance products through network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HikCentral Mobile at 4.7 against EZView CIS's 1.0. HikCentral Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (276 vs 1). EZView CIS's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HikCentral Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HikCentral Mobile has 276 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HikCentral Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, EZView CIS every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HikCentral Mobile | EZView CIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (276 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 276 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明军 顾 | Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
HikCentral Mobile
EZView CIS
In-app purchases
HikCentral Mobile
No in-app purchases
EZView CIS
No in-app purchases
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