CTRONICS vs HDlivecam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CTRONICS
Stream live video from your camera and capture still images directly from the feed. Remotely control your camera's functions for a seamless viewing and recording experience.
- Watch online video
- Catch photos on video
- Control the camera
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1.watch the on line video 2.catch the photo on video 3.control the camera
HDlivecam
This app transforms your device into a remote surveillance camera for home or business monitoring. It offers one-button arming, intelligent warnings, and secure cloud storage for recorded footage, ensuring your privacy is protected.
- Remote surveillance camera
- One-button arming
- Intelligent warning system
- Cloud file storage
- Privacy protection
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HDlivecam is a smart connected wireless remote surveillance camera, remote home, look at the store, see the company, one-button arming, intelligent warning; file cloud storage, never lost, highly protected personal privacy, is an all-weather smart wireless The internet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CTRONICS at 2.6 against HDlivecam's 1.8. CTRONICS also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 10%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). 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.
CTRONICS holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 163 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of CTRONICS's written reviews are positive against 10% of HDlivecam's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTRONICS | HDlivecam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (60 ratings) — better | 1.8 (163 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better | 9.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 163 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED | 志强 刘 |
Customer experience
CTRONICS
HDlivecam
User reviews
CTRONICS
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well with cameras
- 👍 Great motion capture
- 👍 Easy setup for some
- 👍 Good camera quality
- 👍 Added joystick movement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Video inversion issues
- 🐛 Playback problems
- 🐛 Authentication issues
- 🐛 Connection difficulties
- 🐛 Poor customer support
HDlivecam
From 163 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works great
- 🔒 Secure app
- 👍 Good app
- 👍 Responsive app
- 👍 Clear images
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Unreliable
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 🐛 Doesn't work
Bugs and requests
CTRONICS
Reported bugs
67 issues- Video seems to be inverted
- Turning iPad does the opposite in landscape
- App in portrait but wrong way round
- Video is landscape but upside down in portrait
- None of the 8 cameras show video in playback
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- Downloaded videos still don't play
- App no longer works with modern authentication
- Device have many faults
- Motion sense all over the place
- Highlight an area & it motion senses the whole screen
- Smart humanoid detection doesn't work
- Notifications don't work
- App not talking to the cameras
- Won't let me erase SD card data
- Video stays vertical when mirroring iPhone to TV
- App doesn't actually turn horizontal
- App works well if you have set it up correctly
- Since iOS 15 update, no more notifications
- Cannot connect, stopped working
- Stuck loading
- View is sideways on Macbook or iPad
- Video stays vertical and doesn’t change to horizontal
- App doesn’t actually turn horizontal
- Network anomalies after connecting to live camera
- Only watch few hours back video
- More than 6 hours old videos do not play or download
- Camera stopped responding
- Camera simply does not wake up
- Camera doesn’t connect to WIFI anymore
- Notifications stopped working after upgrade to IOS 15.2.1
- CCTV system has stopped working after uploading version 15.0.2
- System will load but no CCTV coverage
- Night video doesn’t work
- Alarm recording time is shorter
- Human recognition sensing records in blocks of 14 seconds
- Email settings not an option for all camera models
- Very difficult to connect
- Unable to share to another device or person
- First device did not work anymore after connecting to second device
- Camera was easy to configure alongside the app
- Can't watch none of the video captured on my motion detector online
- Simply will not connect from the app to the camera
- Keep having to reset both cameras and go through setup again every day or so
- App needs some changes
- App takes forever to receive any feedback
- App is too slow and frequently freezing
- Constant notification sounds
- Constant False notifications with no screen message
- Disable CTRONICS app stops false notifications
- Camera keeps dropping out about every 4-6 hrs
- After 1 week can't connect at all
- App was good but after the last update it takes more than twice as long to get the cameras online
- Camera seems to have a bad connection to router
- Sometimes it takes a time to load
- The app no longer sends notifications
- Barely works anymore
- App can’t find the camera
- After 13.5 update I have no push notifications
- Alarm and motion sensor notification doesn’t work
- Has to be very close to the modem, otherwise won’t connect
- New version has cam stuck in auto pan
- No control
- Application lente et bug souvent
- Always needing to be reset
- App doesn’t work anymore
- Crashing on iPhone 10 X
- Will not load on the iPhone 10X
Requested features
27 requests- Provide a video on YouTube for internet connection
- Add a feature to select all videos at once
- Improve video quality settings
- Allow longer recording times for motion triggers
- Add ability to set alarm off from live view
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- Provide a version for Apple Watch
- Make email settings available for all camera models
- Add custom alarm sound for iPhone
- Add arrows for continuous camera turning
- Improve motion detection accuracy
- Add smart humanoid detection improvements
- Allow for 24/7 recording
- Improve notification system
- Add ability to erase SD card data
- Fix video orientation issues on AirPlay
- Fix video orientation issues on Mac/iPad
- Allow users to download older videos
- Enable camera to change Wi-Fi without reset
- Allow sharing to another device or person
- Improve app speed and responsiveness
- Add option to select all videos for deletion
- Provide a DVD or website for setup instructions
- Add more seconds to motion alarm recordings
- Allow faster loading of cameras
- Add a button to set alarm off from live view
- Add a feature to download camera after deleting it
- Allow watching recorded videos at sped-up speeds
HDlivecam
Reported bugs
6 issues- Camera won't connect to WiFi
- App crashes when accessing SD card
- Can't download recordings without subscription
- App crashes after latest update
- Can't log in or create account
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- Camera goes offline randomly
Requested features
6 requests- Add reset button for camera
- Improve setup process
- Add support for hidden WiFi networks
- Improve cloud service and pricing
- Add option to disable onscreen alerts
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- Improve headphone audio support
In-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
HDlivecam
No in-app purchases
