CTRONICS vs Cococam
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
Cococam
Monitor your home, office, or business in real-time or review past footage. Receive instant alarm notifications to address concerns quickly. Share live feeds with loved ones for added peace of mind.
- Real-time screen monitoring
- Historical video viewing
- Emergency alarm notifications
- Screen sharing
- Two-way audio intercom
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“COCOCAM” is an APP which committed to providing video service. You can easily check your apartment,villa,shop,factory and office’s real-time or historical video by using “COCOCAM” APP; You can recept the alarm message you concerned anytime and take measures immediately; Keep watching on your house and factory, keep you away from annoyance and loss. Main functions: 1.Monitoring real-time screen 2.Viewing historical video 3.Sending emergency alarm message 4.Sharing screen with friends and family 5.Two-way audio intercom A tiny choice,a huge change. Subscription paid users and privacy agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ http://meari-hz.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/common/app/privacy/82/en/Privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cococam at 89% against CTRONICS's 37%. Cococam also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6). CTRONICS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 62) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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. Cococam sells 49 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CTRONICS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cococam holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of CTRONICS's written reviews are positive against 89% of Cococam's.
CTRONICS ships an update every 6 weeks, Cococam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTRONICS | Cococam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (60 ratings) | 4.6 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED | FANGLIN TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
CTRONICS
Cococam
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
Cococam
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent value for money
- 📸 High image quality
- 🔋 Solar power efficiency
- 📱 Easy to use app
- 🔌 Simple installation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection drops
- ⏳ Slow live stream buffering
- ⚠️ Missed motion alarms
- ☁️ Cloud storage is expensive
- 🔌 Requires frequent charging
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
Cococam
Reported bugs
6 issues- Connection drops
- App requires restart to delete messages
- Firmware update fails
- Notifications sometimes not received
- Camera shows offline when connected
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- Cannot create an account (password field issue)
Requested features
8 requests- Cheaper app subscription
- Add dark mode
- Add sound detection (barking)
- Ability to zoom and track detected person
- Adjustable cord length
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- Optional solar charger
- Ability to connect multiple phones simultaneously
- More clarity on SIM card and SD card usage
In-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
Cococam
- AI Subscription 1 Device$2.991 Month
- AI-m-as-1-c$3.991 Month
- cam 7days-m-as-1-c duo-p$3.991 Month
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- cam basic 7days-month-1$3.991 Month
- cam basic 7days-month-as-1-c$4.991 Month
- cam 30days-m-as-1-c duo-p$4.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-1$4.991 Month
- One Camera for 30 days Cloud$4.991 Month
- AI Subscription 3 Devices$5.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device$5.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-as-1-c$6.991 Month
- cam plus-month-1$6.991 Month
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- Cloud AI Month Event 2 Device$9.991 Month
- Traffic reduction3 variants$11.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-3$14.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-2-cc$17.991 Month
- Traffic reduction2 variants$17.991 Month
- European 4G Data + Cloud3 variants$17.991 Month
- 4G-1c$19.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 4 Device$19.991 Month
- Traffic reduction3 variants$19.991 Month
- 4G-CLOUD-M-duo$25.991 Month
- 4G-C-M$25.991 Month
- 4G-CLOUD-AI-M2-duo$27.991 Month
- 4G-C-AI-M2$27.991 Month
- Traffic reduction3 variants$27.991 Month
- European 4G traffic + cloud$35.991 Month
- European4G data package10units$39.991 Month
- 2 traffic cloud storage price2 variants$39.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-year-as-1-c$49.991 Year
- European 4G traffic + cloud$53.991 Month
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- cam plus-year-1$69.991 Year
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- 4G-C-AI-S$80.993 Months
- 3 traffic cloud storage price$83.991 Month
- 10 traffic cloud storage price$111.991 Month
- Traffic reduction$11.99
- Traffic reduction$32.99
- Cloud Year Event 1 Device$49.99
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- Traffic reduction$49.99
- Traffic reduction$56.99
- Traffic reduction$77.99
- Traffic reduction2 variants$99.99
- Traffic reduction$129.99
- Traffic reduction$159.99
