CTRONICS vs Yes iHome
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
Yes iHome
Monitor your home security 24/7 with this app that connects to your cameras. Receive alerts, review recorded footage, and gain peace of mind through simplified home security management.
- 24/7 home monitoring
- Alarm notifications
- Video playback
- Connects to security cameras
- Peace of mind
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Yes iHome is a security camera app that connects to your cameras, offering features such as 24/7 home monitoring, alarms, and video playback. Simplifying home security for your peace of mind. App Purchase Agreement --- https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yes iHome at 84% against CTRONICS's 37%. Yes iHome also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.6). CTRONICS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 35) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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. Yes iHome sells 35 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. CTRONICS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yes iHome holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of CTRONICS's written reviews are positive against 84% of Yes iHome's.
CTRONICS ships an update every 6 weeks, Yes iHome every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | CTRONICS | Yes iHome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (60 ratings) | 3.5 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 21 |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 261 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED | 永 王 |
Customer experience
CTRONICS
Yes iHome
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
Yes iHome
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
Yes iHome
- Cloud storage single device$5.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-month-1$6.991 Month
- Al Subscription 3 Devices$6.991 Month
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- Cloud AI Month Event 1 Device$6.991 Month
- cam plus-month-as-1-c$8.991 Month
- CloudSubscriptionEvent2Devices$8.991 Month
- Al Subscription 4 Devices$8.991 Month
- AI Subscription 5 Devices$10.991 Month
- Al Subscription 10 Devices$10.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 2 Device$10.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 3 Device$15.991 Month
- 10 cloud storage units$16.991 Month
- Trail Camera Monthly Basic Plan V1$19.991 Month
- 4G$19.991 Month
- 4G 1 unit 1 Month for US$19.991 Month
- Cloud Al Month Event 4 Device$20.991 Month
- sub1_event_m_30_10_cloud_ai_v4$20.991 Month
- 4G-CLOUD-M$25.991 Month
- Cloud AI Month Event 5 Device$25.997 Days
- 4G-CLOUD-AI-M2$27.991 Month
- Trail Camera Monthly Plus Plan V1$29.991 Month
- 4G + cloud Monthly 1 unit US$29.991 Month
- 4G 2 unit 1 Month for US$37.991 Month
- 4G-S$55.993 Months
- 4G 3 unit 1 Month for US$56.991 Month
- 4G + cloud Monthly 2 unit US$56.991 Month
- cam basic 30days-year-1$69.991 Year
- Trail Camera Quarterly Plus Plan V1$79.993 Months
- 4G-10$79.991 Month
- 4G-CLOUD-HY$129.996 Months
- 4G-CLOUD-AI-HY$159.996 Months
- cam basic 30days-year-5$199.991 Year
- 4G Season 1 Device For US$55.99
- Cloud AI Year Event 1 Devices$69.99
- 4G + cloud Season For US$85.99
