CTRONICS vs Arkiv
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
Arkiv
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Arkiv is your smart, all-in-one document scanner and organizer — designed to keep your receipts, contracts, IDs, notes, and personal records neatly organized, easily searchable, and completely private. CAPTURE & DIGITIZE IN SECONDS Transform paper into crisp, high-quality digital documents with your camera. • Automatic Edge Detection: Automatically frames, crops, and enhances paper documents for sharp, readable results. • On-Device OCR Text Recognition: Recognizes text in scanned documents so you can find what you need instantly. • Multi-Page Scanning: Effortlessly capture multi-page documents, multi-receipt expenses, and agreements. EFFORTLESS ORGANIZATION & SEARCH Keep your life organized and find any file in seconds. • Custom Color Tags: Categorize documents with customizable tags like Taxes, Receipts, Medical, Identity, and Home. • Fast Search: Search across document titles, tags, and text content with instant results. • Universal Apple Experience: Seamlessly designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with native SwiftUI ergonomics. SIMPLE & FAST SHARING • Quick Export: Share clean PDFs or high-resolution images via AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or Files with one tap. • Cloud Sync: Keep your document vault seamlessly synced across your Apple devices. PEACE OF MIND WITH BUILT-IN PRIVACY Arkiv protects your most sensitive information quietly in the background: • Instant Biometric Lock: Unlock your vault securely in a fraction of a second using Face ID or Touch ID. • Private & Encrypted: Your files are encrypted locally on your device before storage. Only you hold the key. • Zero Tracking & No Ads: No data mining, no telemetry profiling, and no third-party ads. Your personal documents belong solely to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CTRONICS at 9.0 against Arkiv's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 ships an update every 6 weeks, Arkiv every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTRONICS | Arkiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (60 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED | Massimiliano Angelino |
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
Arkiv
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
Arkiv
No in-app purchases
