ESP rekorHD vs Serage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESP rekorHD
Manage your ESP CCTV system with this versatile video software. Access live feeds, record footage, and remotely search and play back recordings.
- Real-time live view
- Video recording
- Remote search
- Playback functionality
- CCTV system management
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The rekorHD APP is versatile video management software for your ESP CCTV system. It provides multiple functionality, including real-time live view, video recording, remote search and playback.
Serage
This surveillance software enables live video streaming, recording, and playback. It supports remote playback, snapshots, and PTZ control for comprehensive monitoring.
- Live video stream
- Video record and playback
- Video remote playback
- Snapshots
- PTZ control
- Apple Push Notification service support
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Serage is a surveillance software, which support Apple Push Notification service, support live video stream, video record and playback, video remote playback, snapshots and PTZ control, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Serage at 38% against ESP rekorHD's 0%. ESP rekorHD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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.
ESP rekorHD ships an update every 3 months, Serage every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESP rekorHD | Serage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 38.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elite Security Products (ESP) | gets security |
Customer experience
ESP rekorHD
Serage
Bugs and requests
ESP rekorHD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Serage
Reported bugs
23 issues- Fails to launch or freezes on iPhone.
- Rarely loads when launched, very poor performance.
- One camera loads, then freezes or goes offline when switching.
- Only wife can access the app after reinstallation.
- Live picture blacks out after several seconds.
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- Sound is terrible, with background noise and missed words.
- Slow initial loading speed for cameras.
- Crushes and goes off on mobile app, unable to see live or play recorded video.
- Mobile phone not working with the app.
- Footage recorded on phone never loads.
- Live video takes very long to load and display time is very less.
- App freezes and cuts off, cannot log in sometimes.
- Picture doesn't always load, sometimes freezes.
- Always offline and never seems to work.
- App doesn't work with mobile data, only WiFi.
- Lags, needs updating, slow and keeps disconnecting.
- Shows recording of the previous day, needs to be looked into.
- No facility to pick up motion on footage.
- When playing back, no ability to enter time, have to scroll from midnight.
- If app remains open in background, all cameras show offline.
- View fast forward/rewind function doesn't work.
- App doesn't show more than 1 day of recording.
- Works intermittently at best, very unreliable.
Requested features
9 requests- How to examine previous recordings at a fast pace?
- Need more user guide info, specifically how to snip a recording.
- Ability to pick up motion on footage to narrow down search.
- Ability to enter time when playing back recordings.
- Fix the issue where the app shows all cameras offline after being open in the background.
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- Improve numberplate recognition clarity.
- Provide a way to prevent the weekly wizard update from showing.
- Add a help or FAQ link within the app for saving/downloading video.
- Improve remote access reliability.
In-app purchases
ESP rekorHD
No in-app purchases
Serage
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ESP rekorHD free?
Is Serage free?
Do ESP rekorHD or Serage have ads?
Which is updated more often, ESP rekorHD or Serage?
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