LaView Connect vs HSV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LaView Connect
Monitor your home and business surveillance systems remotely. View live feeds from compatible DVRs, NVRs, network cameras, and video doorbells. Ensure security and peace of mind from anywhere.
- Remote surveillance monitoring
- Supports DVR and NVR
- Compatible with network cameras
- Video doorbell support
- H.264 video codec support
- Live feed viewing
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LaView Connect is a mobile phone surveillance application to monitor your home and business surveillance cameras systems from remote locations. LaView Connect supports compatible LaView security and surveillance products, including DVR, NVR, as well as network cameras and video doorbell that support efficient H.264 video codec. LaView Connect supports the devices with following model number: WiFi IP Camera: LV-PC902F2-W LV-PWB2020-W LV-PWD50202-W LV-PWD50402-W LV-PW65382 LV-PWR302 LV-PDB1520F1
HSV
Manage Honeywell NVRs and connected cameras from your mobile device. Monitor live feeds, playback recordings, and control camera settings remotely. The app ensures secure, encrypted communication for peace of mind.
- Manage NVRs and cameras
- Live view monitoring
- Playback video recordings
- Change live view layouts
- Fisheye de-warping
- PTZ control
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The Honeywell Smart Viewer (HSV) App is a tool for customers to manage 35 series NVR and the cameras connected to the NVR from mobile devices including iPad®, iPod®, and iPhone®. Connection is ensured through LAN/IP and also global P2P service. The communication between HSV and NVR is encrypted. With HSV, users can monitor live view, playback video recording, change live view layouts, conduct fisheye camera de-warping and PTZ control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HSV at 67% against LaView Connect's 13%. LaView Connect's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (572 vs 10). 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.
LaView Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LaView Connect has 572 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of LaView Connect's written reviews are positive against 67% of HSV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LaView Connect ships an update every 2 months, HSV every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LaView Connect | HSV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (572 ratings) — better | 3.1 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 572 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 406 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LAVIEW EAGLE-EYE TECHNOLOGY INC. | Honeywell International, Inc. |
Customer experience
LaView Connect
HSV
Bugs and requests
LaView Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to view cameras
- Notifications not working or resetting properly
- Playback issues and inability to exit playback mode
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve camera management and admin controls
- Allow scheduling of motion alerts
- Improve playback and review functionality
HSV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LaView Connect
No in-app purchases
HSV
No in-app purchases
