Lorex Cirrus vs Smonet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lorex Cirrus
Access live video feeds from multiple cameras remotely. Receive instant alerts for detected activities and review recorded footage. Manually record video, take snapshots, and manage your security system settings.
- Live remote video viewing
- Instant push notifications
- Playback recorded video
- Manual video recording
- Snapshot capture
- Security system setup and control
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With Lorex Cirrus: -View live remote video from multiple cameras -Receive instant push notifications -Play back recorded video to review detected activities -Manually record video -Take snapshots to send from your device -Set up and control your security system Compatible with select Lorex Security Systems and select HD Wire-free solutions.
Smonet
This app provides 24-hour mobile remote video surveillance. It features a concise interface with multiple preview options, real-time video streaming, and controls for PTZ cameras. Users can also capture and preserve video recordings.
- 24-hour remote video surveillance
- Real-time video preview
- QR code scanning
- PTZ camera control
- Video capture and preservation
- Concise and fashionable interface
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Smonet—24-hour mobile remote video surveillance client. Interface style is concise and fashionable, multiple preview forms, real-time preview video stream, QR code scanning, PTZ control, video capture, video preservation... More Functionality, waiting for you to find, quickly download it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lorex Cirrus at 66% against Smonet's 3%. Lorex Cirrus also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). Smonet's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price and device support 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. Smonet sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Lorex Cirrus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lorex Cirrus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lorex Cirrus has 3.6K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Lorex Cirrus's written reviews are positive against 3% of Smonet's.
Lorex Cirrus ships an update every 5 months, Smonet every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lorex Cirrus | Smonet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.6K ratings) — better | 1.9 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 3.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOREX TECHNOLOGY INC. | 皎 王 |
Customer experience
Lorex Cirrus
Smonet
Bugs and requests
Lorex Cirrus
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cameras going offline randomly
- Push notifications not working
- Recordings not saving properly
- Blank screens when accessing cameras
- Compatibility issues with iOS 18 update
Requested features
6 requests- Add option to disable motion alerts
- Improve camera zoning functionality
- Provide remote reboot capability
- Allow selecting multiple cameras for playback
- Add time stamp scrubbing in playback
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- Improve app navigation and usability
Smonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lorex Cirrus
No in-app purchases
Smonet
- Past 3-day Event Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 30 day$4.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 30 day$5.99
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- Past 7-day Full Video 30 day$8.99
- Past 3-day Event Video 90 day$9.99
- Past 3-day Full Video 90 day$13.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 90 day$16.99
- Past 7-day Full Video 90 day$25.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 180 day$31.99
- Past 3-day Event Video 360 day$36.99
- Past 7-day Event Video 360 day$59.99
- Past 30-day Full Video 90 day$79.99
- Past 30-day Full Video 360 day$299.99
