camvip vs CamView Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
camvip
Monitor your camera devices in real-time from your mobile phone. View surveillance footage, record videos, and capture screenshots. Receive alerts and manage device settings remotely.
- Real-time camera monitoring
- Remote video recording
- Screenshot capture
- Local video saving
- Device ID addition
- Mobile detection alerts
- Remote push notifications
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Camvip is an app for real-time monitoring of camera devices with mobile phones. It can view surveillance images anytime and anywhere, record and shoot videos and capture screen photos and save them locally. Adding the device through the unique ID number of the device, as well as the device monitoring mobile detection and alarm function, receiving messages through remote push function.
CamView Smart
This application connects to P2P IP camera series for remote viewing. It allows users to monitor their cameras from their mobile devices.
- P2P IP camera connection
- Remote viewing
- Mobile monitoring
- Camera series support
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This app is specially built for P2P IP camera series.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CamView Smart at 3.0 against camvip's 1.8. camvip's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CamView Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: camvip has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
camvip ships an update every 2 weeks, CamView Smart every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | camvip | CamView Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (32 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 561 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 浩 余 | 宗强 刘 |
Customer experience
camvip
CamView Smart
In-app purchases
camvip
No in-app purchases
CamView Smart
No in-app purchases
