Lorex Cloud vs Smonet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lorex Cloud
Access and manage your security camera system from anywhere. View live feeds, review recorded footage, and capture snapshots or video clips directly from your mobile device. Configure settings and receive important notifications for enhanced home security.
- Easy system setup and control
- Remote live video viewing
- Playback recorded video
- Record videos and take snapshots
- Configure system settings
- Push notifications
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With Lorex Cloud, you can: • Enjoy easy setup and control of your system • View live video from multiple cameras remotely • Playback recorded video to review events • Record videos or take snapshots directly from your iOS device • Configure system settings and push notifications • Enjoy professional-grade features Compatible with select Lorex Security Systems and HD Active Deterrence 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 in-app purchases: Lorex Cloud at none against Smonet's 10. Lorex Cloud also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 30 months). Smonet's advantage is rating (1.9 vs 1.6). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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 10 one-off in-app purchases. Lorex Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smonet holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lorex Cloud has 303 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of Lorex Cloud's written reviews are positive against 3% of Smonet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lorex Cloud ships an update every 6 months, Smonet every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lorex Cloud | Smonet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (303 ratings) | 1.9 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.8% of reviews — better | 3.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 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 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOREX TECHNOLOGY INC. | 皎 王 |
Customer experience
Lorex Cloud
Smonet
Bugs and requests
Lorex Cloud
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- Inability to add/connect cameras
- Blank or black camera feeds
- Incorrect time zone settings
- Incompatibility with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Improved camera view customization
- Better playback controls and timeline scrubbing
- Smart motion detection alerts
- Compatibility with newer iOS versions
- Regular app updates and bug fixes
Smonet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lorex Cloud
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 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
