Yale View vs ContactSafe App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yale View
View live and recorded video from compatible DVR systems on your smartphone or tablet. Monitor up to four cameras simultaneously, receive activity alerts, and capture photos or video clips directly within the app. Remote access is available via Wi-Fi or cellular data.
- Multi-channel viewing (up to 4 cameras)
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded footage
- Activity detection notifications
- Capture photos and video clips
- Supports specific Yale CCTV systems
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Features: · Multi-Channel Viewing with up to 4 cameras on your screen simultaneously · Live Video streaming from your DVR directly to your Smartphone or Tablet device anytime, anywhere when connected to Wifi, 3G or 4G. · Playback recordings from your DVR · Receive notifications when your DVR detects activity · Take photos and video clips in the app from live and recorded video · Supports SV-4C Wired Kit, SV-4C WiFi Kit and SV-8C Kit CCTV Systems, SV-DB Outdoor WiFi Cameras, and SV-DAFX-W/SV-DAFX-W_EU All-in-one Cameras Please Note: • Other manufactures DVR’s ARE NOT supported by the App. • This app uses a data stream that will connect to your DVR via Wifi or 3G/4G. When using 3G/4G connection you mobile phone service provider will likely consider the video footage from your DVR as “downloads” and will contribute to any download usage and limits your mobile phone data plan you have. If you exceed your plan limits you may incur further additional charges. Please consult your service provider regarding the use of video streaming and the impact this may have on your data allowances. Yale will not be responsible for any charges you may incur for usage of this App.
ContactSafe App
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ContactSafe is a private address book of its own. It sits beside your phone's contacts rather than inside them, and everything you add stays on your device. WHAT YOU CAN ATTACH TO A CONTACT • Notes — write them, print them, or share them straight from the app • Files — photos, videos, audio, PDFs, scanned documents, anything • Folders — arrange a person's files, and give a folder its own cover image • Websites — save a link and reopen it any time • Locations — several named addresses per person (Home, Office, Summer house), each shown on a map • Projects — visits, calls and deadlines, with the people involved and the place pinned PROJECTS Give a project a start and an end, add the people involved, pin the addresses you collected from Maps, and keep its own notes and files with it. A reminder arrives an hour before it begins. Finished projects are archived rather than deleted. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account, no cloud, no sync — there is nothing to sign up for • Nothing you add here appears in your phone's contacts app, and nothing is synced anywhere • No analytics and no third-party trackers • Works fully offline. Only the map previews and address lookup use the network LOCKED • Passcode and Face ID / Touch ID, with auto-lock after a delay you choose FIND ANYTHING • One search across contacts, files, notes and projects at once • Phone numbers are matched by their digits, so it finds the number however you type it • Projects can be found by their address or description, not only by name BRINGING YOUR DATA IN • Read people in from your phone's address book — nothing is written back • Move everything across from the previous ContactSafe app, on the device, files included YOURS TO KEEP • Back up everything — contacts, files, notes and projects — as a single file you keep yourself • Restore it on any iPhone • Export any contact as a vCard FIFTEEN LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish and Mongolian. Made in Germany by Heinrich Leifeld GmbH.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ContactSafe App at daily against Yale View's every 4 months. Yale View's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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.
Yale View ships an update every 4 months, ContactSafe App daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yale View | ContactSafe App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Assa Abloy Ltd | Heiner Leifeld GmbH |
Bugs and requests
Yale View
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes when viewing saved videos
- Loading stuck at 99% with playback errors
- Freezing during live stream or playback
- Motion detection triggering on day/night transitions
- Timeline out of sync with actual recording time
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- WiFi connection failures during setup
- QR code recognition issues
- Sound response timeout during pairing
- Notifications not working or inconsistent
- App logs out users when another device logs in
- Recording in SD quality despite HD setting
- Push notifications failing on some devices
- Help tips appearing on every app launch
- Unable to clear notifications within app
- Incompatibility with iOS 18
- Export functionality failing
- Touch ID not working on some devices
- Memory corruption alerts at specific times
- Cannot format SD card via app
- Video playback not syncing with notifications
Requested features
15 requests- Multiple simultaneous user logins
- Flexible video playback scrubbing (not just hourly)
- Dark mode for the app
- Integrated single app for all Yale products
- Faster video loading and playback
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- Time-lapse or variable playback speed
- Cloud backup option
- Better notification management
- iPad-optimized version
- Manual night mode control
- Easier video deletion and management
- Ad-hoc monitoring without scheduling
- Better integration with smart home systems
- Improved detection region setup with better instructions
- Dropbox or cloud storage integration
ContactSafe App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yale View
No in-app purchases
ContactSafe App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Yale View free?
Is ContactSafe App free?
Do Yale View or ContactSafe App have ads?
Which is updated more often, Yale View or ContactSafe App?
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