Speco Blue vs Sicunet Credential
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speco Blue
Access and manage Speco Technologies' NR and HR recorders remotely. View live feeds, playback recordings, take snapshots, and receive event notifications. The app also allows for local recording and two-way audio communication.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded video and audio
- Snapshot capture and sending
- Local video recording
- Event push notifications
- Remote recorder settings adjustment
- Two-way audio communication
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Use Speco Blue to access Speco Technologies' NR and HR models of recorders for the following: - Live view of all channels - Playback of previously recorded video and audio - Take and send snapshots of any channel - Record video to your local device - Receive push notifications of events and tap to directly view on Speco Blue - Change certain remote settings of your recorder - 2-Way audio communication - Analytics search of recordings from NR recorders
Sicunet Credential
Manage and use digital credentials via Bluetooth to unlock doors and gates with your smartphone. This app offers secure, contactless entry, replacing traditional keys and access cards for offices, homes, and facilities.
- Manage digital credentials
- Bluetooth access control
- Contactless entry
- Secure access for doors and gates
- Smartphone as digital key
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The Sicunet Credential app revolutionizes access control by enabling you to manage and use digital credentials via Bluetooth. Replace traditional keys or access cards with the convenience of your smartphone for secure, contactless entry to doors or gates. With seamless setup, dual connectivity options, and enhanced security, this app delivers reliable access control for offices, homes, and secure facilities. Embrace the future of secure and effortless access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speco Blue at 3.2 against Sicunet Credential's 1.0. Speco Blue also leads on ratings volume (99 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). Sicunet Credential's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Speco Blue holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speco Blue has 99 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Speco Blue ships an update every 5 months, Sicunet Credential fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speco Blue | Sicunet Credential |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (99 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Components Specialties, Inc | Sicunet Inc |
Customer experience
Speco Blue
Sicunet Credential
Bugs and requests
Speco Blue
Reported bugs
29 issues- Menu comes and goes at will
- Buttons to view camera or review past footage cease to function
- Defaults to unviewable substream settings
- App keeps crashing on iPhone 14 Pro and 13
- Connection of NVR server loses signal randomly
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- Constantly crashing, not able to connect, unexplained logouts
- Bugs and issues with iOS 17, consistently crashing
- App crashes immediately when trying to add a location on iPhone 15 Pro
- App crashes every time you turn to landscape mode on iOS 17
- Can't access camera during business on new iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App keeps freezing and crashes if you go to landscape mode
- Logs you out anytime then you have to reset all over again
- When watching a camera, it downgrades resolutions
- Event notifications not working with iOS 16.5.1
- App is not compatible with iPad operating system 16.3
- Cannot play back anything, playback shows black screen with 'camera not connected'
- Playback is sketchy and sluggish, implodes every few minutes
- App is unusable on iPad OS 16 with Stage Manager
- App struggles with switching from portrait to landscape mode on iPad
- App icons in the top left and right corners are hard to access due to stretched view on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- New update dislikes auto resolution function where app lowers camera viewing resolution
- App crashes any time I try to view more than five cameras
- App is the biggest battery drain ever
- App does not work well on iPhone 13
- App crashed after less than 2 months
- Cannot get app to work to view live feed and recorded
- Cannot see anything with the new orange colors on intelligence view playback
- App will not connect to the NVR after a power outage until you reboot NVR, generate a new QR code and reconfigure app
- Nothing works when needed most
Requested features
14 requests- Allow admin access from app for editing settings and receiving motion notifications
- Improve default substream settings for Speco profile
- Allow changing notification sound
- Implement full setting configurations in the app (like on NVR)
- Improve UX/UI design to match competitors
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- Make app work in landscape mode on iPad
- Create an iPad-specific version that utilizes screen real estate
- Remove auto resolution function
- Optimize for new iPhones (dynamic island)
- Allow viewing notifications in the app without push notifications
- Improve fast forward speed in playback
- Fix playback slowing down
- Allow viewing more than five cameras without crashing
- Reduce battery drain
Sicunet Credential
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speco Blue
No in-app purchases
Sicunet Credential
No in-app purchases
Questions
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