XVRView vs TontonCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XVRView
Access and view live monitoring video from your connected device directly on your phone. Configure device settings remotely to enhance convenience and manage your surveillance needs.
- Remote video viewing
- Real-time monitoring
- Device configuration
- Convenience features
- Mobile access
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This app needs to be equipped with our device. Using this app allows you to view the monitoring video of a device at any time on the phone, and you can set up some configurations on the device to bring convenience to people's lives.
TontonCam
This application allows users to remotely monitor wireless IP cameras from their mobile devices. It utilizes advanced P2P technology for quick viewing of camera feeds and remote control of camera functions. Users can manage settings, receive detection updates, and ensure home security from anywhere.
- Remote IP camera monitoring
- Cloudlink P2P network transmission
- Remote camera control
- Media and security settings
- Detection updates
- PTZ control
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TontonCam is a mobile phone monitoring software, specially designed for wireless IP cameras. It uses advanced Cloudlink P2P network transmission technology. Through the phone App, you can quickly to view all the pictures which captured by the camera, send commands and control the camera remotely. You can know everything in your home anytime, anywhere. At the same time, TontonCam also provides media settings, security settings, storage settings, detection updates, display offline, camera lock, delete camera, PTZ control, etc., we committed to offer the most convenient monitor product for mobile user.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TontonCam at 3.6 against XVRView's 2.7. TontonCam also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). XVRView's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (11% vs 0%). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TontonCam holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: XVRView has 249 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of XVRView's written reviews are positive against 0% of TontonCam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
XVRView ships an update every 2 months, TontonCam every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XVRView | TontonCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (249 ratings) | 3.6 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晶晶 俞 | 八生 童 |
Customer experience
XVRView
TontonCam
Bugs and requests
XVRView
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login failures and account lockouts
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS devices
- Live preview not working consistently
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more camera models
- Improve remote access capabilities
- Implement faster video playback controls
- Provide better customer support
TontonCam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
XVRView
No in-app purchases
TontonCam
No in-app purchases
