DVR Tool vs PTVAS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DVR Tool
This tool helps investigators manage video evidence from surveillance systems. It accounts for time discrepancies and allows for the export of detailed PDF reports.
- Track video time offsets
- Assist investigators
- Handle incorrect time settings
- Export detailed PDF reports
- Share reports
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This tool is to assist investigators with keeping track of video retrieved from surveillance systems including the time offsets commonly encountered due to incorrect time settings. A detailed PDF report can be exported and shared.
PTVAS
This mobile application provides remote access to a video management platform. It allows users to view live footage, play back recorded videos, download content, and manage events from a local network or remote server.
- Real-time video preview
- Video playback
- Video download and storage
- Event viewing
- Action linkage
- Remote viewing
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PTVAS is a mobile software of Packetalk management platform PTVAS Enterprise. It can not only connect the local LAN and remote server, but also provide versatile functions including real-time preview, video playback, video download and storage, event viewing and action linkage, realizing the supporting functions of the lite video management platform for remote viewing on mobile terminal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PTVAS at none against DVR Tool's shown. PTVAS also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). DVR Tool's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DVR Tool against 5.0 for PTVAS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DVR Tool has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DVR Tool ships an update every 2 months, PTVAS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DVR Tool | PTVAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Hyla | Packetalk LLC |
Customer experience
DVR Tool
PTVAS
In-app purchases
DVR Tool
No in-app purchases
PTVAS
No in-app purchases
