PRO8 vs Defender Empower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PRO8
Monitor your fleet in real-time with live video feeds, tracking, and system alerts. Capture snapshots, create video clips, and play back recordings directly from your mobile device.
- Live video view
- Live vehicle tracking
- System alerts
- Snapshots
- Quick video clipping
- Video playback
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PRO8 provides real-time insight into your fleet of any size and any vehicle type, when your fleet is equipped with Vulcan™ Series mobile video surveillance systems and PRO 8 Central Management System™. Created by AngelTrax, an innovative developer of in-vehicle video surveillance solutions, PRO8CMS is a server-based central management system and offers numerous capabilities for managing your fleet’s Vulcan Series video. The PRO8 mobile app allows these common features of PRO8CMS for use on your mobile device: live view, live tracking, system alerts, snapshots, quick video clipping and playback. The live view feature provides real-time camera views from vehicles in the field. With live tracking, view your vehicles on the map as they travel. System alerts can be sent via text message or email for driver-operated panic button events, geo-fence breaches and for other user-selectable events. Take snapshots from video, make video clips, playback video and record video to your phone. AngelTrax is a leading designer, manufacturer and provider of high-definition in-vehicle mobile surveillance for the student transit, mass transit, waste management, fleet, law enforcement and rail industries. AngelTrax drives the market with state-of-the-art products, including Vulcan™ Series MDVRs, patented Hybrid Component™ MNVRs, IP cameras, high-definition cameras, live view, live tracking, driver behavior management and patented Virtual Synchronized Mapping™ technology.
Defender Empower
Stay connected with your home or business from anywhere. This app allows you to view live feeds, review recorded footage, and receive instant motion detection alerts. You can also easily share important clips and customize recording schedules.
- Live video streaming
- Recorded footage playback
- Motion detection alerts
- Footage sharing
- Customizable recording schedules
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Join the community of families and businesses that choose Defender to stay connected, anywhere, anytime. With the Defender Empower App: - LIVE: Check-in on what’s happening, anytime - PLAYBACK: Easily watch recorded footage - NOTIFICATIONS: Receive instant alerts when motion is detected - SHARE: Save and share footage, whether it’s funny or suspicious - SCHEDULE: Customize your recording schedule to fit your lifestyle and needs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PRO8 at 5.0 against Defender Empower's 4.6. PRO8 also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Defender Empower's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 16 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.
PRO8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Defender Empower has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PRO8 ships an update every 16 months, Defender Empower every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PRO8 | Defender Empower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 39.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AngelTrax | Empowerment Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
PRO8
Defender Empower
Bugs and requests
PRO8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Defender Empower
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cameras randomly going offline
- App not showing all camera feeds
- Playback not working as expected
- Notifications not triggering consistently
Requested features
4 requests- Add two-way audio capability
- Improve playback and recording functionality
- Provide PC/desktop app support
- Enhance motion detection and alerts
In-app purchases
PRO8
No in-app purchases
Defender Empower
No in-app purchases
