GWView vs VideoLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GWView
Monitor live video streams from surveillance devices. Record, play back, and manage video footage remotely. Control PTZ cameras and capture snapshots.
- Push notifications
- Live video streaming
- Video recording and playback
- Remote video playback
- Snapshot capture
- PTZ control
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GWView is a surveillance software, which support Push Notification, live video stream, video record and playback, video remote playback, snapshots and PTZ control, etc.
VideoLink
Remotely connect and manage your home's intelligent webcams and video recorders. View real-time video, capture footage, record, and communicate with two-way audio. Receive intelligent alarm notifications for enhanced home security.
- Remote camera connection
- Real-time video viewing
- Video recording
- Voice call and intercom
- Intelligent alarm push
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VideoLink is a tool application for remotely connecting and managing home intelligent webcam, intelligent video recorder and other products. It can uniformly manage security products in the WIFI or mobile network environment, and can realize real-time video viewing, capture, video recording, voice call, real-time intercom, intelligent alarm push and other functions
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Verdict
GWView and VideoLink both sit at 1.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of GWView's written reviews are positive against 5% of VideoLink's. GWView also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). VideoLink's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 5). On price, rating, ads 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 — 1.8 for GWView against 1.8 for VideoLink. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VideoLink has 40 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of GWView's written reviews are positive against 5% of VideoLink's.
| Parameter | GWView | VideoLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 1.8 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 5.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GW Security Inc | 强 李 |
Customer experience
GWView
VideoLink
In-app purchases
GWView
No in-app purchases
VideoLink
No in-app purchases
