Trail Cam vs TrailCam Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail Cam
Control your wild camera remotely via smartphone. Adjust settings, view photo/video thumbnails, download, delete, and share files. Monitor battery and memory status, and even capture live images.
- Remote camera parameter settings
- View photo/video thumbnails
- Download, playback, delete files
- Share media files
- Live image capture
- Battery and memory status
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APP main functions: Use the remote control to turn on the wild camera. Open the APP on smartphone, after connecting to camera successfully, users can do below operations on APP without removing the wild camera. 1. Set the menu parameters of wild camera remotely. (The settings on APP and in wild camera is mutual synchronization.) 2. View the thumbnails of all photo and video files on the TF card taken by the camera directly. 3. Download,playback,delete and share the photo and video files. 4. Show one image that the lens view at present, and can refresh and save the current image. 5. Show important information statistics, such as the the battery level,memory card used capacity,memory card available capacity and number of recorded files. Wild camera main functions: 1.Ultra lower power to standby. 2.After connecting WIFI, the file download speed peak is up to 1.5MB/S at a short distance. 3.Super fast trigger shooting with 0.2 seconds. 4.Support external TF car, up to 512GB. 5.With features of time-lapse recording,target recording time,endless capture and so on.
TrailCam Mobile
Manage your 4G LTE and Wi-Fi trail cameras with this intuitive application. Program your devices, view and save captured media, and remotely request new photos or videos. Offers live streaming for Wi-Fi cameras to check positioning and field of view.
- Program trail cameras
- View, save, and delete photos/videos
- Remotely request media (cellular)
- Live stream video (Wi-Fi)
- Manage multiple cameras
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TrailCam Mobile is a matching app for 4G LTE and Wi-Fi trail cameras. The interface and operation of this app are quite simple, even for a new user. It’s a powerful app that can manage multiple cameras. You can use it to 1) program camera; 2) view/save/delete photos and videos; 3) remotely request pictures and videos (for cellular trail cameras only); 4) Check camera position and field of view with live stream video (for Wi-Fi trail cameras only). Notice: Wi-Fi trail camera can’t connect to home router.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrailCam Mobile at 74% against Trail Cam's 8%. TrailCam Mobile also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (73 vs 22). Trail Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
TrailCam Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Trail Cam's written reviews are positive against 74% of TrailCam Mobile's.
Trail Cam ships an update every 2 months, TrailCam Mobile every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Trail Cam | TrailCam Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (22 ratings) | 4.9 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GD Digital Limited | 峰 刘 |
Customer experience
Trail Cam
TrailCam Mobile
Bugs and requests
Trail Cam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TrailCam Mobile
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot delete photos
- Live view not connecting
- Download functionality broken
- App sync issues with high photo volume
- Time zone selection incorrect for Australia
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- Videos reappear after deletion
Requested features
5 requests- Add Australian time zones
- Improve photo deletion functionality
- Allow deletion of photos from servers
- Clarify photo access permissions
- Fix time zone synchronization issues
In-app purchases
Trail Cam
No in-app purchases
TrailCam Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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