CloudDVR vs Hik
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudDVR
Access and manage your DVR recordings remotely. View live feeds, capture footage, and playback recorded video and GPS tracks from your vehicle's DVR directly on your mobile device.
- Remote DVR preview
- Capture video and photos
- Operate DVR remotely
- Playback GPS track
- Manage phone files
- Monitor car GPS track
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CloudDVR is designed for DVR with 4G mobile network. [DVR]: Preview video from DVR camera, capture video or photo, operate DVR, playback map track of car. [Phone Files]: Files in cellphone, list files downloaded from DVR, including loop/locked and captured files, click to playback, select to share/delete. [Me]: Manage DVR thought cloud server, monitor or playback GPS track of your car.
Hik
This app offers comprehensive fleet management for businesses, enabling effective control of vehicle fleets. It allows for scanning and adding devices, real-time vehicle tracking, and robust alarm management.
- Scan and add devices
- Vehicle positioning monitoring
- Alarm management
- Small fleet management
- In-car terminal integration
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Hik Aware is a universal vehicle management app that provides enterprises with comprehensive small fleet management solutions. In conjunction with Hikvision Automotive Electronics' in car terminals, it achieves effective management of fleet vehicles. The main functions include: scanning and adding devices, vehicle positioning monitoring, and alarm management. Supporting devices: recorders, vehicle terminals
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CloudDVR at 2.6 against Hik's 1.0. CloudDVR also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 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.
CloudDVR holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudDVR has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of CloudDVR's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hik's.
CloudDVR ships an update monthly, Hik every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudDVR | Hik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (25 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN PROLINK NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. | hikvision |
Customer experience
CloudDVR
Hik
In-app purchases
CloudDVR
No in-app purchases
Hik
No in-app purchases
