GDMS vs DMSS HD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GDMS
This app offers centralized, secure management for Grandstream audio/video products. Administrators can easily add devices by scanning codes, configure accounts, upgrade firmware, and receive real-time alerts about device status.
- Scan code to add devices
- Configure accounts
- Upgrade device firmware
- Remote device start
- Real-time device monitoring
- Push alert messages
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GDMS mobile application provides centralized, secure and zero-operation management methods and solutions for Grandstream audio/video products users. The device administrators can work on mobile devices by scanning the codes to add devices, configure accounts/upgrade devices firmware quickly, and the alert messages can be pushed to mobile client. Including: 1. Scan code to add device: Support to scan the barcodes of a batch of devices to add the devices to GDMS platform. 2. Manage device: Support to configure accounts for devices, upgrade devices firmware, and start the devices remotely. 3. Monitor device in real-time: Push the device registration, abnormal status, alert messages to mobile management client.
DMSS HD
Monitor and manage your security devices remotely. View live feeds, playback recordings, and receive instant alerts. Configure and initialize devices like cameras and access controllers from your mobile device.
- Remote monitoring
- Video playback
- Push notifications
- Device initialization
- Remote configuration
- Cloud services
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DMSSHD is a mobile surveillance app with functions such as remote monitoring, video playback, push notifications, device initialization, and remote configuration. Devices such as IPC, NVR, XVR, VTO, doorbells, alarm hubs, and access controllers can be added. After logging to the account, you can use cloud services like cloud upgrade and so on. The app supports iOS 9.0 or later systems, and can be used with 3G/4G/Wi-Fi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GDMS at 4.7 against DMSS HD's 2.9. GDMS also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%) and device support (3 vs 1). DMSS HD's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
GDMS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of GDMS's written reviews are positive against 23% of DMSS HD's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GDMS | DMSS HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | 2.9 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 23.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 257 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grandstream | DongBin |
Customer experience
GDMS
DMSS HD
In-app purchases
GDMS
No in-app purchases
DMSS HD
No in-app purchases
