Comparison

Illustra Tools vs Cloudless Cam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Illustra Tools

Features
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The Illustra Tools app allows Tyco customers to effortlessly install, configure & maintain Illustra Cameras · Configure ‘out of the box’ cameras wirelessly at the point of install (Illustra Wi-Fi dongle required) · Modify all picture settings · Upgrade Firmware · Configure Network settings · Store camera configuration details · Modify already installed camera Currently supports Illustra Flex3 series cameras

About

Cloudless Cam

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Watch the cameras you already own, on the network you already control. Cloudless Cam is a small, fast viewer for IP cameras that speak RTSP or ONVIF. There is no account to create, no cloud service in the middle, and no subscription. Video goes straight from your camera to your phone over your own Wi-Fi — and nowhere else. FINDS YOUR CAMERAS Scan your network and Cloudless Cam lists the ONVIF cameras it finds, reading their names straight off the devices. Cameras often live on their own VLAN, separate from your phone, so you can point the search at any network — just enter an address on it and the whole range is searched. ANY RTSP CAMERA Axis, Amcrest, Dahua, Hikvision, Reolink and the rest. If it speaks RTSP, paste the address and watch it. No vendor lock-in, and no need for the app that came in the box. ALL YOUR CAMERAS Every camera you add gets a card on the dashboard, with the last frame you saw on it. Tap a card to go live. One stream at a time, on purpose: the picture gets the whole phone, not a sixteenth of it. THE FULL PICTURE Plays the camera's main stream, not the low-resolution sub-stream, because a modern iPhone display deserves the real image. Tap once for full screen, or just turn your phone — landscape hands the entire screen to the video. Works on iPad too. LISTEN AND TALK Hear what the camera hears, with a tap. On cameras with a speaker, press and hold Talk to speak through it — two-way audio over ONVIF, with no cloud relay in between. PAN, TILT, ZOOM Press and hold to move any ONVIF PTZ camera. The controls stay hidden on cameras that cannot move, so nothing on screen is there to tease you. SNAPSHOTS Save the current frame straight to Photos. Permission is requested the first time you save — not at launch. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No ads. No pop-ups. No upsells. No "free trial" that turns out to gate every feature. The app is free, and that is the whole story. YOUR PASSWORDS STAY YOURS Camera credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain and are only ever sent to the camera at the address you entered. Saved addresses are kept without their passwords attached. Nothing is collected, nothing is analysed, and there is no server for anything to be sent to. WHAT THIS IS NOT This is a viewer, not a recorder and not a security system. It does not record, does not send alerts, and should not be relied on where a missed image could cause harm. It needs to be on the same network as your cameras — there is no remote access, and that is deliberate. PRIVACY AND TERMS Privacy Policy: https://blite.github.io/SwiftNVR/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://blite.github.io/SwiftNVR/terms/

Screenshots

Illustra Tools4 screens
Cloudless Cam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Illustra Tools at 11.0 against Cloudless Cam's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Illustra Tools versus Cloudless Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIllustra ToolsCloudless Cam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB19 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSensormatic Electronics LLCMichael Holloway

In-app purchases

None

Illustra Tools

No in-app purchases

None

Cloudless Cam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Illustra Tools free?
Illustra Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloudless Cam free?
Cloudless Cam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Illustra Tools or Cloudless Cam have ads?
Neither Illustra Tools nor Cloudless Cam shows ads.

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