IPVideo vs Phone IP Camera Surveillance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IPVideo
Access and manage your NVR, DVR, and IP cameras remotely. Monitor live feeds, control PTZ cameras, receive motion alerts, and review recordings from your mobile device.
- Remote live monitoring
- PTZ camera control
- Motion detection alerts
- Remote recording playback
- Two-way audio communication
- Digital zoom and focus
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IPVideo is the remote video application for NVR, DVR, and IP camera products. Features include remote live monitoring, digital output triggering, digital input alarm detection, camera motion detection, PTZ camera control, two-way audio communication to a camera, remote focus for auto focus camera, digital zoom. Remote playback feature can search recording for NVR or DVR. SD card recording of an IP camera can be searched and viewed. Motion and alarm events can be notified via Apple Push Notification Service. By clicking on the event, the event can be easily reviewed. PTZ features include preset recall, pan, tilt, and zoom for a PTZ, auto pan for patrol mode. More features such as camera groping views and matrix view with user authentications are supported. For compatibility with your device, please contact your hardware manufacturer or vendor.
Phone IP Camera Surveillance
Transform your phone into a remote surveillance camera for home, pets, or babies. Features motion detection with push notifications, remote audio control, and secure browser access from any device. Ideal for monitoring and anti-theft.
- Remote camera functionality
- Browser access from any device
- Video and audio feed
- Motion detection with push notifications
- Remote TTS (talk) feature
- Adjustable quality for slow connections
- Remote flash control
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Phone IP Camera lets you turn your device into a remove camera (IP Cam) in order to surveil, spy and check whatever you want, i.e. your house, your pet, your baby and similar. It is also a good anti-theft device thanks to its motion detection feature. Main features: - Turns your device into a remote camera; - Access the camera from any device through a browser*; - Video + Audio feed**; - Motion Detection: after a detection the camera will start recording and will send you a push notification to all the enabled devices; - Remote TTS, make the camera talk; - Support for slow connections, change quality and speed settings; - Enable/Disable Flash remotely; - Username + Password login; - Disable audio for privacy; - Good security level, only you know your address, your username and your password! - Works also both in portrait and landscape modes. For any question you can drop an email to info@genovasoftworks.com. Using the app you accept the privacy policy and terms available at www.genovasoftworks.com/terms.php. The app requires a subscription to work. You can cancel anytime from your account settings. * You can access the IP Cam from any device on the local network. To access it from outside your local network you will need to forward the port the ip cam is using. Motion detection push notifications do not require port forwarding. ** Video only feed has no delay, while Video + Audio feed has 20s delay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phone IP Camera Surveillance at 3.9 against IPVideo's 2.3. Phone IP Camera Surveillance also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 3). IPVideo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Phone IP Camera Surveillance sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. IPVideo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phone IP Camera Surveillance holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phone IP Camera Surveillance has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
IPVideo ships an update every 3 months, Phone IP Camera Surveillance every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IPVideo | Phone IP Camera Surveillance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 3.9 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shih Wei Wan | GENOVA Softworks |
Customer experience
IPVideo
Phone IP Camera Surveillance
In-app purchases
IPVideo
No in-app purchases
Phone IP Camera Surveillance
- Phone IP Cam Monthly Unlock1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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