Grenlec vs Amcrest View Pro 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grenlec
Manage your electricity account, view bills and usage history, and report outages. Receive notifications about service updates and planned maintenance.
- View electricity bills
- Track monthly usage
- Report power outages
- Receive service notifications
- Manage multiple accounts
- Get payment reminders
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View your Grenlec electricity bills and monthly usage, report outages and receive service notifications.The Grenlec app gives customers easy and convenient access to current electricity bills and payment information for multiple accounts. Get a message when a new bill is ready and payment reminders to keep you connected. The app also shows energy usage over the last twelve months, by units (kWh) and dollar value.Report power outages as well as faults on street lights, lines and poles. The notification feature will send messages about power outages that may affect you and provide updated restoration information.Use the Profiles section to add multiple accounts for home, business, rented premises and other accounts for which you have permission. All the information needed to add an account can be found on the electricity bill.The mobile app helps you to stay in touch with what’s happening at Grenlec. Receive information about planned maintenance in your area that may affect your service, customer promotions, safety tips, how to manage your energy and more.
Amcrest View Pro 2
Monitor your Amcrest IP cameras, DVRs, and NVRs remotely. This application allows you to view live feeds from your security devices directly on your iOS device, providing peace of mind and enhanced home security.
- Live camera viewing
- Remote access
- Monitor IP cameras
- Monitor DVRs
- Monitor NVRs
- Home security
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The Amcrest View Pro 2 app was specifically designed for our Amcrest IP Cameras, HDCVI DVRs, and NVRs. Watch your cameras live using your iOS device! As a leader in the home security space, Amcrest offers products to help you and your loved ones feel safe, no matter where you are. With the Amcrest View Pro 2 app, it's simple to check in on what you care about, from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grenlec at 3.0 against Amcrest View Pro 2's 2.1. Amcrest View Pro 2's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 1). 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.
Grenlec holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amcrest View Pro 2 has 93 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Grenlec ships an update every 5 months, Amcrest View Pro 2 every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grenlec | Amcrest View Pro 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.1 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 14.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dataVoice International | Amcrest |
Customer experience
Grenlec
Amcrest View Pro 2
Bugs and requests
Grenlec
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Amcrest View Pro 2
Reported bugs
50 issues- Push notifications stopped working
- Playback stalling, skipping, jumping to beginning
- App closes current camera or exits full screen
- Event notifications not provided
- Motion sensor enabled but push notifications not working
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- App will not let user view cameras
- App keeps timing out when viewing live feed or recordings
- App won't add camera, says Device SN doesn't exist
- Cameras seldom connect
- Continually time-out
- NVR fails to log cameras in quick view
- Recording scheduling portion is unintuitive
- General interface is outdated
- Audio is unintelligible
- Intercom mode crashes camera firmware
- Message in Chinese
- Cannot find IP address of camera
- QR code scan failure
- App doesn't allow remote access
- Event recording doesn't work
- Login timeout when not on local Wi-Fi
- Home screen shows incorrect camera image
- Maximum connections exceeded error
- Dual 4K resolution cropped on iPhone 16
- App doesn't work on M1 Mac
- App doesn't work with iPhone
- App doesn't recognize all Amcrest cameras
- App doesn't accept P2P Amcrest camera with serial starting with Z
- No P2P Gateway import feature
- Motion detector playback does not work
- Smart motion detection (human/vehicle) not working
- Events don't show up on iPhone event list unless push notification is clicked
- Unable to add NVR via P2P on iOS version
- App doesn't load cameras after closing and reopening
- App constantly crashes
- App doesn't fill iPad screen
- Turning device sideways resizes image weirdly
- Notifications not working
- App crashes with 4K cameras without GPU option
- App doesn't connect to streams
- App is unstable and has numerous bugs/errors
- App is worse than the first version
- App requires too many taps for simple tasks
- App doesn't support self-search for Amcrest cameras
- App fails to connect to camera
- App renders camera system unusable
- No live view or playback after update
- App is primitive
- App is a mess
- Old app is better
Requested features
12 requests- Add screen lock feature
- Add PTZ set point feature
- Add cloud storage access
- Add ability to show events and jump to them
- Add GPU option for iOS app
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- Add P2P Gateway import feature
- Allow user choice for password change
- Improve Mac OSX support
- Fix dual 4K resolution cropping on iPhone 16
- Improve iPad app scaling
- Add timeline under live view for easier playback
- Fix messages appearing in Chinese
In-app purchases
Grenlec
No in-app purchases
Amcrest View Pro 2
No in-app purchases
