Costar Utility vs VMS Client 03.03.00
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Costar Utility
Manage all your Costar-owned cameras from a single app. Discover, authenticate, and configure network and video settings for various Costar camera models. View live video feeds and securely save camera credentials.
- Camera discovery (RISE, ArecontVision, CentralPoint)
- Camera authentication
- Network settings configuration
- Video settings configuration
- Live video display
- Save camera credentials
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Costar Utility - A single place to manage all your Costar-owned cameras like CostarHD, Arecont Vision, Costar Video Systems. FEATURES: • Discovery (RISE, ArecontVision, CentralPoint) • Authenticate cameras • Configure network settings • Configure video settings • Live video display • Save camera credential to application
VMS Client 03.03.00
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“VMS Client 03.03” is a software created for communicating with our windows based software named “SmartVMS Security Management System Server”. “SmartVMS Security Management System Server” connects to various video cameras installed in the network and records/displays/analyzes video streams coming from them. The “VMS Client 03.03” application connects to the “SmartVMS Security Management System Server” running in its network.It can display videos from cameras connected to “SmartVMS Security Management System Server”. Based on privileges given to the user by the administrator of “ Smart VMS Security Management System Server" software. It can have following capabilities - Display recent alarms generated in the server software. - Perform Pan-Tilt-Zoom for the video cameras - Perform Preset and Tour operations - Playback video recorded for a specific channel on server - Playback video for the alarm received - Perform camera external I/O operations - Send video from mobile client to SMS server as an external channel
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VMS Client 03.03.00 at every 3 weeks against Costar Utility's every 5 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Costar Utility ships an update every 5 months, VMS Client 03.03.00 every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Costar Utility | VMS Client 03.03.00 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Costar Video Systems | TechnoYen Software Ventures Pvt.Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Costar Utility
No in-app purchases
VMS Client 03.03.00
No in-app purchases
Questions
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