Comparison

GV vs Connect Alarms

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

Head to head
About

GV

This utility app allows users to remotely access and manage GV-Cloud VMS hosts and GV-Cloud Access Control devices. It provides features like live viewing, playback, push notifications for events, and door control.

Highlights
  • Integrates with GV-Cloud VMS and Access Control
  • Multi-channel live view (up to 16 divisions)
  • Playback from cloud or local hosts
  • Push notifications for events
  • Access and event log query
  • Remote door lock/unlock
  • Fisheye dewarping
Features
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The GV-Cloud mobile is a free app that integrates with the GV-Cloud VMS and GV-Cloud Access Control. Using GV-Cloud mobile app, you can access GV-Cloud VMS hosts / GV-Cloud Access Control devices from your mobile devices, to receive push notifications upon events, watch live views, play back recordings, take snapshots, unlock doors, query for event logs and more. For questions or suggestions, contact GeoVision Support at support@geovision.com.tw Feature - Integration with GV-Cloud VMS and GV-Cloud Access Control - Multi-channel live view of up to 16 divisions - Playback from GV-Cloud or local hosts - Push notifications upon events - Access and event log query - Output trigger to send alarms - Fisheye dewarping for GeoVision fisheye cameras - Controller connection and door status display - Live viewing of cameras mapped to doors - Remote door lock / unlock

About

Connect Alarms

Features
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Monitor your Connect Alarms from your iPhone or iPad. Review triggered and cleared alarms, inspect station details and recent readings, view stations on a map, and receive push notifications for your account’s configured alarms. An existing Skyview360 account is required.

Screenshots

GV4 screens
Connect Alarms4 screens

Verdict

The call

GV and Connect Alarms are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GV versus Connect Alarms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGVConnect Alarms
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoVision incStevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

GV

No in-app purchases

None

Connect Alarms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GV free?
GV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connect Alarms free?
Connect Alarms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GV or Connect Alarms have ads?
Neither GV nor Connect Alarms shows ads.

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