Alpine DVR vs VIOFO Dashcam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alpine DVR
Connect to your driving recorder or sports camera via WiFi to access and process captured photos and videos. This software facilitates resource management for various use cases like evidence collection and sharing.
- Connect to devices via WiFi
- Access photos and videos
- Process media resources
- Support for driving recorders
- Support for sports cameras
- Facilitates forensics and sharing
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Alpine DVR is a client software for driving recorders, sports cameras and other devices that support multiple hardware solutions. It allows users to obtain pictures and video resources taken by the device through the device’s WiFi network, and perform certain processing to meet the user’s resource requirements. Use scenarios, such as forensics, sharing, etc.
VIOFO Dashcam
Control your dashcam directly from your iPhone. Start/stop recordings, view live footage, and download videos. Easily manage settings and firmware updates remotely.
- Start/stop video recording
- Real-time video preview
- Download and play footage
- Adjust dashcam settings
- Update firmware
- Manage storage
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---Key Features of VIOFO Next-Gen App--- Quickly start or stop video recording directly from your iPhone. Real-time preview with improved stability and faster loading. Download and play recorded footage with ease. Adjust dashcam settings, update firmware, and manage storage remotely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alpine DVR at 3.5 against VIOFO Dashcam's 1.9. Alpine DVR also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). VIOFO Dashcam's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Alpine DVR holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VIOFO Dashcam has 73 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Alpine DVR's written reviews are positive against 20% of VIOFO Dashcam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Alpine DVR ships an update every 9 months, VIOFO Dashcam monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alpine DVR | VIOFO Dashcam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better | 1.9 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 19.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Xiaozhen Technology Co.,Ltd. | Shenzhen Viofo Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Alpine DVR
VIOFO Dashcam
In-app purchases
Alpine DVR
No in-app purchases
VIOFO Dashcam
No in-app purchases
