Comparison

Egern vs PCS Live

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

Head to head
About

Egern

This app is a powerful network analysis tool for proxying, intercepting, and modifying network traffic. It offers comprehensive recording of various protocols and supports extensive rule types for flexible traffic management. Users can decrypt HTTPS, rewrite URLs and headers, and utilize JavaScript for custom operations.

Highlights
  • Network traffic recording (TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP)
  • Extensive rule types for traffic control
  • Multiple proxy protocol support
  • HTTPS traffic decryption
  • URL and header rewriting
  • JavaScript for custom operations
  • iCloud configuration sync
Features
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Egern is a feature-rich and powerful networking tool, specifically designed for proxying, intercepting, and modifying network traffic. Key features include: · Comprehensive recording of TCP, UDP, DNS, and HTTP network traffic. · Support for a wide range of rule types: domain, domain keywords, domain suffix, domain regular expressions, domain wildcard, geo-location, IPv4/IPv6 CIDR, URL regular expressions, logical, protocol, user-agent, rule sets, and default rules. · Flexible policy group options: selection, automatic testing, fallback, load balancing, and external policies. · Support for multiple proxy protocols: HTTP, SOCKS5, Shadowsocks, Trojan, Hysteria2, TUIC, Vless, and Vmess. · Effortlessly decrypt HTTPS traffic using Man-in-the-Middle attack techniques. · URL rewriting capabilities, allowing you to freely customize network requests. · Highly customizable request and response header rewriting functionality. · Versatile request and response content rewriting abilities. · Utilize JavaScript to provide customized operations on request and response data. · Support for local HTTP proxy server and local SOCKS5 proxy server to meet various networking needs. · DNS forwarding rules can proxy traffic to servers that support DoH, DoT, and DoQ protocols. · Sync configuration information across devices with iCloud, ensuring consistent network settings anywhere, anytime. As your ultimate network management tool, Egern helps you easily navigate various network environments and achieve efficient network control and debugging. Whether you're a network security expert, developer, or simply interested in network management, Egern will become an indispensable tool. Experience the powerful features of Egern and create your own exclusive networking environment today! Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteallen

About

PCS Live

Access and manage your video surveillance systems remotely. View live feeds, control pylon devices, playback recorded videos, and receive alarm notifications directly on your mobile phone.

Highlights
  • Live video viewing
  • Pylon device control
  • Video playback
  • Alarm push notifications
  • Cloud device management
Features
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PCS Live APP can directly access video surveillance products through the network to meet your needs of viewing live events on your mobile phone, controlling the pylon, playing back videos, pushing alarms, managing cloud devices, etc.

Screenshots

Egern4 screens
PCS Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PCS Live at 100% against Egern's 57%. PCS Live also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Egern's advantage is ratings volume (84 vs 3). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Egern sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PCS Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PCS Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Egern has 84 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Egern's written reviews are positive against 100% of PCS Live's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Egern versus PCS Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEgernPCS Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (84 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB423 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperByte CrossingPC Security, Inc.

Customer experience

Egern

All ratings79 ratings
Positive78.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative17.7%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative38.6%

PCS Live

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Egern

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$5.99
None

PCS Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Egern free?
Egern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PCS Live free?
PCS Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Egern or PCS Live?
PCS Live is rated higher. Egern averages 4.2 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while PCS Live averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Egern or PCS Live have ads?
Neither Egern nor PCS Live shows ads.

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