eyeCam vs CamViewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eyeCam
Access and control web-accessible cameras from your iPhone or iPod Touch. View, hear, and manage hundreds of cameras at a glance, including PTZ models. Easily add public cameras found online.
- View, hear, and control webcams remotely
- Supports hundreds of cameras at a glance
- PTZ camera control with sound
- Built-in directory of public cameras
- Safari extension for easy camera adding
- iCloud sync for camera lists
- Secure password storage with KeyChain
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eyeCam 2.0 has been 100% rebuilt from the ground up! If you run into any issues updating from the old version, please contact me at electrollama@gmail.com eyeCam makes it possible to view, hear AND control your WEB ACCESSIBLE webcams from anywhere on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Quickly flip between up to hundreds of cameras, and see them all at a glance. Virtually any web-accessible webcam, netcam, ipcam, security camera, traffic cam, pet cam, nanny cam, etc. will work with eyeCam. Your camera list is synced between devices using iCloud, and your passwords are securely stored and synced using KeyChain. eyeCam can view nearly any public web, and has a built in directory of hundreds you can add with a few taps. A Safari extension allows you to quickly add public cameras that you find on the web so you can view all your favourite cams in one place. As always, eyeCam support many PTZ cameras, now with sound and support for most popular video codecs and transport methods. eyeCam currently supports the following camera types, and many more - Panasonic (pan/tilt and presets) BL-C30 BL-C131, BB-HCM515 and others - Sony (pan/tilt/zoom, presets) - Axis (pan/tilt) - EMINENT iTwist (pan/tilt) - Trendnet TV-IP1xx and TV-IP4xx (PTZ and Presets) TV-IP312 - Micronet (PTZ and Presets) - JVC (PTZ and Presets) - Stardot (static) - Aviosys DVR box (static) - D-Link - GOSCAM - Cisco / Linksys WVC-200/210 and WVC-54GCA (the 54G/GC are not supported!!) - Toshiba - Qnap - Sharx - Edimax - AbelCam - SCD DVR (Security Camera Direct, contact me at electrollama@gmail.com if you have another DVR -- most can't be supported) - Airlink101 (PTZ and presets) - Canon (PTZ) - Static (any image on the web, great for traffic, weather cams, etc.) - Custom PTZ (pan/tilt almost any camera type that puts jpeg or mjpeg streams on the web) Contact us at electrollama@gmail.com if your cam isn't on the list and we'll see what we can do. If you're still using the clunky web interface to view your cameras on the go, or have already given up on it, give eyeCam a try today! If your camera is not supported, contact me, and I can probably get it supported in short order. Contact me at electrollama@gmail.com if you have any questions. eyeCam is supported by advertisements that can be removed with an in-app subscription. Currently this is $0.99USD monthly or $9.99USD yearly, or the equivalent in your local App Store's currency. Subscriptions are charged by iTunes either monthly or yearly and will auto-renew if not cancelled within 24 hours of the current subscription. Subscriptions and renewals are managed via the App Store, auto-renewal can be turned off at any time by changing your Apple ID settings in the App Store. You can view the privacy policy at http://electrollama.net/privacy-policy You can view the terms of use at http://electrollama.net/terms-of-use
CamViewer
View your IP cameras privately on your local network. Monitor multiple streams in a grid or fullscreen, with options for recording and snapshots in the Pro version. Supports over 100 camera brands and offers easy camera management and network scanning.
- RTSP IP camera viewing
- Local network only, no cloud
- Multi-camera grid layout
- Fullscreen playback with stats
- Network camera scanning
- Import/export camera configurations
- Video recording and snapshots (Pro)
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All your IP cameras in one app, side by side and live. No cloud account, no pairing, no subscription: CamViewer talks straight to your cameras over RTSP, and your footage never leaves your own network. FREE TO USE: PRO TO UNLOCK MORE Start viewing up to 4 cameras for free. Upgrade to CamViewer Pro for unlimited cameras, recording, snapshots, and all premium features. MULTI-CAMERA GRID VIEW View multiple cameras simultaneously in an adaptive grid layout. Drag and drop to reorder cameras exactly how you want them. Swipe between pages to monitor even more. Each stream is hardware-accelerated for smooth, low-latency playback. FULLSCREEN EXPERIENCE Tap any camera to go fullscreen. Pro users can record video clips, take snapshots to their photo library, and use pinch-to-zoom. A stats overlay shows resolution, bitrate, and frame rate in real time. SHARP WHERE IT MATTERS Choose high or low quality per camera. Give the big tiles the full stream and the small ones a light substream, so a wall of cameras stays smooth and your network stays quiet. BUILT FOR A WALL DISPLAY Leave an iPad on the wall and let it run. The screen stays awake, and the blue buttons fade out after a delay you choose, so there is nothing to look at but your cameras. A tap or a swipe brings them back. CAMERA MANAGEMENT Add, edit, delete, and reorder your cameras with ease. Just enter your RTSP stream URL and you're live. No account creation, no device pairing, just direct connections. WORKS WITH 100+ CAMERA BRANDS CamViewer uses standard RTSP, which means it works with virtually every IP camera on the market: Hikvision, Dahua, Reolink, Amcrest, Axis, UniFi, Foscam, TP-Link, Eufy, and many more. FINDS YOUR CAMERAS FOR YOU Scan your network for ONVIF cameras, or point CamViewer at a go2rtc server and pick the streams you want in one step. The scan asks each camera for a working stream instead of guessing, and tells you plainly when a username, password or path is wrong. IMPORT & EXPORT Back up your entire camera configuration to a .camview file. Restore it on another device or share it with family members. Setting up a new phone takes seconds, not hours. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your camera feeds go straight from your cameras to your device, within your local network or VPN. To improve the app, CamViewer sends usage statistics without your name or account, such as which features are used, the app version, device model, iOS version and language setting. Your camera images, camera passwords and stream addresses are never sent to us. CAMVIEWER PRO: ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Unlimited cameras (free: up to 4) - Video recording & snapshots - Picture-in-Picture while you use other apps - Stream statistics overlay - Pinch-to-zoom in fullscreen - License plate overlay (with server) Pay once, unlock forever. No subscription. Terms of Use: https://camviewer.app/#terms Privacy Policy: https://camviewer.app/#privacy REQUIREMENTS - IP cameras with RTSP support - iPhone or iPad on the same local network as your cameras (or connected via VPN) - iOS 17.0 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CamViewer at 5.0 against eyeCam's 1.0. CamViewer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). eyeCam's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. eyeCam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and CamViewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CamViewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of eyeCam's written reviews are positive against 100% of CamViewer's.
eyeCam ships an update every 3 weeks, CamViewer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eyeCam | CamViewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devin Uhrich | Michel Franciscus Maria Helsdingen |
Customer experience
eyeCam
CamViewer
In-app purchases
eyeCam
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Remove Ads$9.99
CamViewer
- CamViewer Pro$9.99









