e vs Wisenet mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
Remotely control your home or business security system and view live video feeds. This app requires compatible security hardware and an eSecure 1.0 service account.
- Remote security control
- Live video viewing
- Home security
- Business security
- Compatible hardware integration
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Protection 1 eSecure™ 1.0 This app provides lifestyle enhancing functionality by combining remote control security with the ability to view live video of your home or business. • This application works in conjunction with our other compatible security hardware products. • An eSecure 1.0 remote service account is required. • Call 1-800-GET-HELP for more information. *** NOTE: For existing eSecure™ users who are already using the version with the silver icon the version of eSecure 2.0™, with the blue icon will not work. Please contact Protection 1 for additional information. *** *** This version of eSecure is intended only for use with eSecure 1.0 compatible hardware from Protection 1. If your hardware is eSecure 2.0 compatible, please download our eSecure 2.0 app elsewhere in the App store. If you have questions, please contact Protection 1 for additional information ***
Wisenet mobile
Access and manage your Hanwha Vision security cameras remotely. View live feeds, control PTZ functions, and search recorded footage from your smartphone. Offers secure login and event notifications for enhanced surveillance.
- Live video streaming
- PTZ control
- Event search and playback
- Up to 16-channel monitoring
- Fingerprint login
- Event push notifications
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Wisenet mobile is a free application designed specifically for Hanwha Vision's security network products. Our app lets you view the live video and control pan/tilt/zoom functions, search & playback anywhere with your smartphone. ◎ Current compatibilty with our surveillance products - Network Camera : Wisenet P / X / Q / L series - NVR : PRN/XRN/QRN/LRN series (including /TE) - DVR : HRD Series (including /TE, /TU), SRD-1694U, SRD-1694/1685/894/494 - Pentabrid Recorder : HRX Series ※ For more detailed supporting models, please refer to the FAQ. ◎ Features • Hardware decoding • My channel management • Up to 16 channels monitoring • Calendar / Timeline based event search • PTZ control and up to 16x digital zoom • Fisheye de-warping(Fisheye, Quad, Panorama) • Capture/ Video manual record / Video export • Alarm output on/off • Password function for security • Convenient and secure fingerprint login • Easy connection support through DDNS and QR code • Event push notification and push notification list ◎ This application uses FFmpeg and SDL under LGPL v2.1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: e at 2.6 against Wisenet mobile's 1.6. e also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 10%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Wisenet mobile's advantage is ratings volume (273 vs 9). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
e holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wisenet mobile has 273 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of e's written reviews are positive against 10% of Wisenet mobile's.
e ships an update every 2 months, Wisenet mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | Wisenet mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (9 ratings) — better | 1.6 (273 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews — better | 9.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 273 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Protection One | Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
e
Wisenet mobile
User reviews
e
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well when set up
- 👍 Convenient remote control
- 👍 Keypad interface is cute
- 👍 Useful for basic functions
- 👍 Works with iPhone 5/iOS 7 (historically)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on iOS 7
- 🐛 Slow connection times
- 🐛 Often doesn't connect
- 🐛 Freezing and spinning
- 🐛 Not working on iPhone 6
Wisenet mobile
From 273 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast load times
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔒 Robust security
- 💡 Innovative features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- ⚠️ Unreliable connectivity
- 🔍 Poor camera quality
- 🕰️ Slow performance
Bugs and requests
e
Reported bugs
63 issues- App needs updating
- Does not work!!!
- Update Please!!
- App needs updating
- Update badly needed
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- App needs updating
- Update needed!
- Not working
- Horrible App
- Often doesn't connect
- Freezing
- Works some of the time only.
- No longer working
- App no longer working!
- Recently broken?
- Failing Communication Error message
- Failure to communicate
- Junk
- Horrible not working on iOS 7
- App doesn't work with iOS 7
- Nominal before the update to ios7, now does not work at all.
- Doesn't work anymore and was horrible before
- Does not work on iOS 7
- Crash after update to ios7.
- Broke in iOS 7
- Needs update
- Bad after iO7
- Worst app ever
- Has been great
- Doesn't work after iOS 7 update
- It did work great
- Reliability
- Stinks
- Horrible when it worked
- Terrible
- Great until ios 7
- App not functional under iOS 7
- Crashes under iOS 7
- Need to fix...
- No iOS 7 support.
- Does not work with iOS 7
- App won't work with iOS 7
- No Bells and Whistles but works
- Not happy :(
- Inconsistent
- Yeah it works but
- App doesn't work at all & no updates for over a year
- Too slow
- Update please!
- Old-fashioned, slow, and... useless under iOS6.
- Too Slow and doesn't work!
- Works, but slow
- App works for me
- Works Great!!!
- Pure garbage!!!
- Seriously?!
- No fun with protection 1
- No video
- Functional but Barely
- Crap
- Very slow
- SLOWWWWWW
- Good app.....but
Requested features
12 requests- Update the app
- Modern update needed
- Update for iOS compatibility
- Improve connection speed
- Add logout option
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- Update for iOS 7 ASAP
- Enable addition of more than 2 mobile devices
- Push message to keypad from phone
- Alert notifications on security breach via SMS
- Higher resolution graphics for icon and UI
- Add video functionality
- Improve UI design
Wisenet mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to connect to network
- Playback issues with recorded footage
- Inconsistent camera loading
- App freezes after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add video export option
- Improve remote access functionality
- Provide more customization options
- Enhance notification system
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
Wisenet mobile
No in-app purchases
