DS cam vs Clearly Anywhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DS cam
Monitor and receive alerts from your Synology surveillance cameras. Control PTZ, patrols, and lens functions in real-time. Easily filter recordings and manage essential tasks like disabling cameras or deleting snapshots.
- Real-time camera monitoring
- Alert notifications
- PTZ, patrol, and lens control
- Advanced recording filters
- Essential management tasks
- Snapshot management
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You must own a Synology NAS or NVR to run this app, and be running the latest Surveillance Station to get the complete set of features. DS cam makes it possible to monitor and receive alert notifications from all your surveillance cameras set up on a Synology DiskStation. Smart features such as PTZ, patrols or lens control allow for perfect control of your cameras in real-time, while advanced filters make it easy to pinpoint any specific event from large lists of recordings. You can even perform all essential management tasks, from disabling a camera to unlocking and deleting a snapshot. Find all detailed features about the app on our website: www.synology.com > Solutions > Surveillance > Surveillance Mobile > Specifications https://www.synology.com/dsm/7.2/software_spec/surveillance_station
Clearly Anywhere
This business communication tool allows users to make voice calls and send messages from their business phone numbers. It offers crystal clear audio, SMS capabilities, call transfers, conferencing, and efficient push notifications. Enjoy seamless transitions between WiFi and mobile data for essential business communications.
- Crystal clear voice calls
- Send and receive SMS
- Call transfers and conferencing
- Push notifications for battery efficiency
- WiFi and mobile data calling
- Seamless network transition
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Designed to enable customers of the Clearly Anywhere enabled platforms to make voice calls, send messages, and more with our quickly provisioned softphone client. Clearly Anywhere is simple to provision with integrations into supported providers. Download Clearly Anywhere today to enjoy an "Anywhere" experience for all essential business communications. What can Clearly Anywhere do for you? - Experience crystal clear communications. Clearly Anywhere supports Opus, G.722, G.729, G.711, iLBC, and GSM audio formats. - Let your employees intuitively send and receive SMS on your business phone numbers. - Keep your essential operations going with built-in call transfers and conferencing. - Push notifications reduce your battery drain and ensure call delivery without having a constant connection to your service provider. - Make calls using WiFi or your mobile data plan. Clearly Anywhere offers seamless transition during handovers between wifi and mobile coverage. - Multi-device compatibility. Clearly Anywhere is compatible with any modern mobile operating system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: DS cam at 177 against Clearly Anywhere's 25. DS cam also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
DS cam holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DS cam has 177 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of DS cam's written reviews are positive against 36% of Clearly Anywhere's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DS cam ships an update every 4 months, Clearly Anywhere every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DS cam | Clearly Anywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (177 ratings) — better | 2.8 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.2% of reviews | 35.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Synology Inc. | Clearly IP Inc |
Customer experience
DS cam
Clearly Anywhere
Bugs and requests
DS cam
Reported bugs
16 issues- Regular app crashing
- Cannot scroll back in timeline without issues
- Event viewer rarely works
- Keeps buffering
- Crashes constantly
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- Battery drain
- Push notifications not reliable
- Cannot click on push notifications
- Cannot download h265 videos
- Notifications missing thumbnails
- Slow login process
- Loses remembered connections
- Slow to connect
- Notifications stopped working
- Crashes iPhone 14 Pro
- Incompatible with older Surveillance Station versions
Requested features
11 requests- Selective motion notifications
- Custom notification sounds
- Ability to categorize alerts
- Live scrubbing on timeline
- Bookmarks and advanced filtering
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- Ability to download h265 videos
- Faster login process
- Ability to retain remembered connections
- Apple TV app
- Dark mode for all screens
- Ability to quickly switch between cameras
Clearly Anywhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DS cam
No in-app purchases
Clearly Anywhere
No in-app purchases
