DS cam vs Notify.Events
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
Notify.Events
Receive real-time push notifications from over 40 services in one place. Get alerts for online store orders, server issues, security cameras, and more. Filter and customize notifications for high-priority events.
- Real-time push notifications
- Consolidated message view
- View files, images, and links
- Message filtering and customization
- Notifications from 40+ services
- Support for eCommerce, IT, IoT
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This is the official app to get push notifications from the Notify.Events service. Stay on top of important events and issues with Notify.Events and never miss a single notification! Get alerts from 40+ source services on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The app will collect messages from the required services. Whether it's a new order in your online store, a server crash, or a security camera shot, you will know about it immediately. BENEFITS: - Get real-time push notifications and view all messages in one place. - View files, images, and links right in the app. - Filter messages and customize to receive only high-priority notifications and only on those days and times when you want. Choose to receive notifications from the list of services in several categories: - eCommerce and Website, - B2B, - IT and DevOps, - Smart Home and IoT. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Install and configure the app on your Apple device in a couple of minutes. 2. Add the app as a recipient to your Notify.Events channel (thematic notification feed) at the service official website. 3. Subscribe to the channel with a personal token through the app. 4. Start receiving notifications from the chosen sources via the app! For the app to work successfully, you need to register and configure an account on the Notify.Events official website.
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Verdict
DS cam and Notify.Events both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 32% of DS cam's written reviews are positive against 0% of Notify.Events's. DS cam also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (172 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for DS cam against 3.0 for Notify.Events. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DS cam has 172 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of DS cam's written reviews are positive against 0% of Notify.Events's.
DS cam ships an update every 4 months, Notify.Events every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DS cam | Notify.Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (172 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synology Inc. | Oleg Matrozov |
Customer experience
DS cam
Notify.Events
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
Notify.Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DS cam
No in-app purchases
Notify.Events
No in-app purchases
