Comparison

DS cam vs Count On You

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera monitoring
  • Alert notifications
  • PTZ, patrol, and lens control
  • Advanced recording filters
  • Essential management tasks
  • Snapshot management
Features
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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

About

Count On You

Easily track scores for your board game parties with this intuitive score tracker. Save game history to review past matches and standings, or pause and resume games later. All your data is stored locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Board game score tracking
  • Game history and standings
  • Save and load game progress
  • Local data storage
  • Clean and simple interface
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Count On You is a board game score tracker application to make board game party nights easier. With its simple functionality and clean interface, Count On You makes it easy to track board game parties scores. If you want to check weeks after a party to see what you played and who won, you can easily find the games in the history and check the standings. If you couldn't finish a game but would like to continue later, you can do that too, by loading the status of the last completed round. Count On You stores all data on the device, no data is sent to the cloud or to third parties systems. You can remove your stored data from your device by simply deleting your history. Any ideas on how to improve the app? Let us know and we'll try to include it in the next version ;)

Screenshots

DS cam4 screens
Count On You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Count On You at 100% against DS cam's 32%. Count On You also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). DS cam's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (177 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DS cam is free to download; Count On You costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Count On You holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DS cam has 177 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of DS cam's written reviews are positive against 100% of Count On You's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DS cam versus Count On You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDS camCount On You
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.0 (177 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynology Inc.Consigo Solutions Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag

Customer experience

DS cam

All ratings176 ratings
Positive42.6%
Neutral13.6%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive32.2%
Neutral17.4%
Negative50.3%

Count On You

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Count On You

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DS cam

No in-app purchases

None

Count On You

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DS cam free?
DS cam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Count On You free?
Count On You costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DS cam or Count On You?
Count On You is rated higher. DS cam averages 3.0 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Count On You averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.

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