MobileFocus by EverFocus vs mCamView2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobileFocus by EverFocus
Access and manage your EverFocus DVRs and IP cameras remotely from your smartphone. View live video streams, search recorded footage, and control PTZ cameras with ease.
- Device Management
- Real-time Video Streaming
- Remote Video Search
- PTZ Camera Control
- Two-way Audio
- Push Notifications
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The "MobileFocus by EverFocus" allows you to connect to your EverFocus DVRs and IP Cameras from your smart phone. You can view video streams and control the PTZ cameras easily. Features: - Devices Management - Real Time Video Streaming - Remote Video Search by Time/Event - Support 1/4 Split Screen Display - Channel Control - PTZ Control - Gesture PTZ Control - Two-way Audio (IPCams only) - Gesture Digital Zoom - Snapshot - Full Screen - Mobile/Second Stream - Local Search - Device Import/Export - Smooth Video - Support ONVIF camera - Push Notification - Support h265 codec Supported DVRs: - ECOR264-4D1/4F1 - ECOR264-4D2/4F2 - ECOR264-8D1/8F1 (no mobile stream) - ECOR264-8D2/8F2 - ECOR264-4X1/9X1/16X1 - ECOR960-4F2/8F2/16F2 - ECOR960-16X1 - ECOR HD-4F/8F/16F - ECOR HD-16X1 - ECOR FHD Series - EDR-16D1/16F1 - EDR HD-4H4/2H14 - ELR-4D/4F - ELR-8D/8F - ELUX Series - EMV200S/400S - EMV200/400/800 - EMV401/801/1601 - EMV1200/1201 - EMV HD Series - EMX32 - Endeavor264X4/L4 - ENVR8034D/E/X - ENVR8316E - EPHD04+/08/08+ - EPHD16+U - ERS-4 - EPRO NVR Series - NVR8004X - Paragon2 - Paragon264 X1/X2/X4 - Paragon 32X4 - Paragon960 16X1/X4 - ParagonFHD Series - TUTIS+ 4F3/8F3/16F3 - VANGUARD Series - XMS/Commander 2/Elite 2 Supported IP Cameras: - EAN850A/800A/AW - EAN900 - EAN2150/2350 - EAN2218 - EAN3120/3200/3220/3300 - EAN7200 - EBN268 - EDN800/850H - EDN1220/1320 - EDN2160/2260/2560 - EDN2210/2245 - EDN228 - EDN3160/3240/3260/3340 - EFN3321 - EHN1220/1320 - EHN3160/3200/3260/3340 - EHN3261/3361 - EMN2220/2320 - EPN2218 - EPN3100/3600 - EPN4122/4220/4122i/4220i - EPN4220d/4320d - ETN2160/2260/2560 - EQN2101/2110/2171 - EQN2200/2201 - EQN100 - EVS200A/AW - EVS410 - EZN268 - EZN850 - EZN1260/1360 - EZN3160/3240/3260/3340 - EZN3261/3361 - Polestar 2M Series - Polestar 3M Series - Value 268 Series - Value 288 Series - Value 368 Series
mCamView2
View live video from plug-and-play IP cameras on your mobile devices. Access recorded footage remotely and control camera functions like pan and tilt. Receive event logs and temperature monitoring alerts.
- Live IP camera viewing
- On-screen pan/tilt control
- Remote SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback
- Time Lapse video playback
- Event log and push notifications
- Temperature monitoring
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mCamView2 is the innovative software for viewing the video of plug n play IP Cameras on iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. It is simply enough to just key in the ID/password of the IP camera to see the video from your mobile devices anywhere, anytime. Besides the live video viewing, on-screen pan/tilt control are also supported. The latest features: 1. Time Lapse video playback 2. SD Card/NAS/Dropbox playback remotely 3. Event log 4. Share video to other App 5. Temperature monitoring 6. Hardware video decode for better performance 7. improved video finger zooming 8. Push notification
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mCamView2 at 5.0 against MobileFocus by EverFocus's 1.7. mCamView2 also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 22%). MobileFocus by EverFocus's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 1). 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.
mCamView2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MobileFocus by EverFocus has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of MobileFocus by EverFocus's written reviews are positive against 33% of mCamView2's.
MobileFocus by EverFocus ships an update every 2 months, mCamView2 every 5 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | MobileFocus by EverFocus | mCamView2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.1% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EverFocus Electronics Corp. | Tzu-Lung Chang |
Customer experience
MobileFocus by EverFocus
mCamView2
Bugs and requests
MobileFocus by EverFocus
Reported bugs
74 issues- White menu/unreadable text
- App crashes
- App times out
- Cannot view cameras remotely
- Playback issues
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- Slow performance
- Updates break functionality
- Invalid port errors
- Poor video quality
- Difficult event search
- Does not work with iPhones
- Get enabled channels fail
- App crashes when trying to search events
- App won't show data from previous years
- Playback function not working
- Search on app does not display all times and days
- App nearly useless
- Event search fail
- Timing out
- Not working again
- So many issues
- Time search is broken
- Many features are broken
- The worst.
- Horrible App.
- THE WORST APP
- Wasted $$$
- Can't select device type
- Can’t see menu
- App nearly useless
- Playback Difficult
- Broke IOS playback
- Took something good and ruined it
- App doesn't work
- Timed out message
- Stopped working
- Time stamp not showing
- Search results reset
- Invalid Port problem
- Get Session ID Failed error
- App has stopped working!!!
- It used to be good.
- Bad version
- Terrible!
- Not working!!
- Total disaster!!
- Invalid port message
- Can't connect
- App keeps crashing
- Invalid port
- Please fix update
- Problems with latest update!
- Update disabled app
- Doesn't work on the go
- Crash
- App crashed and I can't monitor my store
- APP CRASHES AFTER UPDATE!!!!
- Update bugs
- Channel selector blocked view
- Arrow icon not touchable
- Doesn't work when I need it
- Channel bar does not scroll
- Video quality poorer
- Cannot zoom if mode selected
- Missing the zoom!
- Picture doesn't rotate into landscape view
- Finger swipe feature on screen now works opposite of normal touch screen
- Chinese writing keeps scrolling
- App freezes very often
- App crashes for no apparent reason
- Does not work as advertised
- Black screen with loading bar
- App is a little buggy
- Occasionally kicks out
Requested features
19 requests- Fix white menu/unreadable text
- Improve iPhone compatibility
- Update app more frequently
- Improve customer support
- Fix playback and time search
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- Add high-resolution iPad version
- Add swipe action to switch cameras
- Add playback functionality
- Add finger-wipe feature for changing cameras
- Fix zoom functionality
- Make pro version cheaper
- Add channel selector like before
- Make arrow icon touchable for settings
- Fix landscape view rotation
- Fix Chinese writing scrolling
- Add rewind and fast forward
- Improve quad view camera selection
- Add selectable display of channels
- Add audio streaming
mCamView2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MobileFocus by EverFocus
No in-app purchases
mCamView2
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MobileFocus by EverFocus free?
Is mCamView2 free?
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