Comparison

IP Cam Viewer Lite vs CAPE Pilot

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

Head to head
About

IP Cam Viewer Lite

Remotely view, control, and record footage from your IP cameras and webcams on your iOS device. Supports a wide range of protocols and offers features like digital zoom and grouping. An upgrade unlocks advanced capabilities such as two-way audio and continuous recording.

Highlights
  • Remote viewing and control
  • Record camera footage
  • Digital zoom and pan/tilt
  • Camera grouping
  • Motion detection
  • Supports over 1600 devices
Features
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Free version of IP Cam Viewer Pro. Has ads and limited capabilities. Remotely view, control and record your IP camera, webcam, DVR and NVR using your iOS device. Written by Robert Chou Supports: - RTSP, ONVIF, H.265, H.264, MPEG4 - Pinch to zoom (digital zoom) - optical pan tilt zoom and preset recall - SSL and custom functions per camera model - 1 way and 2 way audio for many cameras (upgrade) - grouping of cameras - auto sequence mode (auto rotates cameras and groups) - Record Mode for 24x7 recording (upgrade) - import/export and email sharing of cameras - in-app motion detection - motion email notification (upgrade) Supports in-app upgrade. Once upgraded, the app works exactly like IP Cam Viewer Pro. Upgrade features include 2-way audio support for Foscam / clone, Axis, Panasonic, Trendnet and many more cameras. Record Mode turns any spare iOS device into a tiny solid state, battery backed, network video recorder to record your cameras 24x7 with search, playback, and export capabilities. Over 1600+ devices supported, some brands include: 3SVision 3xLogic 7Links A-Link A.V. Sistemi AbelCam ABUS ACESEE Acromedia ACTi Active Vision AData Afreey AgileMesh Airlink AirLive Airship Alien Alinking Allnet Amcrest Amovision Annke Apex Apexis Aposonic Appro ArcVision Arecont Argus Surveillance arlotto Arm Electronics Asante ASIP Asoni Astak Avermedia Avigilon AVIOSYS AVS AVTECH Axis Basler Bensoftware Bewan Beward Blue Iris Bluecherry BlueJay BluePix Bosch Brickcom BVUSA Canon CCTVFACTORY CCTVHotDeals Celius Cisco Clas Ohlson Clinton Electronics Cohu Compro Comtrend Conceptronic COP CPCAM Dahua Dali DBPOWER Dedicated Micros Defender Defeway Dericam Digicom Digimerge Digital Watchdog Digitus DigiVue Digix DiVis DLink DoorBird Dropcam Dtt DVRUSA DynaColor EasyN EasySE Edimax Elmo Elro Eminent Encore eneo Escam Etrovision Everfocus eVigilo EvoCam ExacqVision Exelon EYEMAX EyeSpy247 Falcon Fitivision FlexWatch FLIR Floureon FoodTec Solutions Foscam FUHO Fulix Gadspot GE Gembird Genius Geovision Gigamedia GlobeTeck GOING GoPro Goscam GrandSec Grandstream Grandtec Grundig GTEC GVDigital Hawking Tech Heden HeeToo HeiTel Hesavision Hikvision hiQview HiSilicon Histream HISUNG Honeywell HooToo Hunt Electronics I-View ICam ICAMView ICanTek iCatch ICRealtime Icy Box IDS Security IGuard Imogen imotion Inscape Data INSTAR Insteon Integra Intellinet Interlogix INVID IPCC IPS IPUX IQinVision iSpy iTech Digital ITX iVigilo Jetview JVC KGuard KMW Kodicom LevelOne LG Linksys Loftek Logilink Logitech Lorex LTS Lumenera Lupus Luxriot Maginon Mammoth Technologies Marmitek MaxSecure MayGion Merit LILIN Messoa MicroDigital Micronet Microseven Milesight Milestone Mitsu Vision Mobotix Monacor MonoPrice motionEye Motorola Nadatel NeoVista Nest netatmo Netcam Studio Netgear NetMedia Night Owl NOVUS NuSpectra NUUO Nuvico OnSSI ONVIF OpenEye Optica Opticam Optiview Optivision OvisLink Panasonic Pelco Pinetron Pixord Planet Planex Plustek Polaroid Power Telecomm PROCCTV ProTalk Provideo PTZOptics PY Software Q-See QNAP QVIS RapidOS Raspberry RaySharp Rayvision Remote Eyes Reolink Rifatron Robox Rosewill Samsung Sanyo Savitmicro Secom Secubest Security Labs SecuritySpy Sensormatic Sercomm Seteye Sharx Shixin Siemens Sitecom Smart Witness SmartEye SmartIndustry Snooperscope Solwise Sony SparkLan Speco Tech Spy Cameras Sricam StarDot Sumas Sumpple Sunba Sunell SunEyes SuperCircuits Surveon SVAT Swann Synology Talon Talos TechVision TecVoz TELCA Telefonica Teleste TelView Tenvis Tibetsystem Timhillone TomTech Topica Toshiba TP-Link Trek TRENDnet TriVision True-H TVT Digital Ubiquiti UNIMO Unitek Uniview UniVision USAG Ustream UTC Vantage Veo/Vidi Video Insight VideoIQ Videoswitch Vidi Vigilant Vilar/Vipcam VisionGS Visionhitech VISIONxIP VisorTech Visualint Vitek Vivotek Vonnic Vstarcam Wanscam Wansview WatchNET Wavestore WebcamXP Wodsee WowWee X10 XTS Y-Cam y3k Yawcam Yoics Yoko Tech Zavio ZiLink Zmodo Zoneminder Zonet Zoneway Zosi ZyXEL

About

CAPE Pilot

This app enables agencies to remotely operate drones, stream live video, and capture evidence from a centralized location. It enhances officer safety, improves response times, and augments operational efficiency for public safety operations.

Highlights
  • Remote drone operation
  • Live video streaming
  • Evidence capture
  • Centralized fleet management
  • BVLOS operations support
  • Instant video sharing
Features
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CAPE is a scalable drone software solution that allows agencies to stream live video, capture evidence, and operate drones remotely from a centralized location. Increase officer safety, improve response time, and augment operational efficiency with the scalable and cost-effective CAPE solution. CAPE Pilot supports multiple hardware products including various DJI drones and Parrot drones, enabling remote users to jump into the virtual cockpit of supported drones with a FAA section 107 licensed pilot-in-command with complete safety. With approval by the FAA for Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) operations, one remote user can pilot any number of drones at the same time to maximize situational awareness and incident response time. SHORTEN RESPONSE TIMES - Quickly get to the scene to better inform situational awareness and incident response REMOTE DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONS - Manage your drone fleet, control video feeds and view alerts directly from public safety operations center INSTANT VIDEO SHARING - Instantly select and mobilize live video streams to operators, field commanders and response teams TRUSTED AND SECURE - Solution architecture is designed to protect sensitive data and system operations COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION - Dispatching drones as part of emergency response has been shown to reduce response times and allow agencies to gain faster situational awareness at a lower cost. REMOTE OPERATION - Allow drone pilots to hand off drone control to a remote operator when aerial support or expert eyes are required to gain a clear view of the situation. With aerial telepresence drones can be remotely operated from anywhere. This enables remotely gathering aerial intelligence and integrated operational workflows. LIVE STREAM - Rapidly deploy drones and stream live, high quality video to individuals and groups. Get expert eyes on scene in the moments that matter most. Aerial intelligence improves situational awareness and enables remote viewing, informing both subject matter experts and responding teams while reducing the need to visit remote, and hard to access locations. CAPTURE EVIDENCE - Gather high-quality images and video suitable for evidentiary use. Show an incident developing from a perspective that in-car and body-worn cameras cannot offer.

Screenshots

IP Cam Viewer Lite2 screens
CAPE Pilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CAPE Pilot at 100% against IP Cam Viewer Lite's 48%. CAPE Pilot also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). IP Cam Viewer Lite's advantage is ratings volume (155 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.2). On price, update cadence and device support 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

Both are free to download. IP Cam Viewer Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CAPE Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CAPE Pilot holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Cam Viewer Lite has 155 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of IP Cam Viewer Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of CAPE Pilot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IP Cam Viewer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, CAPE Pilot monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
IP Cam Viewer Lite versus CAPE Pilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIP Cam Viewer LiteCAPE Pilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (155 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings155 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB255 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNibblesnBitsMotorola Solutions, Inc

Customer experience

IP Cam Viewer Lite

All ratings155 ratings
Positive39.4%
Neutral12.3%
Negative48.4%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative43.1%

CAPE Pilot

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IP Cam Viewer Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • PTZ controls not working after update
  • Unable to add new cameras
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices
  • Paid version not properly unlocking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more camera models
  • Improve user interface and design
  • Enable audio and recording features in free version
  • Provide better customer support

CAPE Pilot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

IP Cam Viewer Lite

One-time1
  • IP Cam Viewer Lite Upgrade (01)$4.99
None

CAPE Pilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IP Cam Viewer Lite free?
IP Cam Viewer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CAPE Pilot free?
CAPE Pilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IP Cam Viewer Lite or CAPE Pilot?
CAPE Pilot is rated higher. IP Cam Viewer Lite averages 2.8 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while CAPE Pilot averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do IP Cam Viewer Lite or CAPE Pilot have ads?
IP Cam Viewer Lite shows ads; CAPE Pilot does not.
Which is updated more often, IP Cam Viewer Lite or CAPE Pilot?
IP Cam Viewer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, and CAPE Pilot monthly. Most recently, IP Cam Viewer Lite was updated on September 14, 2026 and CAPE Pilot on June 9, 2026.

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