IP Cam Viewer Lite vs XMEYE PLUS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Remote viewing and control
- Record camera footage
- Digital zoom and pan/tilt
- Camera grouping
- Motion detection
- Supports over 1600 devices
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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
XMEYE PLUS
This cloud monitoring software allows for easy management of devices, supporting both LAN and WAN access. It offers real-time preview, PTZ control, snapshotting, and video recording functionalities.
- Easy cloud device management
- LAN and WAN access
- Real-time preview
- PTZ control
- Real-time snapshot
- Real-time video recording
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XMEYE PLUS software is specially developed for cloud monitoring products. Software Features 1. Easy cloud management of devices, support LAN search for devices and manual addition 2. No need for any changes, the LAN and WAN can be viewed at any time 3. Support real-time preview, PTZ control, real-time snapshot, real-time video and other practical functions...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XMEYE PLUS at 3.9 against IP Cam Viewer Lite's 2.8. XMEYE PLUS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). IP Cam Viewer Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (48% vs 38%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. IP Cam Viewer Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. XMEYE PLUS asks for nothing beyond the download.
XMEYE PLUS holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Cam Viewer Lite has 155 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of IP Cam Viewer Lite's written reviews are positive against 38% of XMEYE PLUS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IP Cam Viewer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, XMEYE PLUS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IP Cam Viewer Lite | XMEYE PLUS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (155 ratings) | 3.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NibblesnBits | 波 朱 |
Customer experience
IP Cam Viewer Lite
XMEYE PLUS
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
XMEYE PLUS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IP Cam Viewer Lite
- IP Cam Viewer Lite Upgrade (01)$4.99
XMEYE PLUS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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