IP Cam Viewer Lite vs DataLogger
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
DataLogger
Control MSR data loggers from your mobile device. Configure loggers, view sensor data in real-time, and upload recordings to the cloud. Connects to multiple loggers via Bluetooth Low Energy.
- Control MSR data loggers
- Configure logger settings
- View sensor data online
- Record sensor data
- Upload data to MSR Smart Cloud
- Connect via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
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This application enables mobile devices to control MSR data loggers. It provides logger configuration and viewing online and record sensor data. Record data can be uploaded to MSR Smart Cloud. The mobile device connects to multiple loggers using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IP Cam Viewer Lite at 48% against DataLogger's 0%. IP Cam Viewer Lite also leads on rating (2.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (155 vs 3). DataLogger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. DataLogger asks for nothing beyond the download.
IP Cam Viewer Lite holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Cam Viewer Lite has 155 ratings behind it against 3, 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 0% of DataLogger's.
IP Cam Viewer Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, DataLogger every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IP Cam Viewer Lite | DataLogger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (155 ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NibblesnBits | MSR Electronics GmbH |
Customer experience
IP Cam Viewer Lite
DataLogger
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
DataLogger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IP Cam Viewer Lite
- IP Cam Viewer Lite Upgrade (01)$4.99
DataLogger
No in-app purchases
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