Comparison

IP Cam Viewer Pro vs SCS Pro

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 Pro

View, control, and record footage from your IP cameras, webcams, DVRs, and NVRs on your iOS device. It supports 2-way audio for baby monitoring and offers a recording mode to turn spare devices into network video recorders.

Highlights
  • Remote viewing and control
  • Video recording
  • 2-way audio support
  • In-app motion detection
  • Motion email notifications
  • Supports over 1600 devices
  • Digital and optical zoom
Features
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Remotely view, control and record your IP camera, webcam, DVR and NVR using your iOS device. Written by Robert Chou Use as a baby monitor with 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, export capabilities, in-app motion detection, and motion email notification. 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 - grouping of cameras - auto sequence mode (auto rotates cameras and groups) - Record Mode for 24x7 recording - import/export and email sharing of cameras - in-app motion detection - motion email notification 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

SCS Pro

Monitor live video from multiple security cameras and DVRs on your iPhone. Control PTZ cameras, listen to audio, and engage in two-way conversations. Save snapshots and playback recorded footage.

Highlights
  • Live multi-camera viewing
  • PTZ camera control
  • Two-way audio communication
  • Favorite camera groups
  • Video snapshot saving
  • Recorded video playback
  • Alarm push notifications
Features
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This application will allow you to: 1. View live video on one or multiple Security Cameras on your iPhone. You can also monitor multiple DVRs/NVRs at the same or multiple locations at the same time. 2. Control your Pan Tilt Zoom Security Cameras easily from your iPhone 3. Listen to live audio (on cameras with a microphone) and perform 2 way conversations when your DVR is connected to a powered speaker 4. Create favorite groups of your most important cameras for easy viewing 5. Take snapshots of pertinent video and save directly to your iPhone 6. There is also a built in manual in the "help" section of the software 7. Search and Playback Recorded Video 8. Configure settings of individual channels (cameras) 9. Utilize Alarm Push Notification

Screenshots

IP Cam Viewer Pro2 screens
SCS Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SCS Pro at Free against IP Cam Viewer Pro's $4.99. SCS Pro also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.4). IP Cam Viewer Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

SCS Pro is free to download; IP Cam Viewer Pro costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SCS Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Cam Viewer Pro has 227 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of IP Cam Viewer Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of SCS Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IP Cam Viewer Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, SCS Pro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
IP Cam Viewer Pro versus SCS Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIP Cam Viewer ProSCS Pro
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (227 ratings)3.8 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings227 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB367 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNibblesnBitsCCTV Security Pros

Customer experience

IP Cam Viewer Pro

All ratings227 ratings
Positive56.8%
Neutral8.4%
Negative34.8%
Written reviews693 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative24.7%

SCS Pro

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

IP Cam Viewer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

SCS Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IP Cam Viewer Pro free?
IP Cam Viewer Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SCS Pro free?
SCS Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IP Cam Viewer Pro or SCS Pro?
SCS Pro is rated higher. IP Cam Viewer Pro averages 3.4 out of 5 from 227 ratings, while SCS Pro averages 3.8 from 14 ratings.
Do IP Cam Viewer Pro or SCS Pro have ads?
Neither IP Cam Viewer Pro nor SCS Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IP Cam Viewer Pro or SCS Pro?
IP Cam Viewer Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and SCS Pro every 7 months. Most recently, IP Cam Viewer Pro was updated on September 26, 2026 and SCS Pro on June 9, 2026.

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