Comparison

IP Cam Viewer Pro vs Blue Iris

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
Currently charting
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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

Blue Iris

Access and manage your home camera network remotely through a secure client for the Blue Iris PC software. View live streams, review recordings, and receive alerts from your cameras. Offers advanced controls and two-way audio for compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple Blue Iris installations
  • Receive push notification alerts
  • Fast H.264 streaming
  • Control PTZ and two-way audio
  • Review and download recordings
  • Broadcast live video from device
  • Geofencing alerts
Features
Currently charting
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This app is a CLIENT for the Blue Iris Windows PC software. In order to make use of this app, you must have Blue Iris version 6 installed and running on a Windows PC or VM. Instructions for connecting this app to the PC software are found in the Remote Access chapter of its Help file. This app provides a single point of contact to your home camera network. There is no need to insecurely open individual cameras to the Internet. This app connects using a secure and session-based protocol--no passwords are transmitted in plain text. Remote access does require router configuration or NGROK, which you can test without the app by using Safari. You should see your Blue Iris login page. Key features include: - Manage multiple Blue Iris installations - Geofencing: set status, send alerts, and more in response to device location * - Control the shield icon, schedule and profile selection - Receive iOS push notification alerts when a Blue Iris camera is triggered or there is a critical status message - Fast H.264 streaming - Control PTZ, IR and more for any camera that’s also controllable at the Blue Iris PC - Listen to and talk to any camera that’s also supported at the Blue Iris PC - Navigate cameras by tapping and swiping - Review recordings as stored on the Blue Iris PC, up to 64x speed - Download recorded video from the Blue Iris PC to the iOS device - Selectively delete recordings from the Blue Iris PC - Broadcast live video from the iOS device directly into a Blue Iris PC camera window - Remote control DIO output signals on compatible devices - Baby monitor functionality: continue to listen to audio with app closed or device in standby ** * Note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ** Note that continued use of audio streaming running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

IP Cam Viewer Pro2 screens
Blue Iris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blue Iris at every 4 days against IP Cam Viewer Pro's every 5 weeks. Blue Iris also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.4) and chart position (#30 vs #110). IP Cam Viewer Pro's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (67% vs 56%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

IP Cam Viewer Pro costs $4.99 and Blue Iris $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blue Iris holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 227 and 418 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of IP Cam Viewer Pro's written reviews are positive against 56% of Blue Iris'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, Blue Iris every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
IP Cam Viewer Pro versus Blue Iris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIP Cam Viewer ProBlue Iris
Price$4.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.4 (227 ratings)3.7 (418 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings227418 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#110#30 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB31 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperNibblesnBitsKen Pletzer

Customer experience

IP Cam Viewer Pro

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

Blue Iris

All ratings418 ratings
Positive64.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative33.0%

Bugs and requests

IP Cam Viewer Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Blue Iris

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to save video clips
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between live view and playback
  • Push notifications not working reliably
  • Cameras sometimes shown as offline when they are not
  • Crashes when rotating device or accessing certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for VPN connections
  • Improve video scrubbing and playback controls
  • Implement a more modern and responsive UI
  • Allow for more granular user permissions and access levels
  • Provide better integration with home automation systems

In-app purchases

None

IP Cam Viewer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Blue Iris

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IP Cam Viewer Pro free?
IP Cam Viewer Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blue Iris free?
Blue Iris costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IP Cam Viewer Pro or Blue Iris?
Blue Iris is rated higher. IP Cam Viewer Pro averages 3.4 out of 5 from 227 ratings, while Blue Iris averages 3.7 from 418 ratings.
Do IP Cam Viewer Pro or Blue Iris have ads?
Neither IP Cam Viewer Pro nor Blue Iris shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IP Cam Viewer Pro or Blue Iris?
IP Cam Viewer Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and Blue Iris every 4 days. Most recently, IP Cam Viewer Pro was updated on September 23, 2026 and Blue Iris on September 23, 2026.
Which is more popular, IP Cam Viewer Pro or Blue Iris?
IP Cam Viewer Pro currently peaks at #110 in the App Store charts, and Blue Iris at #30. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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