Comparison

IP Cam Viewer Pro vs InstarVision for iPad

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

InstarVision for iPad

View and control your IP cameras from your iPad. Stream live video and audio, adjust settings, and manage recordings from various compatible brands.

Highlights
  • Live video/audio streaming
  • Add, edit, delete cameras
  • Pan/Tilt/Zoom control
  • Change camera settings
  • Save or share snapshots
  • Play cloud/SD card recordings
  • Motion detection activation
Features
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InstarVision is the perfect companion to your INSTAR IP camera. This application is specially designed for the iPad and allows you to view the video streams of your camera, to control it real-time or to change its settings. • FUNCTIONS • - Play live- video/audio streams - Add/edit/delete cameras - Pan/Tilt/Zoom functions - Swipe control - Change camera settings (brightness, contrast, resolution ...) - Save or share snapshots - Saving preset positions - Controllable IR LEDs and I/O Relay (depends on the camera model) - Activate / deactivate camera motion detection - Play recordings from the Cloud or SD card Additional to the INSTAR models you can use cameras of the following manufacturers: - 7Links - ABUS - Allnet - Apexis - Axis - Bosch - Dericam - Digitus - D-Link - EasyN - Edimax - Elro - Foscam - Hama - JVC - Linksys - Mobotix - Panasonic - Reolink - Samsung - Siemens - Sony - Swann - Vilar - Wanscam - Wansview If you have any suggestion or problem with this app please contact us at support@instar.com. You can help us to extend the functions and supported cameras in this app by providing: - Documentation to your camera - Test account if possible This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded here: https://github.com/instarcam/InstarVision-iPad

Screenshots

IP Cam Viewer Pro2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: InstarVision for iPad at Free against IP Cam Viewer Pro's $4.99. InstarVision for iPad also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 67%). IP Cam Viewer Pro's advantage is ratings volume (225 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

InstarVision for iPad 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

IP Cam Viewer Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Cam Viewer Pro has 225 ratings behind it against 4, 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 82% of InstarVision for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
IP Cam Viewer Pro versus InstarVision for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIP Cam Viewer ProInstarVision for iPad
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (225 ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews81.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings225 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNibblesnBitsINSTAR Deutschland GmbH

Customer experience

IP Cam Viewer Pro

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

InstarVision for iPad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative11.7%

In-app purchases

None

IP Cam Viewer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

InstarVision for iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IP Cam Viewer Pro free?
IP Cam Viewer Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is InstarVision for iPad free?
InstarVision for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IP Cam Viewer Pro or InstarVision for iPad?
IP Cam Viewer Pro is rated higher. IP Cam Viewer Pro averages 3.4 out of 5 from 225 ratings, while InstarVision for iPad averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do IP Cam Viewer Pro or InstarVision for iPad have ads?
Neither IP Cam Viewer Pro nor InstarVision for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IP Cam Viewer Pro or InstarVision for iPad?
IP Cam Viewer Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and InstarVision for iPad every 5 weeks. Most recently, IP Cam Viewer Pro was updated on November 10, 2026 and InstarVision for iPad on November 6, 2026.

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