Exacq Mobile 3 vs ICVIEW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exacq Mobile 3
Access live and recorded video surveillance footage from exacqVision servers. View up to 48 cameras across multiple servers, control PTZ cameras, and manage triggers directly from your mobile device.
- Live video viewing
- Recorded video playback
- Connect to multiple servers
- PTZ camera control
- Trigger monitoring and control
- Video search functionality
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The Exacq Mobile app allows users to view live and recorded video from exacqVision IP and hybrid servers. Connect and view up to 48 surveillance cameras from multiple exacqVision servers through the free exacqVision web service. Control pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, monitor and control triggers, view and search video, and more from your mobile device.
ICVIEW
View and manage your security cameras, DVRs, and NVRs remotely. Stream live video and audio directly from your devices with secure authentication and full camera control.
- Live video and audio streaming
- Remote DVR/NVR/IP camera control
- PTZ camera control
- Multi-window view
- Username/password authentication
- Favorites management
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Access and control ICRealtime DVR, NVRs and IP Cameras directly from your iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. Watch and listen to your live surveillance video streams - fast and simple. Features - Compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices! - Stream live video directly from your security devices (not through 3rd party servers) - Remain secured with username/password authentication - Full control of PTZ cameras - Landscape and portrait mode - Support of ICRealtime’s full range of offerings - Support multi-window view - Support live audio - Support favorites - And much, much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ICVIEW at 2.5 against Exacq Mobile 3's 1.6. ICVIEW also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Exacq Mobile 3's advantage is ratings volume (296 vs 59). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ICVIEW holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exacq Mobile 3 has 296 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Exacq Mobile 3's written reviews are positive against 12% of ICVIEW's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exacq Mobile 3 | ICVIEW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (296 ratings) | 2.5 (59 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.8% of reviews | 11.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 296 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 306 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Exacq Technologies, Inc | ICRealtime LLC |
Customer experience
Exacq Mobile 3
ICVIEW
User reviews
Exacq Mobile 3
From 296 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great viewer for IP cameras
- 🚀 Nice user interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🐛 Unreliable connection
- 🐛 Pixelated video quality
- 🐛 Difficult to use
ICVIEW
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Smooth live feed viewing (occasional)
- 👍 Works well for remote viewing (historical)
- 👍 Straightforward setup (historical)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely difficult playback scrolling
- 🐛 Lags and glitches during playback
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Unreliable and unpredictable performance
- 🐛 Inconsistent live and playback functionality
Bugs and requests
Exacq Mobile 3
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cameras not populating in the app
- Video feeds not loading or timing out
- Inability to login or connect to servers
- Crashing and freezing issues after updates
- Incompatibility with newer iOS and Android versions
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back multi-panel view
- Add ability to delete/change cameras
- Improve search and playback functionality
- Optimize for mobile devices and newer OS versions
- Provide better documentation and user guides
ICVIEW
Reported bugs
38 issues- Playback lags and glitches out
- App loads extremely slowly
- App behaves differently on identical phones
- Blank squares instead of live camera feeds
- Playback view history always fails to connect
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- App is nearly unusable
- Inconsistent live and playback functionality
- Playback fast forward button sometimes does nothing
- Playback play button sometimes does nothing
- Small black buttons on black screen are hard to see
- App crashes every time
- App changes camera names
- Incorrect camera image displayed with correct header
- Stream not working on iPad after update
- Connection failed between app and iPhone
- Login timeout after last update
- Cannot access cameras after update
- Cannot add devices from outside the network
- Cannot add device on iPad
- Image resolution terrible after last update
- Zoomed images are too grainy
- Cameras take too long to load
- Playback starts an hour before desired time
- Cannot fast forward or scrub playback timeline
- Connection failure and constant loading after update
- App is not intuitive
- Cameras need to be set up each time
- Playback is complicated
- Cameras no longer load after update
- Camera names not displayed
- Camera names show up as numbers instead of names
- Cannot remotely access cameras after update
- Gives "login timeout" error after update
- App not working at all after update
- Latest download not working
- Does not allow connection with pre-existing settings
- Last update isn't working
- Cannot access through a web address
Requested features
5 requests- Major app upgrade needed
- Ability to save camera view preferences
- Modern interface required
- Option to group multiple camera views
- Display camera names instead of numbers
In-app purchases
Exacq Mobile 3
No in-app purchases
ICVIEW
No in-app purchases
