Exacq Mobile 3 vs Sonitrol
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.
Sonitrol
Remotely monitor and manage your security systems. Search facilities on a map, control arming status, view event history, manage users, and access live video feeds for enhanced security and operational oversight.
- Remote facility search via map or text
- Manage system arming status
- View and filter historical events
- Manage system users
- View live video feeds
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With this new, powerful app, Sonitrol now provides users the capability to remotely and securely search for their facilities via map or text, manage system arming status, view and filter historical events, manage system users, and view live video. Whether you are a regional manager for a retail chain and want to verify what time this evening all your systems armed, as well as check video to verify that all new sales displays have been set up properly, or you are the principal of the local elementary school and want to create a new system user for a recently-hired maintenance supervisor starting next week. For these user needs and so many like them the Sonitrol Mobile app is an effective, efficient and highly accessible tool for the local business or as well as for large regional and national organizations. About Sonitrol The industry leader in verified electronic security, Sonitrol’s patented impact audio technology and integrated access control have the capability to verify the presence of intruders or authenticate valid entrants to a facility. Sonitrol has the fastest police response times, lowest false alarm rates and best apprehension rates in the security industry…171,433 criminals caught and counting. Note: A Central Station hosted Sonitrol system and a valid mySonitrol web user account with Mobile Application permissions are required to use this app. Required iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sonitrol at 2.3 against Exacq Mobile 3's 1.6. Sonitrol also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 6%). Exacq Mobile 3's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (293 vs 21). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonitrol holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exacq Mobile 3 has 293 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Exacq Mobile 3's written reviews are positive against 30% of Sonitrol's.
Exacq Mobile 3 ships an update every 2 months, Sonitrol every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exacq Mobile 3 | Sonitrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (293 ratings) | 2.3 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 30.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 293 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Exacq Technologies, Inc | 3xLOGIC Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
Exacq Mobile 3
Sonitrol
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
Sonitrol
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exacq Mobile 3
No in-app purchases
Sonitrol
No in-app purchases
Questions
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