WebEye vs SmartEyes_Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WebEye
Monitor and control WEBGATE products remotely from your mobile device. Access live video feeds, manage PTZ cameras, and review system logs and event recordings from anywhere, anytime.
- Live Monitoring (Single/Multi view)
- PTZ Control
- System Log
- Event Log
- Playback Video
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WebEye, WEBGATE mobile application, allows all valued user to monitor and control all WEBGATE products under mobile device environment, at anywhere and anytime. # Key Features - Live Monitoring (Single/Multi view) - PTZ Control - WNS / WRS - System Log - Event Log - Playback Video (Single) # Supported Apple Product - All iOS mobile devices (iPhone, iPAD) # Supported iOS version - From iOS 10.0 # Supported products - All DVR products - All NVR products
SmartEyes_Pro
Access and monitor your Digital Video Recorder (DVR) remotely. This app allows you to view live feeds, receive push notifications for alerts, and manage recordings. It requires network access to connect to your DVR and offers optional features like QR code import and microphone access.
- Remote DVR monitoring
- Live feed viewing
- Push notifications
- QR code import
- Video recording storage
- Microphone access
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Remote monitoring app for DVR(Digital Video Recorder) SmartEyes Update version!!! [Permission information for using the app] 1) Required access rights - Network: Permission to use the network, which is required to access the DVR. 2) Optional access rights - Photos and videos: Permission to access device photo media files. This permission is required to use the QR code photo import, screenshot image storage, and video recording storage functions. - Camera: Access to the device's camera, which is required to use the QR code recognition function. - Microphone: Access to the device's microphone, which is required to use the recorder's speaking function. - Notification: This is the permission to access the device's notifications and is required to display it on the device when a PUSH notification comes from the recorder. * You can use the app even if you do not agree to the optional access permissions. * If you do not agree to the optional access rights, normal use of some functions of the service may be difficult.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartEyes_Pro at 2.8 against WebEye's 2.3. WebEye's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
SmartEyes_Pro holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of WebEye's written reviews are positive against 14% of SmartEyes_Pro's.
WebEye ships an update every 2 months, SmartEyes_Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebEye | SmartEyes_Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (17 ratings) | 2.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WEBGATE Inc | Rifatron Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
WebEye
SmartEyes_Pro
Bugs and requests
WebEye
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SmartEyes_Pro
Reported bugs
38 issues- App stopped working
- Remote connection error
- Site won't connect
- Failed to connect to site
- Corrupts and throws out
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- Cannot connect to cameras since update
- Bug in the system
- Network disconnect
- Stopped working when viewing recorded footage
- Intermittent service/Time Out
- Signal loss with no pic
- Sound no longer works on iPad
- Unable to view on smartphone since update
- App crashes on iPad Pro since update
- Crashes when trying to get to cameras
- Black screen on playback
- App stopped logging in remotely
- App will not load
- Devices stopped connecting after update
- Playback skips to beginning of previous hour
- App is slow to connect or fails altogether
- App does not work without Wi-Fi
- App not connecting
- App crashes every time
- App freezes
- PTZ works only sometimes
- App frequently closing without warning
- Opens with no video
- App crashing on iPhone 6Plus
- Audio not working on iPhone 6
- App crashing on connection to DNS server/camera
- App crashes when swapping cameras
- Only one camera with sound
- App crashes when switching to camera with sound
- Calendar a day forward/incorrect dates
- App freezing
- Cannot manually add server
- Cannot change camera order
Requested features
8 requests- Save video playback
- Add motion record list
- Add recordings to smartphone/tablet
- Fix audio issues
- Fix PTZ button functionality
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- Improve remote connection reliability
- Fix calendar display issues
- Allow creation of multiple accounts for different sites
In-app purchases
WebEye
No in-app purchases
SmartEyes_Pro
No in-app purchases
