WebEye vs Mr.Patrol
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
Mr.Patrol
Monitor your security cameras remotely with this intuitive application. Access live feeds, review recorded footage, and manage your devices with ease. Customize settings and share important files directly from your phone.
- Live camera feeds
- Playback and file saving
- PTZ control
- Device list management
- Instant P2P connection
- Customizable settings
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The Mr.Patrol application allows you to monitor your cameras online. It is easily to use and designed to make your surveillance solution to be simplified. Users can access playback and directly save files to the phone to export to others. The application has different customized settings for every customer and allows users to remove and add features based on their needs. Function - Live channels - 1 / 4 / 9 / 16 / 25 / 32 display mode - Scroll live view - Gallery mode - Users can save and store files directly into the phone and be able to export to others. - Snapshot - PTZ control - Device list management - Add / delete / edit / built-in QR code - Instant P2P connection - Live view / playback - scroll view compatible - Add / remove settings and features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mr.Patrol at 2.9 against WebEye's 2.3. Mr.Patrol also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (88 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mr.Patrol holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mr.Patrol has 88 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of WebEye's written reviews are positive against 21% of Mr.Patrol's.
WebEye ships an update every 2 months, Mr.Patrol every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebEye | Mr.Patrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (17 ratings) | 2.9 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.0% of reviews | 20.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 60 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WEBGATE Inc | RNC Network |
Customer experience
WebEye
Mr.Patrol
Bugs and requests
WebEye
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mr.Patrol
Reported bugs
79 issues- Recent update causes crashes
- App goes to black screen
- App window disappears after 7 seconds
- App resets cameras to 0 feed
- Cannot save photo to app
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- App won't rotate to landscape mode
- Black screens for a minute
- Cannot fast forward or rewind
- App not working on iPads
- Last update doesn't play back
- Says no data for playback
- Keeps saying ip or port invalid
- Error message: no p2p connection
- Lost remote video feed
- Removed space bar from iPhone keyboard
- Update stopped it from working
- Connectivity issues
- Connects but won't show picture
- No video after update
- Error messages after last update
- New updates black screen
- Cameras not working for two weeks
- IP address invalid error
- App constantly doesn't work
- App tries to connect but fails
- Says function network error
- Invalid IP or port
- Struggles to load paused video
- Error IP or Port Invalid
- Freezes and shakes, then disconnects
- Blue tint on all cameras
- Colors inverted
- Screen looks blue and flashes
- Certain objects are blue, everything looks dark
- Camera colors are wrong
- Everything brown turns to blue
- Color changes to something awful
- Colors start to turn bluish
- Error: Ip or Port Invalid
- "Finish to play" error during playback
- System gets glitchy and crashes
- App will not connect after last update
- Poor picture quality
- "Failed to connect to device" error
- No P2P five connected
- Cannot access DVR after upgrade
- App won't open after update
- Crashes at startup after update
- App crashes while launching
- App doesn't open at all
- App will not load
- Crashes when trying to open app
- Doesn't work since patch
- Camera will not record
- Playback does not work
- App crashes after zoom out or switch camera
- Playback freezes constantly
- Doesn't let playback on iPhone 10
- New version too sensitive
- Lost preset function on PTZ
- Port is invalid
- No playback recording
- Gallery menu doesn't work
- Capture gives photo permission error
- App stopped working after iOS 11.1 update
- MacBook Pro app will not open
- System not working after update
- App crashes when tilted to landscape
- App is very slow
- Causes iPad to become unstable
- Network instability for phone access
- App crashes when entering admin info
- App crashes when entering user name
- Server table does not contain column AutoLogin
- New interface wiped all settings
- Failed message after installing old settings
- Still has playback issues
- Cannot playback recordings from previous month
- PTZ arrows do not show up on screen
Requested features
15 requests- Fix recent update crashes
- Resolve black screen issue
- Fix app window disappearing
- Enable saving photos to app
- Fix landscape rotation
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- Improve playback functionality
- Fix color inversion/blue tint
- Address "IP or Port Invalid" errors
- Improve P2P connection stability
- Add slow motion playback
- Enable playback from previous months
- Fix PTZ control and presets
- Add audio feature
- Improve search and scrubbing
- Add 16-screen split for 32 channels
In-app purchases
WebEye
No in-app purchases
Mr.Patrol
No in-app purchases
