IMSeye vs Guard Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMSeye
Access and manage live video feeds from cameras and encoders directly on your iPhone. Enjoy features like PTZ control, direct streaming, and snapshot saving for convenient surveillance and monitoring.
- Live video stream viewing
- Camera and encoder control
- Pan, Tilt, & Zoom (PTZ) support
- Direct stream connection
- Snapshot saving
- MultiChannel encoder support
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IMSeye allows iPhone users to view and control live video streams from cameras and video encoders. Features: iPhone and iPod Touch compatible. Unlimited video on cellular and wifi. Support MultiChannel video encoder. Support for authentication. Support for Pan, Tilt, & Zoom control. Direct stream connection. No video going through 3rd party servers. Snapshot capability (while viewing live stream) to save to your local photo gallery. Support for landscape and portrait mode. Ability to change ip address and port as desired for internal and remote users.
Guard Live
This app provides remote access to surveillance systems for small businesses. Monitor live and recorded video, control cameras, and receive alerts from anywhere. It supports up to 6 NVRs with a maximum of 16 channels each.
- Remote surveillance access
- Live and recorded video viewing
- PTZ camera control
- Two-way audio communication
- Alarm notifications
- Cloud device sharing
- File management
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Guard Live is a simplified mobile surveillance app specially designed for small businesses, suitable for scenarios with less than 6 NVRs (16 channels per NVR at most). With Guard Live, you can acces surveillance products through network, view live and recorded video, control PTZ, start two-way audio, receive alarms, share cloud devices and manage files from anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IMSeye at 3.7 against Guard Live's 3.2. IMSeye also leads on iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.0). Guard Live's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). 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.
IMSeye holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 46 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of IMSeye's written reviews are positive against 31% of Guard Live's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IMSeye ships an update every 5 weeks, Guard Live weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IMSeye | Guard Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (18 ratings) — better | 3.2 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 343 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Kedi Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. | KeyLife International Technology Limited |
Customer experience
IMSeye
Guard Live
In-app purchases
IMSeye
No in-app purchases
Guard Live
No in-app purchases
