GuardCMS vs AFA View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GuardCMS
Access and control your DVR devices remotely from your iPhone. View live feeds, manage alarms, and search playback history with advanced H.264 decoding.
- Remote multiple DVR access
- H.264 decode capability
- Alarm I/O monitoring & control
- PTZ control
- Playback search by time or event
- Audio I/O
- Snapshot
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This application is designed specifically for iPhone users to connect to their DVR device remotely. With the modern state of art technology, practically unlimited number of DVRs can be viewed, monitored and controlled remotely. The main features of this application are: . H.264 decode capability, . Remote multiple DVRs, . Alarm I/O monitoring & control, . PTZ control, . Account manager to access remote DVR, . Playback search by time or event, . Audio I/O, . Snapshot.
AFA View
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AFAView is a H.264+H.265 DVR remote viewer. It can be viewed in non-landscape or landscape mode after filling in IP, port, username, and password. Features: - Live view - Time search and play - PTZ control - Zoom View
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GuardCMS at 8.0 against AFA View's 15.6. On price, update cadence, 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.
GuardCMS ships an update every 3 months, AFA View every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 9, 2026.
| Parameter | GuardCMS | AFA View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kingdom Communication Associated LTD. | Yu Chi Huang |
In-app purchases
GuardCMS
No in-app purchases
AFA View
No in-app purchases
