GuardCMS vs GuardView
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.
GuardView
This utility allows remote viewing of H.264 DVR systems. Users can access live feeds, search recorded events, and control camera functions like PTZ and zoom. It supports both portrait and landscape orientations after initial setup.
- Live view
- Time search and play
- Event search and play
- PTZ control
- Zoom
- Relay control
- Backup files to idevice
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GuardView is a new version which is a H.264 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 - Event search and play - PTZ control - Zoom - Relay control - Backup files to idevice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GuardCMS at 50% against GuardView's 0%. GuardCMS also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 57 months). GuardView's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 1.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
GuardView holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of GuardCMS's written reviews are positive against 0% of GuardView's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GuardCMS ships an update every 3 months, GuardView every 57 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GuardCMS | GuardView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 57 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kingdom Communication Associated LTD. | ACTIVA |
Customer experience
GuardCMS
GuardView
In-app purchases
GuardCMS
No in-app purchases
GuardView
No in-app purchases
