Speco Player vs Capture ADV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speco Player
Access your Speco DVR/NVR remotely for live viewing or playback of recorded content. Manage multiple locations, control PTZ cameras, and view up to 16 channels simultaneously. The app offers dynamic IP support and logs activity.
- Remote DVR/NVR access
- Live and playback viewing
- Multi-location storage
- PTZ control
- Multi-channel view (1, 4, 9, 16)
- Dynamic IP support
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Speco Player is designed to work with the HU, NU, VX, VT, HT, VS, WVS, HS, WRSP, DS, WDS, NS, NSP, and NSL (and now N32NS) DVR models of Speco Technologies. Speco Player is designed to give a user remote viewing access of their DVR/NVR. Whether it is live viewing or playback access, Speco Player keeps you in contact with your DVR/NVR. Features include: - Store multiple locations to access and recall with one touch - PTZ Control - View in either portrait or landscape mode - View 1, 4, 9, 10 or 16 channels at a time - Limits viewing of live or recorded video to a maximum 10 minutes - Change view with use of double tap (double tap to go from 4 to 1 channel view, double tap again to return to 4 channel view) - Dynamic IP via ddns.specoddns.net - Select either live view or playback of recorded content - View Log Activity
Capture ADV
This free video application connects to a secure world, offering easy access from anywhere. It supports a full line of products and provides live and playback video previews, device management, and alarm information.
- H264 & H265 decoding
- Live video preview (16 channels)
- Playback video preview (4 channels)
- Device management
- Record video and snapshot management
- Alarm info management
- 21 language support
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Connecting with more secured world, the free video app that allows you to easily available anywhere, which supports the full line of Capture products. The key features of Capture ADV Application include: *H264 & H265 decoding supported. *Live video preview of 16 channels at a time. *Playback video preview of 4 channel. *Management of devices. *Management record videos and snapshot images. *Management of alarm infos. *Support for 21 languages. *More functions you can find when in use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Capture ADV at 2.6 against Speco Player's 1.8. Capture ADV also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 5%). Speco Player's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 19) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Capture ADV holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speco Player has 164 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Speco Player's written reviews are positive against 20% of Capture ADV's.
Speco Player ships an update every 3 months, Capture ADV every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Speco Player | Capture ADV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (164 ratings) | 2.6 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.3% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 164 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Components Specialties, Inc | Wirepath Home Systems, LLC |
Customer experience
Speco Player
Capture ADV
In-app purchases
Speco Player
No in-app purchases
Capture ADV
No in-app purchases
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