Netvue vs CTRONICS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Netvue
Monitor your home remotely with live HD video and two-way audio. Receive motion detection alerts and integrate with smart home devices. Enhance your home security with intelligent AI technology.
- Live HD video streaming
- Two-way audio communication
- Motion detection alerts
- Smart home device integration
- AI-powered home security
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NETVUE, INC is a technologically innovative company, and the creator of the world's first AI Video doorbell-Netvue Belle. With our world-class hardware and software development team, we've independently developed a series of smart home products, including IP cameras, smart doorbells, baby monitors, smart sockets, etc. Netvue lets you watch over your home from anywhere. All Netvue cameras and doorbells stream live HD video and two-way audio straight to your iPhone, iPad. They also work with Amazon Alexa. With motion detection, you can only focus on what matters to you. Our mission is to use A.I. technology to assist people in all aspects of home life and bring a human dimension to modern technology. We'll always focus on improving customer's lives by building the best smart devices in the industry. Home security, done smart. We're inviting you to join Netvue family today and make your home a smart home!
CTRONICS
Stream live video from your camera and capture still images directly from the feed. Remotely control your camera's functions for a seamless viewing and recording experience.
- Watch online video
- Catch photos on video
- Control the camera
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1.watch the on line video 2.catch the photo on video 3.control the camera
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Netvue at 542 against CTRONICS's 60. CTRONICS's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for Netvue against 2.6 for CTRONICS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Netvue has 542 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Netvue's written reviews are positive against 37% of CTRONICS's.
Netvue ships an update monthly, CTRONICS every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Netvue | CTRONICS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (542 ratings) | 2.6 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.8% of reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 542 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 284 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NETVUE, INC. | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Netvue
CTRONICS
User reviews
Netvue
From 542 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Clear picture quality
- 📹 Good camera features
- 🔔 Useful notifications
- 🤖 AI bird identification
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🔌 Connectivity issues
- 🕰️ Inconsistent motion detection
- 🔍 Poor customer support
- 🔒 Privacy concerns
CTRONICS
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well with cameras
- 👍 Great motion capture
- 👍 Easy setup for some
- 👍 Good camera quality
- 👍 Added joystick movement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Video inversion issues
- 🐛 Playback problems
- 🐛 Authentication issues
- 🐛 Connection difficulties
- 🐛 Poor customer support
Bugs and requests
Netvue
Reported bugs
4 issues- SD card formatting problems
- Video recording duration limitations
- App logging users out unexpectedly
- Firmware updates causing functionality regressions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view multiple cameras simultaneously
- Improved video playback controls
- More customization options for motion detection
- Integration with smart home platforms
CTRONICS
Reported bugs
67 issues- Video seems to be inverted
- Turning iPad does the opposite in landscape
- App in portrait but wrong way round
- Video is landscape but upside down in portrait
- None of the 8 cameras show video in playback
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- Downloaded videos still don't play
- App no longer works with modern authentication
- Device have many faults
- Motion sense all over the place
- Highlight an area & it motion senses the whole screen
- Smart humanoid detection doesn't work
- Notifications don't work
- App not talking to the cameras
- Won't let me erase SD card data
- Video stays vertical when mirroring iPhone to TV
- App doesn't actually turn horizontal
- App works well if you have set it up correctly
- Since iOS 15 update, no more notifications
- Cannot connect, stopped working
- Stuck loading
- View is sideways on Macbook or iPad
- Video stays vertical and doesn’t change to horizontal
- App doesn’t actually turn horizontal
- Network anomalies after connecting to live camera
- Only watch few hours back video
- More than 6 hours old videos do not play or download
- Camera stopped responding
- Camera simply does not wake up
- Camera doesn’t connect to WIFI anymore
- Notifications stopped working after upgrade to IOS 15.2.1
- CCTV system has stopped working after uploading version 15.0.2
- System will load but no CCTV coverage
- Night video doesn’t work
- Alarm recording time is shorter
- Human recognition sensing records in blocks of 14 seconds
- Email settings not an option for all camera models
- Very difficult to connect
- Unable to share to another device or person
- First device did not work anymore after connecting to second device
- Camera was easy to configure alongside the app
- Can't watch none of the video captured on my motion detector online
- Simply will not connect from the app to the camera
- Keep having to reset both cameras and go through setup again every day or so
- App needs some changes
- App takes forever to receive any feedback
- App is too slow and frequently freezing
- Constant notification sounds
- Constant False notifications with no screen message
- Disable CTRONICS app stops false notifications
- Camera keeps dropping out about every 4-6 hrs
- After 1 week can't connect at all
- App was good but after the last update it takes more than twice as long to get the cameras online
- Camera seems to have a bad connection to router
- Sometimes it takes a time to load
- The app no longer sends notifications
- Barely works anymore
- App can’t find the camera
- After 13.5 update I have no push notifications
- Alarm and motion sensor notification doesn’t work
- Has to be very close to the modem, otherwise won’t connect
- New version has cam stuck in auto pan
- No control
- Application lente et bug souvent
- Always needing to be reset
- App doesn’t work anymore
- Crashing on iPhone 10 X
- Will not load on the iPhone 10X
Requested features
27 requests- Provide a video on YouTube for internet connection
- Add a feature to select all videos at once
- Improve video quality settings
- Allow longer recording times for motion triggers
- Add ability to set alarm off from live view
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- Provide a version for Apple Watch
- Make email settings available for all camera models
- Add custom alarm sound for iPhone
- Add arrows for continuous camera turning
- Improve motion detection accuracy
- Add smart humanoid detection improvements
- Allow for 24/7 recording
- Improve notification system
- Add ability to erase SD card data
- Fix video orientation issues on AirPlay
- Fix video orientation issues on Mac/iPad
- Allow users to download older videos
- Enable camera to change Wi-Fi without reset
- Allow sharing to another device or person
- Improve app speed and responsiveness
- Add option to select all videos for deletion
- Provide a DVD or website for setup instructions
- Add more seconds to motion alarm recordings
- Allow faster loading of cameras
- Add a button to set alarm off from live view
- Add a feature to download camera after deleting it
- Allow watching recorded videos at sped-up speeds
In-app purchases
Netvue
No in-app purchases
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
