Comparison

Sharpdesk Mobile vs AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Sharpdesk Mobile

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 3.216 ratingsView app →

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 2.9106 ratingsView app →

About

Sharpdesk Mobile

Easily receive, preview, and store scanned documents from your Wi-Fi connected scanner directly to your mobile device. Print stored documents, attach them to emails, or share them with other applications.

Highlights

Receive scanned documents
Preview documents
Store documents on mobile
Print stored documents
Attach documents to email
Share with other apps

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Sharpdesk Mobile can receive, preview and store scanned documents from your scanner to your mobile device connected to your Wi-Fi network. Sharpdesk Mobile can also print the documents stored in your mobile device to your printer, attach the scanned documents stored in this application to e-mail, and send the documents to other application in your mobile device to utilize them. For details, see Sharpdesk Mobile Web site: http://sharp-world.com/products/copier/docu_solutions/mobile/sharpdesk_mobile/ Sharpdesk is a trademark or registered trademark of Sharp Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. New features may require options and firmware updates for printer/scanner. See your local support web site for the detail.

About

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

Access and manage your video surveillance and access control systems remotely. View live feeds, search recorded events, and respond to alerts. Control doors, manage intercoms, and utilize advanced camera features for comprehensive security oversight.

Highlights

Mobile access to multiple systems
Timeline visualization for recorded events
Live view with selectable streaming profiles
Two-way audio and intercom communication
Access control for doors
Notifications for immediate actions
PTZ control and 360 camera dewarping

Features

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Mobile app for AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 - Powerful and flexible video management and access control. Main features: • Mobile access to multiple systems • Quickly find and view recorded events with timeline visualization • Export of recordings • Notifications to take immediate actions • Live view with selectable streaming profiles • Two-way audio from camera in live view • Respond to calls from Axis network intercoms • Support for action buttons to play pre-recorded audio messages, control I/O, etc. • Mechanical and digital PTZ pre-sets for fast navigation • 360 camera dewarping • Custom views with support for camera, split and folder views • Scheduling of notifications from local and port-mapped systems • Access control features such as locking/unlocking doors, overriding/resuming schedules, and monitoring door status Setup: Requires AXIS Camera Station version 5.56 or later. Setup information at www.axis.com/products/axis-camera-station Release notes at www.axis.com/ftp/pub_soft/cam_srv/ACS_iOS/latest/relnote.txt

Screenshots

Sharpdesk Mobile4 screens

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 at fortnightly against Sharpdesk Mobile's every 5 months. AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 also leads on ratings volume (106 vs 16). Sharpdesk Mobile's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (43% vs 25%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sharpdesk Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 has 106 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Sharpdesk Mobile's written reviews are positive against 25% of AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sharpdesk Mobile ships an update every 5 months, AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level

Sharpdesk Mobile versus AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Sharpdesk Mobile	AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.2 (16 ratings) — better	2.9 (106 ratings)
Positive reviews	42.9% of reviews — better	25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings	16	106 — better
Update frequency	Every 5 months	Fortnightly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	16.0 — better	18.0
Further details — not scored
Size	13 MB	79 MB
Age rating	17+	4+
Developer	Sharp Corporation	Axis Communications AB

Customer experience

Sharpdesk Mobile

All ratings16 ratings

Positive56.3%

Neutral6.3%

Negative37.5%

Written reviews49 reviews

Positive42.9%

Neutral8.2%

Negative49.0%

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

All ratings107 ratings

Positive43.0%

Neutral8.4%

Negative48.6%

Written reviews92 reviews

Positive25.0%

Neutral17.4%

Negative57.6%

User reviews

Sharpdesk Mobile

From 16 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Great for mobile printing
👍 Handy for reps/employees
👍 Easy to switch options
👍 Prints MS Office files
👍 Smooth photo printing

Room to improve

🐛 App is broken/stopped working
🐛 Printing issues
🐛 Clunky and terrible
🐛 Cannot print PDFs
🐛 Useless app

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

From 106 App Store ratings

What we love

👍 Stable and lightest VMS
👍 Good layout and clean interface
👍 PTZ control finally available
👍 Resolved issues with updates
👍 Works well overall

Room to improve

🐛 Magenta/pink camera view
🐛 Title bar takes up real estate
🐛 Inconsistent and unreliable
🐛 Playback issues
🐛 No connection

Bugs and requests

Sharpdesk Mobile

Reported bugs

21 issues

Stopped working after a couple of months
Cannot print since updating to version 2.5.0
Says file is being sent but never prints
Unable to print documents due to missing components
Won't print PDFs, only photos

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No longer prints pics from iPhone 6+
Broken with iOS 11
App broken with iOS 9.0
Cannot communicate to printer successfully
Not recognized on iOS 8's share sheet
Cannot print from other apps
Cannot print a page range from a document
Cannot open local documents directly
App crashes on start with iOS 7
Needs iOS 7 update
Scanning quit working
Authentication configured on 5110
Send to dialog box is blank
iPad DR Collision error
Won't find devices across a VLAN
Cannot edit device name field

Requested features

8 requests

Option to print black-and-white by default
Option to print specific pages from PDF
Network support for mobile data (VPN)
Add 'Open In' function again
Link to OCR apps

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User authentication for printing
Ability to change device name
Airplay emulation as default

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

Reported bugs

121 issues

Camera view turns magenta/pink
Cannot see cameras with latest update
Title bar takes up too much space
Cannot access IOS app with same credentials
No secure entry app

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App crashes when opening certain cameras
Constant motion alerts in app
Time increments disappearing
Motion viewing skips entire days of data
Updates purge systems and passwords
Cameras never load after update
Never connects to anything
Connection timed out error
Apps don’t connect to servers
Does not accept configured port number
No works on iPhone 13 Pro
Continually asked to check port number
Doorbell notification doesn’t work on iPad on WiFi
Playback unavailable on iPhone
Playback does not function after update
Time increments disappearing
Motion viewing is horrible
Updates lose settings
Cameras never load
Never connects
Cannot add local server using Apple app
Unable to access servers
Constant motion alerts
Poor build, so many bugs
Apps don’t connect to servers
Does not accept configured port number
No works in iPhone 13 Pro
Wouldn’t connect
Doorbell notification broken
Not reliable
Playback unavailable on iPhone
Playback does not function
Keeps deleting saved cameras
Slow playback
No speed control during playback
Playback recorded video issue
Load speed slow
No support for MPEG
App crashes
Playback controls broken
No audio from cameras
Slow to connect
Forgets preferred stream quality
No PTZ control
Lacking PTZ and IO control
No support for 3rd party cameras full screen
Dewrap no longer works after update
Cannot access recordings
Cannot see taped videos
Recordings still not showing
Time increments disappearing
Motion viewing is horrible
Updates lose settings
Cameras never load
Never connects
Cannot add local server
Unable to access servers
Constant motion alerts
Poor build
Apps don’t connect
Does not accept configured port number
No works on iPhone 13 Pro
Wouldn’t connect
Doorbell notification broken
Not reliable
Playback unavailable on iPhone
Playback does not function
Keeps deleting saved cameras
Slow playback
No speed control
Playback recorded video issue
Load speed slow
No support for MPEG
App crashes
Playback controls broken
No audio from cameras
Slow to connect
Forgets preferred stream quality
No PTZ control
Lacking PTZ and IO control
No support for 3rd party cameras full screen
Dewrap no longer works
Cannot access recordings
Cannot see taped videos
Recordings still not showing
Time increments disappearing
Motion viewing horrible
Updates lose settings
Cameras never load
Never connects
Cannot add local server
Unable to access servers
Constant motion alerts
Poor build
Apps don’t connect
Does not accept configured port number
No works on iPhone 13 Pro
Wouldn’t connect
Doorbell notification broken
Not reliable
Playback unavailable on iPhone
Playback does not function
Keeps deleting saved cameras
Slow playback
No speed control
Playback recorded video issue
Load speed slow
No support for MPEG
App crashes
Playback controls broken
No audio from cameras
Slow to connect
Forgets preferred stream quality
No PTZ control
Lacking PTZ and IO control
No support for 3rd party cameras full screen

Requested features

14 requests

More features and capabilities
Better search features for video playback
Support for ACS secure entry capabilities
Ability to add users
View live events with video

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Manual record button
Mac App Store availability
Secure Entry integration
Video download
Show bandwidth, FPS from camera to app
Group cameras into views
Add Audio support
Add Video export to mobile
Manual server name entry

In-app purchases

None

Sharpdesk Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sharpdesk Mobile free?

Sharpdesk Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 free?

AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Which has better reviews, Sharpdesk Mobile or AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5?

Sharpdesk Mobile is rated higher. Sharpdesk Mobile averages 3.2 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 averages 2.9 from 106 ratings.

Do Sharpdesk Mobile or AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 have ads?

Neither Sharpdesk Mobile nor AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Sharpdesk Mobile or AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5?

Sharpdesk Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 fortnightly. Most recently, Sharpdesk Mobile was updated on November 6, 2026 and AXIS Camera Station Pro & 5 on November 13, 2026.