eSecure 2.0 vs Speco Blue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eSecure 2.0
Control your home security system and smart devices remotely. View live video feeds and receive alerts for important events. Automate scenes for convenience and energy savings.
- Arm/disarm security system
- Control Z-Wave devices (lights, locks, thermostats)
- View live and recorded video
- Create automated scenes
- Manage user codes
- Receive event alerts
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The Protection 1 eSecure 2.0™ Remote Interactive Services app gives you real-time control of your Protection 1® security system from anywhere. You can remotely control your security system, Z-Wave® enabled devices (e.g., lights, lock and thermostats) and view live, streaming video of your home and business wherever you are. Requirement: Compatible Protection 1® security system with a subscription to eSecure 2.0™ Remote Interactive Services. Please call 1.866.792.2422 for additional information. Feature Highlights: • Arm or disarm your security system • Turn lights off or on • Adjust thermostat temperature • Unlock or lock doors • View live video and recorded clips from your Protection 1 eSecure 2.0™ cameras • Wi-Fi® signal strength indicators for Protection 1 eSecure 2.0™ cameras • Create and control automated scenes for convenience and energy savings • Create users and manage their security system user codes • Language support for: Latin American Spanish, French Canadian, Brazilian Portuguese • Receive email and text alerts about selected events in your home or business, such as extreme temperature changes, motion detected in restricted areas, movement of valuable items, and more. • Language support for: Latin American Spanish, French Canadian, Brazilian Portuguese
Speco Blue
Access and manage Speco Technologies' NR and HR recorders remotely. View live feeds, playback recordings, take snapshots, and receive event notifications. The app also allows for local recording and two-way audio communication.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded video and audio
- Snapshot capture and sending
- Local video recording
- Event push notifications
- Remote recorder settings adjustment
- Two-way audio communication
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Use Speco Blue to access Speco Technologies' NR and HR models of recorders for the following: - Live view of all channels - Playback of previously recorded video and audio - Take and send snapshots of any channel - Record video to your local device - Receive push notifications of events and tap to directly view on Speco Blue - Change certain remote settings of your recorder - 2-Way audio communication - Analytics search of recordings from NR recorders
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eSecure 2.0 at 4.6 against Speco Blue's 3.1. eSecure 2.0 also leads on ratings volume (7.9K vs 102) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Speco Blue's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (47% vs 32%). On price, 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.
eSecure 2.0 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eSecure 2.0 has 7.9K ratings behind it against 102, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of eSecure 2.0's written reviews are positive against 47% of Speco Blue's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
eSecure 2.0 ships an update every 6 weeks, Speco Blue every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eSecure 2.0 | Speco Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.9K ratings) — better | 3.1 (102 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.9K — better | 102 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Protection One | Components Specialties, Inc |
Customer experience
eSecure 2.0
Speco Blue
User reviews
eSecure 2.0
From 7.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🔒 Secure app
- 👍 Convenient remote access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🔒 Difficult to set up user accounts
- ⏱️ Slow to connect and respond
- 🔌 Unreliable connectivity
- 💰 Expensive service
Speco Blue
From 102 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Fast and responsive performance (when working)
- 💡 Two-way audio communication
- 💡 Analytics search feature
- 💡 Snapshot feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🐛 Clunky and hard to navigate design
- 🐛 Doesn't work on iPad
- 🐛 Buttons cease to function
Bugs and requests
eSecure 2.0
Reported bugs
3 issues- App unable to arm/disarm system
- Sensor and camera issues
- Inconsistent app performance
Requested features
3 requests- Allow clearing alarm history from app
- Improve scheduling options
- Update app for latest iPhone models
Speco Blue
Reported bugs
29 issues- Menu comes and goes at will
- Buttons to view camera or review past footage cease to function
- Defaults to unviewable substream settings
- App keeps crashing on iPhone 14 Pro and 13
- Connection of NVR server loses signal randomly
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- Constantly crashing, not able to connect, unexplained logouts
- Bugs and issues with iOS 17, consistently crashing
- App crashes immediately when trying to add a location on iPhone 15 Pro
- App crashes every time you turn to landscape mode on iOS 17
- Can't access camera during business on new iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App keeps freezing and crashes if you go to landscape mode
- Logs you out anytime then you have to reset all over again
- When watching a camera, it downgrades resolutions
- Event notifications not working with iOS 16.5.1
- App is not compatible with iPad operating system 16.3
- Cannot play back anything, playback shows black screen with 'camera not connected'
- Playback is sketchy and sluggish, implodes every few minutes
- App is unusable on iPad OS 16 with Stage Manager
- App struggles with switching from portrait to landscape mode on iPad
- App icons in the top left and right corners are hard to access due to stretched view on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- New update dislikes auto resolution function where app lowers camera viewing resolution
- App crashes any time I try to view more than five cameras
- App is the biggest battery drain ever
- App does not work well on iPhone 13
- App crashed after less than 2 months
- Cannot get app to work to view live feed and recorded
- Cannot see anything with the new orange colors on intelligence view playback
- App will not connect to the NVR after a power outage until you reboot NVR, generate a new QR code and reconfigure app
- Nothing works when needed most
Requested features
14 requests- Allow admin access from app for editing settings and receiving motion notifications
- Improve default substream settings for Speco profile
- Allow changing notification sound
- Implement full setting configurations in the app (like on NVR)
- Improve UX/UI design to match competitors
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- Make app work in landscape mode on iPad
- Create an iPad-specific version that utilizes screen real estate
- Remove auto resolution function
- Optimize for new iPhones (dynamic island)
- Allow viewing notifications in the app without push notifications
- Improve fast forward speed in playback
- Fix playback slowing down
- Allow viewing more than five cameras without crashing
- Reduce battery drain
In-app purchases
eSecure 2.0
No in-app purchases
Speco Blue
No in-app purchases
