Maginon IPC Viewer vs IP Camera Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maginon IPC Viewer
View live feeds from your Maginon IPC surveillance cameras on your iPhone or iPad. Remotely control the camera's swivel direction for comprehensive monitoring.
- Live camera feed viewing
- Remote camera swivel control
- iPhone and iPad compatibility
- Multi-camera support
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The App is designed to control your Maginon IPC surveillance camera via iPhone or iPad. After installing one or several surveillance cameras a live picture can be viewed on you iPhone or iPad. Furthermore the camera can be swiveled in any designated direction.
IP Camera Lite
Transform your iOS device into a wireless IP camera for security monitoring. Stream live video and audio to various servers, including YouTube and Facebook. Supports advanced features like multi-cam capture and 4K HDR output.
- Wireless IP Camera functionality
- RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS server
- RTMP/SRT live media streaming
- Multi-camera capture (iOS 13+)
- 4K UHD 10bit HLG HDR output
- ONVIF and MJPEG viewer
- QR code for quick server addition
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*** Lite edition will add water mark on all video frames of IP Camera Server, including video record and snapshot, without Bi-directional audio, Motion Detection, Mail Notify, OneDrive, FTP, UPnP port forwarding and so on. Upgrade today and enjoy full Edition without ad *** "IP Camera Lite" can turn your iOS device into a wireless IP Camera via built-in RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS Server for security monitoring with audio support, you can use your browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera", it can work with the 'IP Camera for Mac' via AirDrop. "IP Camera Lite" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server (e.g. Push to YouTube, Facebook), and use for network broadcast. It also supports the rtmps security protocol and SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube Live currently. You can turn it on from IP Camera Server. It supports iOS 13 's Multi Cam feature which allows you to capture from front camera, back camera and external USB camera(For iPad Only) simultaneously and process into PIP video then transfer. It supports output video up to 4K UHD 10bit HLG HDR and up to 60FPS (The maximum resolution and frame rate are based on your iOS devices). It supports user name and password authentication, default username and password are admin, you can modify from the Settings App. "IP Camera Lite" provides full IPv6 support! "IP Camera Lite" is also a ONVIF and MJPEG viewer WITH video recording support! It also supports RTSP and SRT, RTMP protocols to playback! Finally, you can add another device's IP Camera Server quickly with build-in QR Code! Using HEVC for video recording/streaming requires iOS 11 or above, and the device must supports HEVC codec. IP Camera Bridge - A MJPEG video streaming and virtual microphone driver for Windows which can make your Windows applications using IP Camera as WebCam with audio input. https://github.com/shenyaocn/IP-Camera-Bridge
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IP Camera Lite at 3.1 against Maginon IPC Viewer's 2.3. IP Camera Lite also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). Maginon IPC Viewer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
IP Camera Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Maginon IPC Viewer's written reviews are positive against 50% of IP Camera Lite's.
Maginon IPC Viewer ships an update every 6 weeks, IP Camera Lite every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maginon IPC Viewer | IP Camera Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (67 ratings) | 3.1 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | supra GmbH | 垚 沈 |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Maginon IPC Viewer
No in-app purchases
IP Camera Lite
No in-app purchases
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