Comparison

LILINViewer vs BlueBOLT Mobile

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

Head to head
About

LILINViewer

This app allows remote live monitoring of LILIN NVR, DVR, and IP camera products. It supports features like PTZ control, two-way audio, and event notification for motion and alarms. Users can also search and view recordings from NVRs, DVRs, or IP camera SD cards.

Highlights
  • Remote live monitoring
  • PTZ camera control
  • Two-way audio communication
  • Digital zoom
  • Remote playback of recordings
  • Motion and alarm event notifications
Features
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LILIN Viewer reached the end of support, please migrate to LILIN Pro. You may backup your camera settings to LILIN Cloud, then restore with the LILIN Pro app. LILINViewer is the remote video application for LILIN NVR, DVR, and IP camera products. Features include remote live monitoring, digital output triggering, digital input alarm detection, camera motion detection, PTZ camera control, two-way audio communication to a camera, remote focus for auto focus camera, digital zoom. Remote playback feature can search recording for NVR or DVR. SD card recording of an IP camera can be searched and viewed. Motion and alarm events can be notified via Apple Push Notification Service. By clicking on the event, the event can be easily reviewed. PTZ features include preset recall, pan, tilt, and zoom for a PTZ, auto pan for patrol mode. More features such as camera groping views and matrix view with user authentications are supported.

About

BlueBOLT Mobile

Remotely control and monitor energy usage of electronic devices. Enables remote reboots, scheduled power cycles, and proactive troubleshooting for professional integrators. Manage all customer installations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time remote control and monitoring
  • Remote reboots of devices
  • Scheduled power conservation
  • Proactive issue notification
  • View all locations and devices
  • Tag high-priority items
  • Fast and simple installation
Features
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BlueBOLT® IP Power Management delivers real-time remote control and monitoring of the energy used by your electronic devices, enabling remote reboots, scheduled conservation & more. For professional audio/visual and smart home control integrators, BlueBOLT pairs with select Panamax and Furman branded power products, renown to deliver the best in power protection, performance and management for mission-critical projects world-wide. BlueBOLT reduces service calls by enabling remote reboots of problem devices; it maximizes network health with scheduled power cycles; and self-heals network devices to save time and money. Plus, BlueBOLT can be managed from anywhere with an internet connection. BlueBOLT lets you monitor and manage all your customers’ installations, with proactive notices that enable you to remotely troubleshoot and fix problems before your customer realizes that something is not working right. BlueBOLT Mobile puts this power right on your phone or mobile device, helping you deliver exceptional service to all your customers, with mobile support that eliminates unnecessary truck rolls. BlueBOLT Mobile works hand-in-hand with the more robust BlueBOLT desktop app, with visibility into all your locations, via either mobile or desktop. Locations and Devices View not only all your locations, but all devices within each location connected to BlueBOLT. Watchlist BlueBOLT Watchlist enables tagging of high priority locations & devices, those that deserve special attention. Combined with location and device filtering, BlueBOLT Mobile lets you quickly identify potential issues – again, before your customer even knows there’s an issue. Power-Cycle Often a problem can be fixed by turning the affected component off and then on. BlueBOLT Mobile enables this right from your phone. Fast, Simple Installation BlueBOLT makes it easy to add locations and devices. And if you already have a BlueBOLT desktop account, your locations and devices will be immediately available on BlueBOLT Mobile. Protection and Performance BlueBOLT provides the remote management, while the BlueBOLT-enabled Panamax and Furman power conditioners set the gold standard in protection and performance for connected electronic equipment. It’s a winning combination. Some of the icons used on this app are provided by SVG Icon Libraries and Custom Icon Font Organizer IcoMoon http://icomoon.io/ and it's designers. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Screenshots

LILINViewer2 screens
BlueBOLT Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlueBOLT Mobile at 83% against LILINViewer's 4%. BlueBOLT Mobile also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.8). LILINViewer's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

BlueBOLT Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of LILINViewer's written reviews are positive against 83% of BlueBOLT Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LILINViewer ships an update every 10 days, BlueBOLT Mobile every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LILINViewer versus BlueBOLT Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLILINViewerBlueBOLT Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (30 ratings)4.3 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3031 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerit LILIN Ent. Co., Ltd.Core Brands LLC

Customer experience

LILINViewer

All ratings30 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative76.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative89.4%

BlueBOLT Mobile

All ratings31 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

LILINViewer

Reported bugs

54 issues
  • Playback not working
  • Cannot see camera views
  • No video in any view or playback
  • App only works 20% of the time
  • Image quality very poor
Show 49 more
  • Cannot view anything in real time or with significant delay
  • Alarms don't populate
  • App stopped working all together, just spins and says loading
  • Date and time selection for playback is white text on white background
  • Playback just says 'loading' and never loads
  • Setup is painful, screen goes black when adding settings
  • Unable to do playback from app
  • Interface for playback makes no sense
  • Camera groups are preconfigured and incorrect
  • App crashes every time it's opened
  • Images shown are stuck from 3 months ago
  • App doesn't play back
  • App crashes constantly
  • Painfully slow loading camera images
  • Cannot tell if looking at historical or live view
  • App crashes after loading for 2 seconds
  • App closes when adding camera
  • App freezes and requires force close
  • Tutorial shows different UI than app
  • App crashes when opened
  • Cannot delete groups
  • Cannot playback NVR, 'No video' after 45-60 seconds
  • Never links up, only shows new cameras occasionally
  • Slowest buggiest app
  • App crashes when turning iPhone to portrait mode
  • Often issues with video loss
  • Have to delete and re-do everything when pressing tabs
  • App crashes NVR box
  • Randomly crashing, various cameras go on and off
  • Video door station does not work
  • Push notifications for door station not working
  • Audio to talk to door does not work from app
  • App crashes on playback
  • Old video footage is shown when changing screen
  • Latest version crashes under iOS 10 during playback
  • App is jumpy and sketchy
  • Playback skips ahead
  • Playback skips from one date to another
  • App is useless when you really need it
  • Will not show any cameras on iOS 10
  • Pictures freeze on network problem
  • App closes after opening twice
  • Video acts like 3G even under WiFi
  • Freezes iPhone 6s if phone sleeps when app is open
  • New update does not work well
  • New version only does aspect ratio in portrait mode
  • Crashes constantly when trying to switch between groups
  • Swiping left and right carries over images from previous page
  • App crashes when swiping left or right too quickly

Requested features

16 requests
  • 💡 Fix bugs in Lilin Pro app
  • 💡 Update web and mobile software
  • 💡 Add geo-fencing for alarms
  • 💡 More sound options for alarms
  • 💡 Improve UI and simplify app
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  • 💡 Add swiping to next image
  • 💡 Improve nighttime vision
  • 💡 Add time stamp and scrubbing to playback
  • 💡 Fix aspect ratio issues
  • 💡 Improve notification customization
  • 💡 Add dark mode option
  • 💡 Advanced analytics dashboard
  • 💡 Fix bugs for iOS 10
  • 💡 Fix bugs for iPhone X iOS 11.2.5
  • 💡 Fix bugs for iOS 10
  • 💡 Fix bugs for iOS 10

BlueBOLT Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LILINViewer

No in-app purchases

None

BlueBOLT Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LILINViewer free?
LILINViewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueBOLT Mobile free?
BlueBOLT Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LILINViewer or BlueBOLT Mobile?
BlueBOLT Mobile is rated higher. LILINViewer averages 1.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while BlueBOLT Mobile averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do LILINViewer or BlueBOLT Mobile have ads?
Neither LILINViewer nor BlueBOLT Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LILINViewer or BlueBOLT Mobile?
LILINViewer ships an update every 10 days, and BlueBOLT Mobile every 7 months. Most recently, LILINViewer was updated on November 1, 2026 and BlueBOLT Mobile on November 2, 2026.

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