LILINViewer vs Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Remote live monitoring
- PTZ camera control
- Two-way audio communication
- Digital zoom
- Remote playback of recordings
- Motion and alarm event notifications
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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.
Pro
Monitor your security cameras and NVRs remotely. View live feeds, playback recordings, and receive instant event notifications. Optimize your security system from anywhere.
- Live view monitoring
- Search and playback footage
- Push alarm notifications
- Remote system management
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LTS PRO-X Next APP works with LTS series IP Cameras and NVRs. Start by creating an account and adding your security devices. Then you can live view, search and play back recording of all your cameras and optimize your system remotely. LTS PRO-X Next would also push notifications when event detected. Main Functions: 1. Live View Monitoring 2. Search and Play Footage 3. Push Alarm Notifications 4. Manage System Remotely
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pro at 3.0 against LILINViewer's 1.8. Pro also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 4%). LILINViewer's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of LILINViewer's written reviews are positive against 30% of Pro's.
LILINViewer ships an update every 10 days, Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LILINViewer | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (30 ratings) | 3.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merit LILIN Ent. Co., Ltd. | LT Security Inc. |
Customer experience
LILINViewer
Pro
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
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- 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
Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LILINViewer
No in-app purchases
Pro
No in-app purchases
