LILINViewer vs S Camera
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.
S Camera
Easily record videos with a single tap and apply artistic filters like sketch or cartoon. Share your creations instantly to popular video platforms or save them to your device. The app offers fast performance and quick launch capabilities.
- One-touch recording
- Artistic effect filters
- Fast launch
- Tap to focus & exposure
- Direct sharing to video channels
- Auto-save on interruption
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This app helps you record and easy to upload to the most popular video channels. This app also provides you with 'fish eye', 'B&W', 'cartoon', 'sketch', 'vignette' effect filters. Features: - Universal version, also works on iPad - Blazing performance (dual core support) - Extremely Fast Launch: don't need to switch from photo capture to video capture as built-in camera app - Tap to focus & exposure - Share your recent recorded video or save videos in camera roll. - Auto save recording when interrupting by phone call, ... How to record: - Enable "Auto record after startup" to quickly start record after tapping app icon. - Tap on app icon in the app's home screen. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: S Camera at 2.5 against LILINViewer's 1.8. S Camera also leads on review sentiment (17% vs 4%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). LILINViewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. S Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LILINViewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
S Camera holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of LILINViewer's written reviews are positive against 17% of S Camera's.
LILINViewer ships an update every 10 days, S Camera every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LILINViewer | S Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (30 ratings) | 2.5 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 16.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merit LILIN Ent. Co., Ltd. | 春霞 陈 |
Customer experience
LILINViewer
S Camera
Bugs and requests
LILINViewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
S Camera
Reported bugs
4 issues- Doesn't record screen
- Doesn't work
- No sound
- Can't figure out how to take pictures, only videos
Requested features
3 requests- Make on screen recording possible
- Add screen recording functionality
- Make it so it records screen
In-app purchases
LILINViewer
No in-app purchases
S Camera
- Remove Ads$9.99
