Partner MobileTech vs ICVIEW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Partner MobileTech
This application is designed exclusively for Alarm.com Authorized Service Providers. It offers streamlined access to critical commands and diagnostic tools, aiming to reduce on-site service time and enhance the quality of installations and system maintenance.
- Access essential commands
- Perform diagnostics
- Decrease on-site time
- Improve system quality
- Streamline installation
- Enhance service efficiency
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This app is for Alarm.com Authorized Service Providers only. The Alarm.com MobileTech app provides easy access to essential commands and diagnostics decreasing on-site time and improving system quality for installation and service.
ICVIEW
View and manage your security cameras, DVRs, and NVRs remotely. Stream live video and audio directly from your devices with secure authentication and full camera control.
- Live video and audio streaming
- Remote DVR/NVR/IP camera control
- PTZ camera control
- Multi-window view
- Username/password authentication
- Favorites management
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Access and control ICRealtime DVR, NVRs and IP Cameras directly from your iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. Watch and listen to your live surveillance video streams - fast and simple. Features - Compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices! - Stream live video directly from your security devices (not through 3rd party servers) - Remain secured with username/password authentication - Full control of PTZ cameras - Landscape and portrait mode - Support of ICRealtime’s full range of offerings - Support multi-window view - Support live audio - Support favorites - And much, much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Partner MobileTech at 63% against ICVIEW's 12%. Partner MobileTech also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.5). ICVIEW's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Partner MobileTech holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Partner MobileTech's written reviews are positive against 12% of ICVIEW's.
Partner MobileTech ships an update every 5 months, ICVIEW every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Partner MobileTech | ICVIEW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (40 ratings) — better | 2.5 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 11.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 306 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Onabridge Technologies LLC | IC Realtime LLC |
Customer experience
Partner MobileTech
ICVIEW
Bugs and requests
Partner MobileTech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ICVIEW
Reported bugs
38 issues- Playback lags and glitches out
- App loads extremely slowly
- App behaves differently on identical phones
- Blank squares instead of live camera feeds
- Playback view history always fails to connect
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- App is nearly unusable
- Inconsistent live and playback functionality
- Playback fast forward button sometimes does nothing
- Playback play button sometimes does nothing
- Small black buttons on black screen are hard to see
- App crashes every time
- App changes camera names
- Incorrect camera image displayed with correct header
- Stream not working on iPad after update
- Connection failed between app and iPhone
- Login timeout after last update
- Cannot access cameras after update
- Cannot add devices from outside the network
- Cannot add device on iPad
- Image resolution terrible after last update
- Zoomed images are too grainy
- Cameras take too long to load
- Playback starts an hour before desired time
- Cannot fast forward or scrub playback timeline
- Connection failure and constant loading after update
- App is not intuitive
- Cameras need to be set up each time
- Playback is complicated
- Cameras no longer load after update
- Camera names not displayed
- Camera names show up as numbers instead of names
- Cannot remotely access cameras after update
- Gives "login timeout" error after update
- App not working at all after update
- Latest download not working
- Does not allow connection with pre-existing settings
- Last update isn't working
- Cannot access through a web address
Requested features
5 requests- Major app upgrade needed
- Ability to save camera view preferences
- Modern interface required
- Option to group multiple camera views
- Display camera names instead of numbers
In-app purchases
Partner MobileTech
No in-app purchases
ICVIEW
No in-app purchases
