Mobile Security Camera vs TRENDnet IPView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Security Camera
Transform your smartphone or tablet into a cloud-based security camera. Monitor your home, business, or loved ones remotely with an easy-to-set-up and affordable service. View live feeds or playback recorded footage from any device.
- Smartphone/tablet to security camera
- Cloud-based recording
- Remote monitoring
- Live viewing
- Playback recorded footage
- Easy setup
- Affordable service
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CameraFTP Mobile Security Camera can easily make your smartphone or tablet a cloud-based security camera. Camera FTP offers revolutionary security and monitoring service for consumers and businesses. You can monitor your home, business or loved ones from anywhere on any device. Compared with other security or surveillance systems, our service is extremely easy to setup, the cost is dramatically lower. It supports any IP camera, webcam or smartphone, no professional installation is required. It is also more secure as it saves data to CameraFTP.com secure data center. You can monitor the scene live or play back the recorded footage from anywhere. CameraFTP is a subsidiary of Drive Headquarters, Inc. Based in Silicon Valley, DriveHQ has been in business since 2003 with over 3 million registered users. Other home/business security services charge expensive fees. CameraFTP's cloud-based security and monitoring service starts at only $1.50-$2.50/month, no contract required, no hidden fees. Why not try our service today?
TRENDnet IPView
View live video streams from TRENDnet network cameras directly on your mobile device. The app automatically discovers cameras on your network, offering a thumbnail view of all connected devices and a full-screen live feed. You can digitally zoom, pan and tilt compatible cameras, take snapshots, and listen to audio.
- Live camera streaming
- Auto-detect TRENDnet cameras
- Thumbnail and full-screen views
- Digital zoom
- PTZ camera control
- Snapshot capture
- Audio monitoring
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The TRENDnet IPView app brings live video from TRENDnet cameras to your mobile device. The app auto-detects TRENDnet cameras on your local network. See a thumbnail of all of your connected cameras, with a large live view of a single camera. Pinch the viewing field to digitally zoom in and out. Pan and tilt PTZ cameras in real time. A convenient snapshot button stores an image to your mobile device. Hear audio from cameras with a built in microphone. NOTE: TRENDnet CLOUD cameras work with TRENDnets’ CloudView app Compatible TRENDnet Cameras: TV-IP310PI TV-IP311PI TV-IP312PI TV-IP313PI TV-IP314PI TV-IP315PI TV-IP316PI TV-IP317PI TV-IP318PI TV-IP319PI TV-IP320PI TV-IP321PI TV-IP322WI TV-IP324PI TV-IP325PI TV-IP342PI TV-IP343PI TV-IP344PI TV-IP345PI TV-IP420P TV-IP430PI TV-IP440PI TV-IP450P TV-IP450PI TV-NVR104 series TV-NVR208 series TV-NVR216 series TV-NVR2208 series TV-NVR2216 series TV-NVR2432 series TV-NVR408 series TV-NVR416 series Latest firmware is needed to be compatible with the app, visit http://www.trendnet.com/downloads to check your firmware version is up to date
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mobile Security Camera at 3.7 against TRENDnet IPView's 2.1. Mobile Security Camera also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 12%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). TRENDnet IPView's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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. Mobile Security Camera sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and TRENDnet IPView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mobile Security Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Mobile Security Camera's written reviews are positive against 12% of TRENDnet IPView's.
Mobile Security Camera ships an update monthly, TRENDnet IPView every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Security Camera | TRENDnet IPView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (10 ratings) — better | 2.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 12.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drive Headquarters, Inc. | TRENDnet Inc. |
Customer experience
Mobile Security Camera
TRENDnet IPView
Bugs and requests
Mobile Security Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TRENDnet IPView
Reported bugs
43 issues- Long press to edit camera info not evident
- App will not turn on/off night vision
- No pan, tilt, or zoom control
- App not able to reconnect when not on home network
- Only shows snapshot, does not stream
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- Picture and video save don't work and crash on iPhone X
- App crashes every time to take a picture
- Latest update deleted my saved camera info again
- Latest update has deleted all my cameras
- Update wiped out all camera settings
- Update deletes previous setup
- Wiped out all camera setup info
- App keeps asking for Apple ID credentials
- Problems keeping a connection
- Does not work on iOS12
- Crashes at launch iOS12
- Crashes immediately and won't open
- Crashes on launch in iOS12
- Not iOS12 compatible
- Admin account only required
- Annoying app store sign-in requests
- Forces MJPEG encoding
- Recorded video does not save to device
- Does not work on WAN ip, only LAN
- Only works on your own wifi network
- Fails to connect to cameras or NVR
- Thumbnail view only works, larger view shows disconnected
- Doesn't support older models
- New version awful, frequent disconnects
- Does not work with TV-IP311PI
- Lost ability to view older models
- 3 of 4 cameras will not display
- Horrible UI, slow responsiveness
- Video displayed as not connected
- Fails to connect over internet
- Crashes upon failing to connect
- Zero playback functionality
- PTZ command no longer works
- Full version not accessible on other devices
- App seems a bit flaky, displays menus in different language
- Suspicious activity requesting Apple ID password
- User interface not well designed, garbage characters
- Paid for recording feature, not working
Requested features
9 requests- Sorting added cameras
- Description for full version
- FTP or OneDrive support
- HTML5, Chrome or Edge support for browser interfaces
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Option to toggle between main/sub stream
- Support for user accounts
- Proper user guide for app
In-app purchases
Mobile Security Camera
- monthly image camera license$1.99
- Order 1 camera license$2.99
- monthly video camera license$2.99
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- yearly image camera license$9.99
- yearly video camera license$14.99
TRENDnet IPView
- Upgrade to full version$3.99
Questions
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