Comparison

Mobile Security Camera vs IP Camera Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Smartphone/tablet to security camera
  • Cloud-based recording
  • Remote monitoring
  • Live viewing
  • Playback recorded footage
  • Easy setup
  • Affordable service
Features
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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?

About

IP Camera Pro

Transform your iOS device into a wireless IP camera for security monitoring. Stream live video and audio, record based on motion detection, and upload recordings to cloud storage. Supports advanced streaming protocols and multi-camera capture.

Highlights
  • Wireless IP camera functionality
  • Bi-directional audio support
  • Motion detection with auto-recording
  • Cloud storage upload (OneDrive, FTP)
  • Live streaming to RTMP/SRT servers
  • Multi-camera capture (front, back, USB)
  • ONVIF and MJPEG viewer
Features
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"IP Camera" can turn your iOS device into a wireless IP Camera via built-in RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS Server for security monitoring WITH Bi-directional audio support, you can use your browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera", it can work with the 'IP Camera for Mac' via AirDrop. It supports auto video recording which based on Motion Detection and the video record can be uploaded to OneDrive or FTP server automatically and notify you via Email! "IP Camera" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server (e.g. Push to YouTube, Facebook), and use for network broadcast. It also supports the rtmps security protocol and SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube Live currently. You can turn it on from IP Camera Server. It supports iOS 13 's Multi Cam feature which allows you to capture from front camera, back camera and external USB camera(For iPad Only) simultaneously and process into PIP video then transfer. It supports output video up to 4K UHD resolution and up to 60FPS (The maximum resolution and frame rate are based on your iOS devices). It supports UPnP port forwarding. If you can access your gateway via WAN, and the UPnP on your gateway is opened, you can also use WAN Url from WAN to visit IP Camera Server. It also supports user name and password authentication, default username and password are admin, you can modify from the Settings. "IP Camera" provides full IPv6 support! "IP Camera" is also a ONVIF and MJPEG viewer WITH video recording support! It also supports RTSP and SRT, RTMP protocols to playback! Finally, you can add another device's IP Camera Server quickly with build-in QR Code! Using HEVC for video recording/streaming requires iOS 11 or above, and the device must supports HEVC codec. IP Camera Bridge - A MJPEG video streaming and virtual microphone driver for Windows which can make your Windows applications using IP Camera as WebCam with audio input. https://github.com/shenyaocn/IP-Camera-Bridge

Screenshots

Mobile Security Camera4 screens
IP Camera Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mobile Security Camera at Free against IP Camera Pro's $2.99. Mobile Security Camera also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). IP Camera Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mobile Security Camera is free to download; IP Camera Pro costs $2.99 up front. Mobile Security Camera sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. IP Camera Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mobile Security Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Mobile Security Camera's written reviews are positive against 51% of IP Camera Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mobile Security Camera ships an update monthly, IP Camera Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mobile Security Camera versus IP Camera Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobile Security CameraIP Camera Pro
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (10 ratings) — better3.0 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews51.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1024 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrive Headquarters, Inc.垚 沈

Customer experience

Mobile Security Camera

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

IP Camera Pro

All ratings24 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive51.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative36.1%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mobile Security Camera

One-time5
  • 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
None

IP Camera Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mobile Security Camera free?
Mobile Security Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IP Camera Pro free?
IP Camera Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mobile Security Camera or IP Camera Pro?
Mobile Security Camera is rated higher. Mobile Security Camera averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while IP Camera Pro averages 3.0 from 24 ratings.
Do Mobile Security Camera or IP Camera Pro have ads?
Neither Mobile Security Camera nor IP Camera Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mobile Security Camera or IP Camera Pro?
Mobile Security Camera ships an update monthly, and IP Camera Pro fortnightly. Most recently, Mobile Security Camera was updated on October 6, 2026 and IP Camera Pro on October 10, 2026.

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