SBMonitor vs VIP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBMonitor
Connect to your surveillance system to monitor multiple devices remotely. View live audio and video feeds, track device locations on a map, and configure combined media streams for comprehensive oversight.
- Monitor live video
- Monitor live audio
- Track device location on map
- Configure multiple device connections
- Combine audio, video, and location
- Timestamp of last known location
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Use this app to connect to your surveillance system. You can set up connections to monitor multiple devices that are served by different servers. Features: - Monitor live video of a remote device - See time stamp of image frames - Monitor live audio of a remote device - Follow moving remote device on a map - See timestamp of last known location - Configure connections to multiple devices - Enable combination of audio, video, and location for each device - Disallow configuration from device screen - Start and Stop Media Streams
VIP
Communicate using a virtual phone number without IVR menus. Make calls, send texts, and manage picture messages from your existing VIP Number. Track conversations and nickname important messages for easy access.
- Virtual number calling
- No IVR dialing
- Contact integration
- Recent calls list
- Text message tracking
- Picture messaging
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Connect your existing VIP Number and begin communicating without IVR (touch-tone) dialing. Make calls from your virtual number using the Keypad, dial by selecting an existing Contact, or redial Recent numbers. Easily track VIP texting conversations, send and receive picture messages, and nickname important texts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SBMonitor at 5.0 against VIP's 3.6. SBMonitor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). VIP's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SBMonitor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VIP has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SBMonitor ships an update every 38 months, VIP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBMonitor | VIP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Systems Engineering Technologies Corporation | Motorola Solutions, Inc |
Customer experience
SBMonitor
VIP
In-app purchases
SBMonitor
No in-app purchases
VIP
No in-app purchases
