SBMonitor vs Code5Group
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
Code5Group
This application provides law enforcement with a streamlined mobile interface for accessing tracked devices. It offers faster login and enhanced features for convenient tracking on smartphones and tablets.
- Mobile access to tracked devices
- Faster login
- Enhanced mobile features
- Smartphone and tablet compatibility
- Law enforcement focused
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Code 5 Group mobile app is an easier way for law enforcement to access their tracked devices on a smartphone or tablet. Faster login and additional mobile features make the app more convenient when using a smartphone for tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Code5Group at every 3 months against SBMonitor's every 38 months. SBMonitor's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SBMonitor against 5.0 for Code5Group. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
SBMonitor ships an update every 38 months, Code5Group every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBMonitor | Code5Group |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systems Engineering Technologies Corporation | Kevin Nannis |
Customer experience
SBMonitor
Code5Group
In-app purchases
SBMonitor
No in-app purchases
Code5Group
No in-app purchases
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