SBMonitor vs PenPoint
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
PenPoint
This app provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data for law enforcement investigations. It helps users understand target locations by mapping cellular tower sectors and ping services.
- Secure mobile access to surveillance data
- Mapping of cellular tower sectors
- Precision location ping services
- Analysis of target location patterns
- Support for law enforcement investigations
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PenPoint works with PenLink’s on-premise software, PLX, to conduct lawful communications surveillance operations in support of law enforcement investigations. PenPoint provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data collected and stored by a PLX system. Specifically and primarily, PenPoint helps mobile users understand the probable whereabouts and location patterns of targets by mapping cellular tower sectors and precision location ping services offered by several mobile carriers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PenPoint at every 2 months against SBMonitor's every 38 months. SBMonitor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 PenPoint. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SBMonitor ships an update every 38 months, PenPoint every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SBMonitor | PenPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 461 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Systems Engineering Technologies Corporation | Pen-Link, Ltd. |
Customer experience
SBMonitor
PenPoint
In-app purchases
SBMonitor
No in-app purchases
PenPoint
No in-app purchases
