Amcrest Link vs AMLINK Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amcrest Link
Access live video feeds, review recorded footage, and receive real-time alerts from your security cameras. This app provides convenient remote monitoring for your home or business, all from your mobile device.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded footage
- Receive real-time alerts
- Remote monitoring
- Home and business security
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Amcrest Link gives you live video, playback, and alerts—putting the security of your home or business right in your pocket.
AMLINK Pro
This app provides centralized management for AMLINK security devices, offering live viewing, playback, and push notifications. It allows users to monitor cameras and NVRs from anywhere, ensuring comprehensive control over home or business security.
- Live view
- Playback recordings
- Push notifications
- Centralized device management
- Remote access
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AMLINK Pro seamlessly integrates your AMLINK devices into one powerful security platform. Gain comprehensive features like live view, playback, push notifications, and more for centralized device management. Whether you're monitoring cameras, NVRs, or other AMLINK devices, AMLINK Pro provides full control of your home or business's security, right from your mobile device, anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AMLINK Pro at 100% against Amcrest Link's 50%. AMLINK Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Amcrest Link's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
AMLINK Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amcrest Link has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Amcrest Link's written reviews are positive against 100% of AMLINK Pro's.
Amcrest Link ships an update every 4 months, AMLINK Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amcrest Link | AMLINK Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amcrest | Amlink Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Amcrest Link
AMLINK Pro
In-app purchases
Amcrest Link
No in-app purchases
AMLINK Pro
No in-app purchases
