CloudNews vs LIVE CCTV Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudNews
This app synchronizes with a personal server's news app to provide a seamless feed reading experience across devices. Customize your reading view with adjustable font sizes and spacing, and access full web articles easily. A home screen widget offers quick access to new content.
- Syncs with Nextcloud News app
- Cross-device synchronization
- Customizable reading view (font, spacing, margins)
- Direct access to web articles
- Article sharing
- Home screen widget
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Note: Access to a Nextcloud server with the News app is required to use this app. CloudNews is a feed reader that syncs with the News app on your personal server. Once you have logged in to your server, all feeds with be kept in sync between devices and also the web interface. Optionally supports sync on startup and in the background. Read feeds conveniently by adjusting font size, line spacing, and margins. You can also go directly to the full web version of an article. Easily view the web version of articles and share articles with several services. Quickly see new articles on a home screen widget.
LIVE CCTV Camera
Explore live public camera feeds from around the world in a realistic CCTV control room environment. This app features real-time footage and a player supporting up to 8 cameras and any video format.
- Public LIVE camera footages
- Real-time footages
- Supports 8 cameras simultaneously
- Supports any video format
- CCTV control room environment
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FEATURES * Public LIVE Camera Footages. * Real time Footages. * CCTV player that supports 8 camera at once. * Stream player can support any video format. * CCTV Control room environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CloudNews at 57% against LIVE CCTV Camera's 0%. CloudNews also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). LIVE CCTV Camera's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). 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
CloudNews costs $1.99 and LIVE CCTV Camera $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LIVE CCTV Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudNews has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of CloudNews's written reviews are positive against 0% of LIVE CCTV Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CloudNews ships an update every 5 weeks, LIVE CCTV Camera every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudNews | LIVE CCTV Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #46 | #41 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Hedlund | Zaheer udeen Babar |
Customer experience
CloudNews
LIVE CCTV Camera
In-app purchases
CloudNews
No in-app purchases
LIVE CCTV Camera
No in-app purchases
