Comparison

Sighthound Video vs TinyCam Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sighthound Video

Access your IP cameras and webcams remotely with intelligent video analysis. This app detects and tracks people, reducing false alerts from motion detection alone. View live feeds, search recorded clips, and receive smart notifications based on custom rules.

Highlights
  • Remote camera access
  • People detection and tracking
  • Smart alerts and push notifications
  • Quick setup and camera discovery
  • Video clip search engine
  • Live video feeds
Features
Read full description

*** Before you sign into the Sighthound Video app, please make sure you have an IP camera or webcam connected to your computer and have downloaded the latest version of the Sighthound Video desktop software (v4.0 or later). Visit the Sighthound website for download instructions and more information. *** Get access to Sighthound Video remotely. Sighthound Video software has been trained to simulate the human brain’s recognition abilities. It doesn’t just detect motion like most other security software - it detects and tracks people. With this app you can view your cameras remotely, be alerted to people who have triggered rules you set, and search through clips of camera activity. You must have installed Sighthound Video on a computer connected to your IP cameras before using this app. Get the software at the Sighthound website if you haven’t already. You’ll soon see that the software’s ability to detect and differentiate humans from animals or other objects greatly reduces the number of false positives and unnecessary alerts sent to users, which can make even the most modern security cameras unusable. Sighthound is the first video security software to work seamlessly on computers, iPads, and iPhones. After installing the software on your computer, it finds most cameras automatically, and you are using the desktop software in seconds. With the Sighthound Video iPhone app, users can benefit from the intelligence of Sighthound away from the home or office. ******* Main Features ******* 1. Quick Setup: Installs in seconds and instantly finds your cameras 2. Clip Search: Search days of video in seconds - it’s a search engine for what your cameras have seen. 3. Live Feeds: See what’s happening at your place on your iPhone or iPad in real-time. 4. Smart Alerts: Receive push notifications of camera activity based on the rules you’ve set ******* Easy Setup ******* Step 1: Make sure you have an IP camera or webcam connected to your computer and download the Sighthound Video desktop software from the Sighthound website Step 2: Enable remote access from Sighthound’s preferences window and create a login user ID and password Step 3: Download the mobile app and sign in using the login user ID and password you’ve created along with the internal IP address If you have any questions about setting up Sighthound Video on your mobile device, please visit the Sighthound website for answers.

About

TinyCam Pro

Access your mini camera's live video feed remotely, anytime, anywhere. Record videos and take photos directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Remote live broadcast
  • Video recording
  • Photo taking
  • Anytime, anywhere access
Features
Read full description

This is an app that works with the mini camera, you can watch the video in front of the current camera anytime, anywhere, with functions such as remote live broadcast, video recording, and photo taking.

Screenshots

Sighthound Video4 screens
TinyCam Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TinyCam Pro at every 2 months against Sighthound Video's every 4 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for Sighthound Video against 2.1 for TinyCam Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of Sighthound Video's written reviews are positive against 20% of TinyCam Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sighthound Video ships an update every 4 months, TinyCam Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sighthound Video versus TinyCam Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSighthound VideoTinyCam Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (11 ratings) — better2.1 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews26.8% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1131 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSighthound, Inc.SED Shenzhen Technology Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

Sighthound Video

All ratings11 ratings
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive26.8%
Neutral12.7%
Negative60.6%

TinyCam Pro

All ratings31 ratings
Positive19.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative74.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Bugs and requests

Sighthound Video

Reported bugs

44 issues
  • Live playback spinner never loads
  • Alerts have stopped working
  • Push alerts do not work on iOS 18
  • Notification issues with latest iOS updates
  • Video controls don’t work
Show 39 more
  • Trying to review historical clips causes a crash
  • App is crashing when trying to see rules
  • Notifications no longer work after latest update
  • Software doesn’t work for notifications
  • No type of notification received
  • New update is a downgrade
  • Landscape view shows only 4 cameras
  • Images super pixelated
  • iPad audio bugs persist (audio always camera 1)
  • New design, same lackluster features
  • App crashes whenever checking history
  • Latest version repeatedly crashes when trying to enter camera views
  • Constant crashes, barely check a clip before it crashes
  • Pictures good but freezes and breaks up
  • Connected once but never again afterwards
  • Login is very iffy, unable to login for extended periods
  • Half the time, a camera cannot connect
  • Other times, clips won’t play
  • iPhone version works better than iPad
  • Changing between external and internal still doesn’t work
  • Zoom on live and clips shrinks and rotates weirdly
  • Video streams no longer work after new server software
  • No live view, and video clip playback crashes app
  • Cameras not connecting after iOS 11 upgrade
  • Does not work with new operating system
  • Rules do not function correctly when creating videos
  • Alerts do not alert on iPhone app
  • Alert videos don't play at all
  • Connection issues, can't rush taps between screens
  • Loading videos was much faster in previous version
  • Takes 10 seconds to load an individual camera
  • Unable to view live video outside network
  • Cannot create new rules from the app
  • Won't load live stream of individual cameras or playback clips
  • App is slow and clunky
  • Requires IP number of remote computer to work
  • App needs to be re-written for automatic IP determination
  • Unencrypted connection
  • Lacks SSL for remote connection

Requested features

20 requests
  • Option to make thumbnails small
  • Choose a time of day to select clips
  • Edit and create rules on the app
  • Export clips to camera roll
  • Full screen support for iPhone X plus
Show 15 more
  • Geolocation integration for turning off internal cameras
  • Low quality stream option for live viewing
  • Native iPad version or universal app
  • Landscape mode support
  • SSL support for remote connection
  • Zoom into live cameras by pinching and zooming
  • Ability to disable/enable custom rules from iPhone
  • Picture in Picture support
  • Save videos/snapshots to camera roll
  • Set window sizes in grid view
  • Configure resolution of camera previews in grid view
  • Support for larger FaceID devices in full size
  • FaceID login support
  • Ability to scrub entire recorded timeline
  • Support for split screen

TinyCam Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sighthound Video

No in-app purchases

None

TinyCam Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sighthound Video free?
Sighthound Video is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TinyCam Pro free?
TinyCam Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sighthound Video or TinyCam Pro?
Sighthound Video is rated higher. Sighthound Video averages 2.1 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while TinyCam Pro averages 2.1 from 31 ratings.
Do Sighthound Video or TinyCam Pro have ads?
Neither Sighthound Video nor TinyCam Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sighthound Video or TinyCam Pro?
Sighthound Video ships an update every 4 months, and TinyCam Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Sighthound Video was updated on September 10, 2026 and TinyCam Pro on September 28, 2026.

Other comparisons