iCam Pro vs IP Camera Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCam Pro
Remotely monitor live video and audio from multiple webcams on your mobile device. Receive motion and sound alerts, record events, and even talk back to your camera source. Cloud backup is available for recorded events.
- Remote multi-cam monitoring
- Live audio and video streaming
- Motion and sound detection alerts
- Record and playback events
- Talk back feature
- Cloud event backup
- Apple Watch notifications
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iCam Pro is the next generation of our popular webcam viewing app, iCam. iCam Pro allows you to remotely monitor multiple live video and audio webcam feeds from your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad over WiFi and EDGE/3G/4G/LTE. iCam Pro also includes support for iCam Pro Cloud, a service that automatically backs up iCamSource Pro events to the cloud as soon as they are recorded. Event backups can then be easily viewed from iCam Pro or downloaded directly from the web if the iCamSource Pro ever goes offline or the computer is stolen. iCam has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, and Good Morning America in addition to the "Dog Lover" iPhone TV Ad - http://skjm.com/news.php Popular uses include baby monitor, pet cam, nanny cam, spy cam, and security camera. Record and playback recorded video Events and receive Notifications on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad when Motion or Sound are detected by your iCamSource Pro(s). iCam Pro Features include: - Widescreen video support. - Significantly improved real-time video quality and frame rate. - Sound detection and recording. - Detection, notification, and scheduling settings can be set remotely from the iCam Pro app. - Manually Start / Stop recording from the iCam Pro app. - Talk Back to the computer running the iCamSource Pro from your mobile device. - Receive and review brief animated summary notifications of your iCamSource Pro's most recent motion detection events on Apple Watch. - Improved recording video / audio playback. - User interface improvements in both the iCam Pro app and the iCamSource Pro. - Auto-detection of network IP cam JPEG and MJPEG URLs in the iCamSource Pro. iCam Pro is free to use on your local network. Remote access and notifications require iCam Pro Service, available either as a one-time purchase, or as a low-cost monthly subscription. Please note that to use iCam Pro you will also need to download the free iCamSource Pro software from http://skjm.com/icampro/ or purchase our iCamSource Pro Mobile app. The iCamSource Pro software supports Windows 7/8/10 and Mac OS X 10.9 and later. iCamSource Pro Mobile supports camera-enabled iOS devices running iOS 7 or later. The iCam Pro Cloud service requires the purchase of a Cloud Storage auto-renewable subscription. There are three subscription levels available, starting at US$4.99/month for 5 GB of event storage. Please visit http://skjm.com/icampro/help/cloud.php for more information, including links to the iCam Pro Cloud Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NOTICE: If you are ever having issues please contact support instead of just leaving a bad review as we have no way of contacting you to help resolve your problem. Thanks! You can also visit http://skjm.com/icampro/support.php#faq for a list of other Frequently Asked Questions. Terms of Use: http://skjm.com/icam/terms.php Privacy Policy: http://skjm.com/privacy.php About Auto-Renewing Subscriptions: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
IP Camera Lite
Transform your iOS device into a wireless IP camera for security monitoring and live broadcasting. Stream video and audio to media servers, record footage, and view feeds from other IP cameras. Supports high resolutions, multiple cameras, and secure protocols.
- Wireless IP camera functionality
- RTSP and HTTP server
- RTMP/SRT live streaming
- Multi-camera support (iOS 13+)
- ONVIF and MJPEG viewer
- Video recording
- QR code camera adding
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*** Lite edition will add water mark on all video frames of IP Camera Server, including video record and snapshot, without Bi-directional audio, Motion Detection, Mail Notify, OneDrive, FTP, UPnP port forwarding and so on. Upgrade today and enjoy full Edition without ad *** "IP Camera Lite" can turn your iOS device into a wireless IP Camera via built-in RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS Server for security monitoring with audio support, you can use your browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera", it can work with the 'IP Camera for Mac' via AirDrop. "IP Camera Lite" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server (e.g. Push to YouTube, Facebook), and use for network broadcast. It also supports the rtmps security protocol and SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube Live currently. You can turn it on from IP Camera Server. It supports iOS 13 's Multi Cam feature which allows you to capture from front camera, back camera and external USB camera(For iPad Only) simultaneously and process into PIP video then transfer. It supports output video up to 4K UHD resolution and up to 60FPS (The maximum resolution and frame rate are based on your iOS devices). It supports user name and password authentication, default username and password are admin, you can modify from the Settings App. "IP Camera Lite" provides full IPv6 support! "IP Camera Lite" is also a ONVIF and MJPEG viewer WITH video recording support! It also supports RTSP and SRT, RTMP protocols to playback! Finally, you can add another device's IP Camera Server quickly with build-in QR Code! Using HEVC for video recording/streaming requires iOS 11 or above, and the device must supports HEVC codec. IP Camera Bridge - A MJPEG video streaming and virtual microphone driver for Windows which can make your Windows applications using IP Camera as WebCam with audio input. https://github.com/shenyaocn/IP-Camera-Bridge
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iCam Pro at 4.3 against IP Camera Lite's 3.1. iCam Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (288 vs 36). IP Camera Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, monetization model and device support 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. iCam Pro sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. IP Camera Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
iCam Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCam Pro has 288 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of iCam Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of IP Camera Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iCam Pro ships an update every 3 months, IP Camera Lite every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCam Pro | IP Camera Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (288 ratings) — better | 3.1 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SKJM, LLC | 垚 沈 |
Customer experience
iCam Pro
IP Camera Lite
Bugs and requests
iCam Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- PC software crashes frequently
- Unable to connect cameras on same network
- Paid subscription features not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Automatic motion/sound detection alerts
- Support for higher video resolutions
- Ability to save recorded video locally
- Web-based viewing option
- Easier multi-camera management
IP Camera Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iCam Pro
- iCam Pro Service (Subscription)$0.991 Month
- iCam Pro Unlimited Private Proxy Data (Subscription)$4.991 Month
- 5 GB of Cloud Storage$4.991 Month
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- 22 GB of Cloud Storage$19.991 Month
- 60 GB of Cloud Storage$49.991 Month
- 25 MB of Private Proxy Data$0.99
- iCam Pro Service (Lifetime)$9.99
IP Camera Lite
No in-app purchases








