CCTV Smart Viewer vs Eclipse View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CCTV Smart Viewer
Access and monitor your DVR system remotely from your mobile device. View live feeds, playback recorded footage, and manage your security cameras on the go.
- Remote DVR access
- Live video monitoring
- Playback recorded footage
- Security camera management
- Mobile surveillance
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Remote monitoring app for DVR(Digital Video Recorder)
Eclipse View
Remotely monitor and view your security cameras and NVRs. Access playback, events, and motion detection features. Enjoy easy setup without needing to open router ports.
- Remote camera monitoring
- NVR and IP camera support
- Playback functionality
- Event and motion detection
- iOS recording
- Easy P2P setup
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The Eclipse View Application allows you to remotely monitor and view your Eclipse Signature Series cameras and NVRs. Playback, Events, Motion Detection and iOS recording are a few of the features you can expect from our new app. Easy P2P setup and monitoring allow you to see your cameras without having to open network ports on your router.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CCTV Smart Viewer at 63% against Eclipse View's 18%. CCTV Smart Viewer also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.1). Eclipse View's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (95 vs 12). 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.
CCTV Smart Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eclipse View has 95 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of CCTV Smart Viewer's written reviews are positive against 18% of Eclipse View's.
CCTV Smart Viewer ships an update every 5 months, Eclipse View every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCTV Smart Viewer | Eclipse View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (12 ratings) — better | 2.1 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 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 | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KangYeol Lee | EclipseCCTV |
Customer experience
CCTV Smart Viewer
Eclipse View
In-app purchases
CCTV Smart Viewer
No in-app purchases
Eclipse View
No in-app purchases
