CCTV Smart Viewer vs Serage
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)
Serage
This surveillance software enables live video streaming, recording, and playback. It supports remote playback, snapshots, and PTZ control for comprehensive monitoring.
- Live video stream
- Video record and playback
- Video remote playback
- Snapshots
- PTZ control
- Apple Push Notification service support
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Serage is a surveillance software, which support Apple Push Notification service, support live video stream, video record and playback, video remote playback, snapshots and PTZ control, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Serage at 5.0 against CCTV Smart Viewer's 3.9. CCTV Smart Viewer's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 38%) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Serage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of CCTV Smart Viewer's written reviews are positive against 38% of Serage's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CCTV Smart Viewer ships an update every 5 months, Serage every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCTV Smart Viewer | Serage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 38.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KangYeol Lee | gets security |
Customer experience
CCTV Smart Viewer
Serage
In-app purchases
CCTV Smart Viewer
No in-app purchases
Serage
No in-app purchases
