CCTV Smart Viewer vs LaView NET
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)
LaView NET
Monitor your surveillance system remotely with live video feeds from DVRs, NVRs, and network cameras. Control PTZ functions, zoom, and manage up to 100 devices from your mobile device.
- Real-time video preview (up to 16 channels)
- Swipe for PTZ control
- Pinch to zoom
- Preset activation and configuration
- Snapshot support
- Device management (up to 100 devices)
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LaView NET is a mobile phone surveillance application based on ios, which supports full line of Brovision products, including DVR, NVR, as well as network cameras and speed domes that support standard H.264 video codec. The key features of LaView NET Mobile Surveillance Application include: · Real-time video preview of up to 16 channels; · Swipe for PTZ control and camera movement, pinch to zoom in and out in preview mode; · Support for preset activation and configuration, as well as calibration for brightness.. · Snapshot support; · Management of up to 100 sets of devices. Device profiles can be added / deleted / modified.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CCTV Smart Viewer at 63% against LaView NET's 13%. CCTV Smart Viewer also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.8). LaView NET's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 12) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 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.
CCTV Smart Viewer holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LaView NET has 164 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 13% of LaView NET's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCTV Smart Viewer | LaView NET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (12 ratings) — better | 1.8 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 13.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| 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 | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KangYeol Lee | LAVIEW EAGLE-EYE TECHNOLOGY INC. |
Customer experience
CCTV Smart Viewer
LaView NET
Bugs and requests
CCTV Smart Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
LaView NET
Reported bugs
16 issues- App incompatibility with iOS 16, 17, and 18
- Remote playback not loading or showing white blank screens
- P2P connection failures on cellular networks
- App crashes when switching between WiFi and cellular
- Login screen freezes with spinning loading animation
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- Registration error codes (Error 04, Error 4, Error 8200)
- Cameras randomly go offline without user action
- App crashes during WiFi configuration
- Landscape mode not functioning
- Playback start/end times defaulting to same value
- App logs out users unexpectedly multiple times per week
- Cameras fail to load after app updates
- Profile/user account errors after logout
- App unresponsive on newer iPhone models (iPhone X, iPhone 16)
- Lag and delays in panoramic view switching
- Video streaming stops after switching to panoramic view
Requested features
8 requests- Video recording support within app
- Auto-login functionality to prevent frequent logouts
- Speed up playback controls for recorded footage
- URL scheme to launch app from other applications
- PC/desktop application support
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- Better WiFi to 5G switching capability
- Improved notification system for events
- Frame-by-frame playback navigation
In-app purchases
CCTV Smart Viewer
No in-app purchases
LaView NET
No in-app purchases
Questions
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