Mr.Patrol vs MAGIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mr.Patrol
Monitor your security cameras remotely with this intuitive application. Access live feeds, review recorded footage, and manage your devices with ease. Customize settings and share important files directly from your phone.
- Live camera feeds
- Playback and file saving
- PTZ control
- Device list management
- Instant P2P connection
- Customizable settings
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The Mr.Patrol application allows you to monitor your cameras online. It is easily to use and designed to make your surveillance solution to be simplified. Users can access playback and directly save files to the phone to export to others. The application has different customized settings for every customer and allows users to remove and add features based on their needs. Function - Live channels - 1 / 4 / 9 / 16 / 25 / 32 display mode - Scroll live view - Gallery mode - Users can save and store files directly into the phone and be able to export to others. - Snapshot - PTZ control - Device list management - Add / delete / edit / built-in QR code - Instant P2P connection - Live view / playback - scroll view compatible - Add / remove settings and features
MAGIC
Monitor your security cameras remotely with this intuitive application. Access live feeds, review recordings, and save footage directly to your device for easy sharing. Customize settings and manage your devices with a simplified surveillance solution.
- Live camera feeds (multiple display modes)
- Playback and recording access
- Save and export video files
- PTZ camera control
- Device list management
- Instant P2P connection
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The MAGIC VIEWER application allows you to monitor your cameras online. It is easily to use and designed to make your surveillance solution to be simplified. Users can access playback and directly save files to the phone to export to others. The application has different customized settings for every customer and allows users to remove and add features based on their needs. Function - Live Channels – 1 / 4 / 9 / 16 / 25 / 36 display mode - Scroll Live View – Press the channel view again and it will transition to scroll view. - Gallery Mode – Users can save and store files directly into the phone and be able to export to others. - Snapshot - PTZ Control - Device List Management – Add / Delete / Edit / Built in QR Code - Instant P2P Connection - Live View / Playback – Scroll View Compatible - Add / Remove Settings and Features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mr.Patrol at 2.9 against MAGIC's 2.3. Mr.Patrol also leads on review sentiment (21% vs 8%). MAGIC's advantage is ratings volume (277 vs 88). 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.
Mr.Patrol holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 277 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Mr.Patrol's written reviews are positive against 8% of MAGIC's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mr.Patrol | MAGIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (88 ratings) — better | 2.3 (277 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.9% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 | 277 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RNC Network | RNC Network |
Customer experience
Mr.Patrol
MAGIC
User reviews
Mr.Patrol
From 88 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for NVR access and playback
- 👍 Great for monitoring property
- 👍 Works in place of Magic Viewer
- 👍 Responsive and easy to use
- 👍 Good capture and record functions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes after updates
- 🐛 Black screen issues
- 🐛 App window disappears
- 🐛 Ineffective for viewing/playback
- 🐛 "Reconnecting" and resetting cameras
MAGIC
From 277 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Simple and intuitive interface when working properly
- 🎯 Effective camera management with drag-and-drop functionality
- 📱 Cross-platform compatibility (iOS and Android)
- 🔄 Reliable performance on local WiFi networks
- ⭐ Excellent alternative to competitors like Arlo
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent P2P connection failures and disconnections
- ⚠️ Constant app crashes and freezing issues
- 🐌 Extremely slow playback and video loading
- 😤 Poor user interface design and navigation
- 📵 Unreliable cellular/LTE connectivity
Bugs and requests
Mr.Patrol
Reported bugs
79 issues- Recent update causes crashes
- App goes to black screen
- App window disappears after 7 seconds
- App resets cameras to 0 feed
- Cannot save photo to app
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- App won't rotate to landscape mode
- Black screens for a minute
- Cannot fast forward or rewind
- App not working on iPads
- Last update doesn't play back
- Says no data for playback
- Keeps saying ip or port invalid
- Error message: no p2p connection
- Lost remote video feed
- Removed space bar from iPhone keyboard
- Update stopped it from working
- Connectivity issues
- Connects but won't show picture
- No video after update
- Error messages after last update
- New updates black screen
- Cameras not working for two weeks
- IP address invalid error
- App constantly doesn't work
- App tries to connect but fails
- Says function network error
- Invalid IP or port
- Struggles to load paused video
- Error IP or Port Invalid
- Freezes and shakes, then disconnects
- Blue tint on all cameras
- Colors inverted
- Screen looks blue and flashes
- Certain objects are blue, everything looks dark
- Camera colors are wrong
- Everything brown turns to blue
- Color changes to something awful
- Colors start to turn bluish
- Error: Ip or Port Invalid
- "Finish to play" error during playback
- System gets glitchy and crashes
- App will not connect after last update
- Poor picture quality
- "Failed to connect to device" error
- No P2P five connected
- Cannot access DVR after upgrade
- App won't open after update
- Crashes at startup after update
- App crashes while launching
- App doesn't open at all
- App will not load
- Crashes when trying to open app
- Doesn't work since patch
- Camera will not record
- Playback does not work
- App crashes after zoom out or switch camera
- Playback freezes constantly
- Doesn't let playback on iPhone 10
- New version too sensitive
- Lost preset function on PTZ
- Port is invalid
- No playback recording
- Gallery menu doesn't work
- Capture gives photo permission error
- App stopped working after iOS 11.1 update
- MacBook Pro app will not open
- System not working after update
- App crashes when tilted to landscape
- App is very slow
- Causes iPad to become unstable
- Network instability for phone access
- App crashes when entering admin info
- App crashes when entering user name
- Server table does not contain column AutoLogin
- New interface wiped all settings
- Failed message after installing old settings
- Still has playback issues
- Cannot playback recordings from previous month
- PTZ arrows do not show up on screen
Requested features
15 requests- Fix recent update crashes
- Resolve black screen issue
- Fix app window disappearing
- Enable saving photos to app
- Fix landscape rotation
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- Improve playback functionality
- Fix color inversion/blue tint
- Address "IP or Port Invalid" errors
- Improve P2P connection stability
- Add slow motion playback
- Enable playback from previous months
- Fix PTZ control and presets
- Add audio feature
- Improve search and scrubbing
- Add 16-screen split for 32 channels
MAGIC
Reported bugs
12 issues- P2P device not connected error messages
- App crashes immediately upon launch
- Black screen loading issues
- Playback functionality completely non-functional
- App language switching to Chinese unexpectedly
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- Cellular viewing disabled after updates
- Connection timeouts and network errors
- Control bar disappears during video playback
- Green screens during playback on newer DVR models
- App incompatibility with iOS 16 rotation features
- Live view freezing and lagging
- Intermittent connection failures requiring manual DVR restart
Requested features
8 requests- iOS 16+ compatibility and screen rotation support
- IPv6 support for cellular data viewing
- Improved playback speed controls (2x, 4x, 8x)
- Timestamp inclusion in downloaded footage
- Better video quality and resolution options
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- Faster connection establishment for remote viewing
- Enhanced playback scrubbing and video scanning
- 5G network optimization
In-app purchases
Mr.Patrol
No in-app purchases
MAGIC
No in-app purchases
