CheckCentral vs Ganz GENSTAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckCentral
This app monitors your email notifications and alerts you instantly via SMS, email, or push notifications when an issue requires your attention. It serves as a mobile companion to the CheckCentral service, requiring an account to use.
- Email notification monitoring
- Instant alerts (SMS, email, push)
- Companion mobile app
- Requires CheckCentral account
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Say goodbye to manually reviewing your email notifications! CheckCentral monitors your notifications for you, and will let you know when something needs your attention. When something is wrong, you’ll know instantly via SMS, email and mobile push notifications. ** This is the mobile companion app for the CheckCentral service. You need a CheckCentral account to use this application.
Ganz GENSTAR
This mobile client allows remote monitoring of a specific IP product line. Users can view live video, playback recordings, and control PTZ functions. It supports Wi-Fi and 3G/4G connections.
- Remote video monitoring
- Live video streaming
- Playback recordings
- PTZ control
- Wi-Fi and 3G/4G support
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Ganz GENSTAR Mobile app Our Ganz GENSTAR mobile app, tying our GENSTAR product line together! A Mobile client application for remote monitoring of the Ganz GENSTAR IP product line. Users can use the App to view live video, playback, PTZ control, and recording. For use with the following GENSTAR Product; NVR - NR8-16M74 (Firmware v1.x) - NR8-4M71 (Firmware v1.x) - NR8-8M72 (Firmware v1.x) The application supports Wi-Fi and 3G/4G connection with static IP or DDNS access. ***Please note: This version of mobile app does not support NVR with firmware newer then v1.x. Please use GenSTAR R3 version mobile app for firmware v3.x and up***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CheckCentral at every 4 months against Ganz GENSTAR's every 10 months. Ganz GENSTAR's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for CheckCentral against 1.0 for Ganz GENSTAR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
CheckCentral ships an update every 4 months, Ganz GENSTAR every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckCentral | Ganz GENSTAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binary Fortress Software | CBC (America) |
Customer experience
CheckCentral
Ganz GENSTAR
In-app purchases
CheckCentral
No in-app purchases
Ganz GENSTAR
No in-app purchases
