ICVIEW vs CORTEX IQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ICVIEW
View and manage your security cameras, DVRs, and NVRs remotely. Stream live video and audio directly from your devices with secure authentication and full camera control.
- Live video and audio streaming
- Remote DVR/NVR/IP camera control
- PTZ camera control
- Multi-window view
- Username/password authentication
- Favorites management
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Access and control ICRealtime DVR, NVRs and IP Cameras directly from your iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. Watch and listen to your live surveillance video streams - fast and simple. Features - Compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices! - Stream live video directly from your security devices (not through 3rd party servers) - Remain secured with username/password authentication - Full control of PTZ cameras - Landscape and portrait mode - Support of ICRealtime’s full range of offerings - Support multi-window view - Support live audio - Support favorites - And much, much more!
CORTEX IQ
This surveillance software enables live video streaming, recording, and remote playback. It supports Apple Push Notification service for alerts and offers features like snapshots and PTZ control.
- Live video stream
- Video record and playback
- Video remote playback
- Apple Push Notification service support
- Snapshots
- PTZ control
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CORTEX IQ 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: CORTEX IQ at 2.8 against ICVIEW's 2.5. CORTEX IQ also leads on review sentiment (34% vs 12%). ICVIEW's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
CORTEX IQ holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 80 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of ICVIEW's written reviews are positive against 34% of CORTEX IQ's.
ICVIEW ships an update every 2 months, CORTEX IQ every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ICVIEW | CORTEX IQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (59 ratings) | 2.8 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.6% of reviews | 34.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 306 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IC Realtime LLC | CCTV Core Inc. |
Customer experience
ICVIEW
CORTEX IQ
User reviews
ICVIEW
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Smooth live feed viewing (occasional)
- 👍 Works well for remote viewing (historical)
- 👍 Straightforward setup (historical)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Extremely difficult playback scrolling
- 🐛 Lags and glitches during playback
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 Unreliable and unpredictable performance
- 🐛 Inconsistent live and playback functionality
CORTEX IQ
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Fast loading
- 👍 Works with multiple locations/units
- 👍 Good night vision color
- 👍 Crisp images with no lag
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly offline
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Difficult to connect remotely
- 🐛 Slow to load
- 🐛 Connection fails often
Bugs and requests
ICVIEW
Reported bugs
38 issues- Playback lags and glitches out
- App loads extremely slowly
- App behaves differently on identical phones
- Blank squares instead of live camera feeds
- Playback view history always fails to connect
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- App is nearly unusable
- Inconsistent live and playback functionality
- Playback fast forward button sometimes does nothing
- Playback play button sometimes does nothing
- Small black buttons on black screen are hard to see
- App crashes every time
- App changes camera names
- Incorrect camera image displayed with correct header
- Stream not working on iPad after update
- Connection failed between app and iPhone
- Login timeout after last update
- Cannot access cameras after update
- Cannot add devices from outside the network
- Cannot add device on iPad
- Image resolution terrible after last update
- Zoomed images are too grainy
- Cameras take too long to load
- Playback starts an hour before desired time
- Cannot fast forward or scrub playback timeline
- Connection failure and constant loading after update
- App is not intuitive
- Cameras need to be set up each time
- Playback is complicated
- Cameras no longer load after update
- Camera names not displayed
- Camera names show up as numbers instead of names
- Cannot remotely access cameras after update
- Gives "login timeout" error after update
- App not working at all after update
- Latest download not working
- Does not allow connection with pre-existing settings
- Last update isn't working
- Cannot access through a web address
Requested features
5 requests- Major app upgrade needed
- Ability to save camera view preferences
- Modern interface required
- Option to group multiple camera views
- Display camera names instead of numbers
CORTEX IQ
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes immediately on new iPhone
- Cameras rarely come up
- App works only 10% of the time
- App is offline most of the time
- Connection fails after a year without changes
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- Apple Push Notification is not working
- App defaults to midnight instead of notification time on iOS
- App crashes often or drops camera views
- App won't connect when away from home
- Motion activated video clips difficult to access
- Does not work in France
- Camera system sound does not work right
- Names and labels disappear from time to time
- Delay in opening app and seeing cameras
- Cannot move app to new phone, nothing will work or reconnect
- QR code or manual entry for new phone fails
Requested features
4 requests- Easier access to motion-activated video clips
- Improved push notifications
- Live assistance in help section
- Better support for new iPhones/iOS versions
In-app purchases
ICVIEW
No in-app purchases
CORTEX IQ
No in-app purchases
