Comparison

GV vs Surveillance365

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GV

Access live video feeds, playback recordings, and receive event notifications from connected GV-VMS and GV-Recording Servers. Monitor security systems remotely from any iOS device.

Highlights
  • Monitoring
  • Live view
  • Remote playback
  • Notification alarm
  • Query Heatmap
  • POS/Counter Chart
  • 360 View mode
Features
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GV-Notify allows you to search events of all connected GV-VMS and GV-Recording Server. Using GV-Notify, you can receive notifications, look up events, access live view and play back recordings from any iOS mobile devices. Features - Monitoring - Live view - Remote playback - Notification alarm - Query Heatmap - POS/Counter Chart - 360 View mode

About

Surveillance365

Features
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The mobile application for Surveillance365 provides remote access to live views, recordings, and event notifications. Surveillance365 is a unified hybrid surveillance platform that offers a cloud-native, serverless VSaaS solution with rapid deployment and seamless scalability, featuring direct camera-to-cloud streaming, NAS backup, multi-channel viewing, granular user permissions, and AI-driven event detection for modern security needs.

Screenshots

GV4 screens
Surveillance3653 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Surveillance365 at every 6 weeks against GV's every 8 months. GV's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GV ships an update every 8 months, Surveillance365 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GV versus Surveillance365: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGVSurveillance365
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoVision incSynology Inc.

In-app purchases

None

GV

No in-app purchases

None

Surveillance365

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GV free?
GV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surveillance365 free?
Surveillance365 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GV or Surveillance365 have ads?
Neither GV nor Surveillance365 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GV or Surveillance365?
GV ships an update every 8 months, and Surveillance365 every 6 weeks. Most recently, GV was updated on October 6, 2026 and Surveillance365 on October 25, 2026.

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