OpenEye Mobile vs Chatavise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenEye Mobile
Access live and recorded video from your surveillance system on the go. Receive instant alerts, remotely arm locations, and navigate events with a clear timeline. Manage your video surveillance anytime, anywhere with an intuitive interface.
- Live and recorded video streaming
- Instant alert notifications
- Remote location arming/disarming
- Color-coded event timeline
- Video export and sharing
- Real-time push notifications
- 360° camera viewing with dewarping
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The OpenEye iOS mobile app is your on-the-go solution for access to live and recorded video from your OpenEye video surveillance system. Receive instant alert notifications, leverage powerful analytics, arm locations remotely, and easily navigate through events with a clear timeline—all within an intuitive user interface. With OpenEye, your video surveillance is accessible anytime, anywhere. Key Features: • Virtual Location Arming and Disarming • Alert History Search • Color Coded Event Timeline Bar • Centralized Video Management on Mobile with Diverse Event Types • Intuitive Video Export and Sharing • Real-Time Push notifications • Two-way Talk Down • Customizable Grid Support • Live Video Streaming and Recorded Playback • Save Clips to the Cloud • View 360° cameras with dewarping and PTZ controls • Apple TV Support Best Practices: For optimal performance, OpenEye recommends using this app on a secure Wi-Fi network. Streaming high-definition video over cellular networks may significantly increase data usage and impact battery life. An active subscription to the OpenEye Web Services cloud-managed video platform for one or more cameras is required to use the OpenEye iOS mobile app. With over 1 million devices connected, the OpenEye Web Services cloud-managed video platform provides actionable intelligence and improves operational efficiency so that you can stay focused on what matters most—and see the next opportunity to protect and grow your business.
Chatavise
This business application enables service companies to enhance customer interactions through text messaging. It streamlines communication, saving time and boosting customer engagement by facilitating direct texting with clients.
- Customer experience enhancement
- Text-based communication
- Time-saving for businesses
- Improved customer engagement
- Direct texting with customers
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Chatavise is a Business that helps service companies deliver customer experience with text, not talk. By using Chatavise, companies can save time and improve customer engagement with just texting their customers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chatavise at 100% against OpenEye Mobile's 30%. Chatavise also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.1) and monetization model (free vs subscription). OpenEye Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chatavise holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenEye Mobile has 68 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of OpenEye Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chatavise's.
OpenEye Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Chatavise every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenEye Mobile | Chatavise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (68 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PC Open Incorporated | Chatavise, Inc |
Customer experience
OpenEye Mobile
Chatavise
In-app purchases
OpenEye Mobile
No in-app purchases
Chatavise
No in-app purchases
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