CamHi vs CTRONICS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Head to head
About
CamHi
Access and manage your smart cameras remotely. Stream live video feeds and control your devices from anywhere. This utility app provides convenient access to your surveillance system.
Highlights
- Watch online video
- Manage smart cameras
- Remote access
- Live streaming
Features
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*watch the on line video! *manage your smart camera!
About
CTRONICS
Stream live video from your camera and capture still images directly from the feed. Remotely control your camera's functions for a seamless viewing and recording experience.
Highlights
- Watch online video
- Catch photos on video
- Control the camera
Features
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1.watch the on line video 2.catch the photo on video 3.control the camera
Screenshots
CamHi4 screens
CTRONICS4 screens
Verdict
The call
The clearest difference is ads: CTRONICS at none against CamHi's shown. CTRONICS also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (37% vs 26%). CamHi's advantage is ratings volume (462 vs 60). On price, rating, update cadence 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
CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for CamHi against 2.6 for CTRONICS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CamHi has 462 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of CamHi's written reviews are positive against 37% of CTRONICS's.
UpkeepUpdate frequency
CamHi ships an update every 3 months, CTRONICS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
| Parameter | CamHi | CTRONICS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (462 ratings) — better | 2.6 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.2% of reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 462 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 琦 赵 | SHENZHEN C-TRONICS CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
CamHi
All ratings462 ratings
Positive32.7%
Neutral17.5%
Negative49.8%
Written reviews302 reviews
Positive26.2%
Neutral18.9%
Negative55.0%
CTRONICS
All ratings60 ratings
Positive38.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral18.8%
Negative44.4%
User reviews
CamHi
From 462 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Functional app with good features
- 🔒 Secure and reliable
- 💡 Good camera quality and recording options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections and network issues
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable after updates
- 🐛 Unreliable motion detection and notifications
- 🐛 Inability to view/download recordings on mobile
- 💡 Lack of multi-camera viewing and advanced features
CTRONICS
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well with cameras
- 👍 Great motion capture
- 👍 Easy setup for some
- 👍 Good camera quality
- 👍 Added joystick movement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Video inversion issues
- 🐛 Playback problems
- 🐛 Authentication issues
- 🐛 Connection difficulties
- 🐛 Poor customer support
Bugs and requests
CamHi
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera connection issues after updates
- Incorrect time/date display and recording
- Crashes and freezes when using certain features
- Inability to scan camera QR code during setup
Requested features
5 requests- Add multi-camera viewing option
- Improve motion detection accuracy and customization
- Allow viewing and downloading of recordings on mobile
- Provide better support and documentation
- Add more advanced features like scheduling and alerts
CTRONICS
Reported bugs
67 issues- Video seems to be inverted
- Turning iPad does the opposite in landscape
- App in portrait but wrong way round
- Video is landscape but upside down in portrait
- None of the 8 cameras show video in playback
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- Downloaded videos still don't play
- App no longer works with modern authentication
- Device have many faults
- Motion sense all over the place
- Highlight an area & it motion senses the whole screen
- Smart humanoid detection doesn't work
- Notifications don't work
- App not talking to the cameras
- Won't let me erase SD card data
- Video stays vertical when mirroring iPhone to TV
- App doesn't actually turn horizontal
- App works well if you have set it up correctly
- Since iOS 15 update, no more notifications
- Cannot connect, stopped working
- Stuck loading
- View is sideways on Macbook or iPad
- Video stays vertical and doesn’t change to horizontal
- App doesn’t actually turn horizontal
- Network anomalies after connecting to live camera
- Only watch few hours back video
- More than 6 hours old videos do not play or download
- Camera stopped responding
- Camera simply does not wake up
- Camera doesn’t connect to WIFI anymore
- Notifications stopped working after upgrade to IOS 15.2.1
- CCTV system has stopped working after uploading version 15.0.2
- System will load but no CCTV coverage
- Night video doesn’t work
- Alarm recording time is shorter
- Human recognition sensing records in blocks of 14 seconds
- Email settings not an option for all camera models
- Very difficult to connect
- Unable to share to another device or person
- First device did not work anymore after connecting to second device
- Camera was easy to configure alongside the app
- Can't watch none of the video captured on my motion detector online
- Simply will not connect from the app to the camera
- Keep having to reset both cameras and go through setup again every day or so
- App needs some changes
- App takes forever to receive any feedback
- App is too slow and frequently freezing
- Constant notification sounds
- Constant False notifications with no screen message
- Disable CTRONICS app stops false notifications
- Camera keeps dropping out about every 4-6 hrs
- After 1 week can't connect at all
- App was good but after the last update it takes more than twice as long to get the cameras online
- Camera seems to have a bad connection to router
- Sometimes it takes a time to load
- The app no longer sends notifications
- Barely works anymore
- App can’t find the camera
- After 13.5 update I have no push notifications
- Alarm and motion sensor notification doesn’t work
- Has to be very close to the modem, otherwise won’t connect
- New version has cam stuck in auto pan
- No control
- Application lente et bug souvent
- Always needing to be reset
- App doesn’t work anymore
- Crashing on iPhone 10 X
- Will not load on the iPhone 10X
Requested features
27 requests- Provide a video on YouTube for internet connection
- Add a feature to select all videos at once
- Improve video quality settings
- Allow longer recording times for motion triggers
- Add ability to set alarm off from live view
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- Provide a version for Apple Watch
- Make email settings available for all camera models
- Add custom alarm sound for iPhone
- Add arrows for continuous camera turning
- Improve motion detection accuracy
- Add smart humanoid detection improvements
- Allow for 24/7 recording
- Improve notification system
- Add ability to erase SD card data
- Fix video orientation issues on AirPlay
- Fix video orientation issues on Mac/iPad
- Allow users to download older videos
- Enable camera to change Wi-Fi without reset
- Allow sharing to another device or person
- Improve app speed and responsiveness
- Add option to select all videos for deletion
- Provide a DVD or website for setup instructions
- Add more seconds to motion alarm recordings
- Allow faster loading of cameras
- Add a button to set alarm off from live view
- Add a feature to download camera after deleting it
- Allow watching recorded videos at sped-up speeds
In-app purchases
None
CamHi
No in-app purchases
None
CTRONICS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CamHi free?
CamHi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CTRONICS free?
CTRONICS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CamHi or CTRONICS?
CamHi is rated higher. CamHi averages 2.7 out of 5 from 462 ratings, while CTRONICS averages 2.6 from 60 ratings.
Do CamHi or CTRONICS have ads?
CamHi shows ads; CTRONICS does not.
Which is updated more often, CamHi or CTRONICS?
CamHi ships an update every 3 months, and CTRONICS every 6 weeks. Most recently, CamHi was updated on September 8, 2026 and CTRONICS on September 22, 2026.
