EZView UNV vs HikCentral Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EZView UNV
Access Uniview surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video, manage cloud devices, and receive alarms directly on your mobile phone.
- Remote access to Uniview products
- View live video
- View recorded video
- Receive alarms
- Manage cloud devices
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EZView is a mobile surveillance app. With this app you can access Uniview surveillance products through network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.
HikCentral Mobile
Access and manage HikCentral Professional features remotely from your mobile device. View live feeds, playback recordings, and receive alarm notifications for connected devices. Requires iOS 14.0 or higher.
- Remote site access
- Live view
- Remote playback
- Alarm notifications
- Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G network support
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HikCentral Mobile software is installed on the iOS 16.0 or higher version mobile platform. It gets access to the HikCentral Professional, via Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G network, and fulfills the functions of the devices connected to the HikCentral Professional, such as Remote Site, Live view, Remote playback, Receive Alarm Notice and so on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HikCentral Mobile at 4.7 against EZView UNV's 3.2. EZView UNV's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
HikCentral Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 652 and 278 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of EZView UNV's written reviews are positive against 18% of HikCentral Mobile's.
EZView UNV ships an update every 3 weeks, HikCentral Mobile every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | EZView UNV | HikCentral Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (652 ratings) | 4.7 (278 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 652 — better | 278 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd. | 明军 顾 |
Customer experience
EZView UNV
HikCentral Mobile
Bugs and requests
EZView UNV
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cameras randomly going offline
- Playback not working after recent update
- App crashing on launch after iOS update
- Time/date display issues on recorded footage
- Motion detection not triggering notifications
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for 2FA
- Improve motion detection and notification accuracy
- Provide better camera time/date synchronization
- Implement faster and smoother PTZ controls
- Add ability to download recorded footage directly from app
HikCentral Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EZView UNV
No in-app purchases
HikCentral Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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