cloud vs VI365
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cloud
Access your cloud-based home security camera remotely from your iOS device. View live feeds, review recorded footage from SD card or cloud storage, and receive instant event alerts. Features Bluetooth Smart setup for easy installation.
- Remote live monitoring
- Cloud and SD card storage
- Instant event alerts
- Bluetooth Smart setup
- Remote playback
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Cloud-Cam is a cloud-based home security camera. This app can be used to live, remote playback and operate it from iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) remotely. The key function includes: • Support Bluetooth Smart easy setup. (iOS 7 or later) • Live monitoring. (iPad supports 4-channel multi view) • Save clips on SD card. • Save to and replay from cloud storage. • Receive instant alerts and remotely review footage from cloud storage for relevant events.
VI365
Monitor your home or office premises remotely using IP cameras. This application allows for live viewing, snapshot capture, video recording, and remote configuration of your security devices.
- Remote IP camera monitoring
- Snapshot capture
- Video recording
- Remote configuration
- Live viewing
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VI365 enables customers to monitor home / office premises where the IP Camera is installed. This free app offers many other useful functions such as: snapshot, video recording, and remote configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VI365 at 2.0 against cloud's 1.0. VI365 also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 4) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
VI365 holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VI365 has 157 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of cloud's written reviews are positive against 10% of VI365's.
cloud ships an update fortnightly, VI365 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cloud | VI365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 2.0 (157 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 10.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 157 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd. | 瑶 朱 |
Customer experience
cloud
VI365
Bugs and requests
cloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
VI365
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes frequently
- Camera freezes or shows offline
- App covers up arrow for rotation
- Alerts are slow
- App crashes when returning to iPhone homepage
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- App crashes when clicking on Mac window
- Display area exceeds display area on rotation
- Audio button crashes app
- QR code invalid error
- Device not online or constantly connecting
- Camera ID is the same for multiple cameras
- App does not work in background
Requested features
8 requests- Add option to change camera name
- Provide beginner walkthroughs
- Add footnotes for feature explanations
- Enable multiple camera connectivity
- Update app on App Store
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- Add English instructions
- Improve PTZ preset functionality
- Fix reddish/purple tint in video
In-app purchases
cloud
No in-app purchases
VI365
No in-app purchases
