Luma Surveillance vs TinyPumper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luma Surveillance
Monitor your security cameras remotely with live video streaming, easy playback, and recording capabilities. Manage multiple devices, customize views, and capture important moments from your tablet or mobile device.
- Live video viewing (single/split screen)
- Search and playback recordings
- Capture snapshots and record video
- Unified app for NVRs and DVRs
- Customize grid views
- Remote PTZ camera control
- Audio support (model dependent)
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The Luma Surveillance app makes it easy to check on what matters – anytime, anywhere. Watch live video, easily search, play back, and save recordings, or take a snapshot all from your tablet or mobile device. • One unified app for all Luma products – including both NVRs and DVRs • Enjoy crystal-clear live viewing of a single or split screen (4, 9, or 16 channels simultaneously) in both portrait and landscape modes with convenient pinch to zoom • Switch between high or standard resolution depending on your remote connection • Customize your grid views for multi-device management – Drag and drop cameras where you’d like them, even across multiple DVRs/NVRs • Easily scan timeline and playback to find recordings and events • Instantly capture snapshots or record videos with a tap of your finger • Add snapshots and video to your photo library for safe keeping or to share with family, friends, or colleagues • Listen or speak to whoever is on the other end (Audio support varies by camera model) • Remotely control pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras • Swipe to quickly and easily switch between cameras
TinyPumper
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Your Pumper Calls in Sick Tomorrow. Do You Know What Happened on Your Wells Yesterday? There are over 770,000 stripper wells in the United States. Wells that SCADA forgot. Wells that "don't justify" a $30,000 install. Wells that still get monitored the same way they did twenty years ago: a truck, a clipboard, and a prayer. TinyPumper was built for the operators who run those wells. Know your tank levels without driving to the lease. Get an alert the hour production drops, not two weeks later when the revenue check is light. Find out your compressor went down at 2 AM while you're still drinking your morning coffee, not when your pumper rolls up 14 hours later. Be at your kid's baseball game. Glance at your phone. All wells running. Watch the game. That's what this does. Built in the oil patch. Proven across 22 states. 600+ production companies. 15 years. 220+ million barrels tracked. 100% continental US coverage, including leases with zero cell service. Installs in 10 minutes. No electrician. No trenching. No third parties. 60-day money-back guarantee. We pay return shipping. Every sensor ships with a lifetime replacement guarantee. No questions, no fine print, no expiration. TinyPumper is remote well monitoring for independents. For the operators who built their business with sweat, not stock options. For the wells that Wall Street doesn't talk about but America still runs on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TinyPumper at every 3 weeks against Luma Surveillance's every 11 months. Luma Surveillance's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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.
Luma Surveillance ships an update every 11 months, TinyPumper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luma Surveillance | TinyPumper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (291 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 4.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wirepath Home Systems, LLC | GreaseBook, LLC |
Bugs and requests
Luma Surveillance
Reported bugs
17 issues- App freezes and requires restart to load cameras
- Remote playback feature non-functional
- Login issues and authentication failures
- App crashes when viewing multiple DVRs simultaneously
- Crashes when switching to 32 camera view
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- WiFi connectivity fails despite strong internet
- App only works with cellular data, not WiFi
- Buffering and 'No Data' errors during playback
- Recent update wiped out clipped files
- Screen orientation flips unexpectedly during playback
- App incompatible with latest iOS versions
- Battery drains to zero during playback
- Night camera feeds show nothing
- App stuck in infinite loop
- Playback stops when switching between cameras
- Time zone playback limitations
- Motion detection sends only email alerts with garbled images
Requested features
14 requests- Complete app redesign from scratch
- Mac OS native support
- Pinch-to-zoom functionality
- VCR-like playback controls (skip forward/backward)
- Motion-detected clip auto-population
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- Video export to phone capability
- Sound on video reviews
- Push notifications for motion detection
- Improved landscape/portrait orientation handling
- Faster camera feed loading
- Better grid view quality settings
- Multi-DVR simultaneous viewing support
- Simplified login process
- Better technical support responsiveness
TinyPumper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Luma Surveillance
No in-app purchases
TinyPumper
No in-app purchases









