HomeSafe View 4+

Swann Communications Pty Ltd

    • 2.3 • 678 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

HomeSafe View: Live Swann CCTV viewing on your iPhone and iPad
HomeSafe View supports the following features:
Multi-channel viewing with up to 16 cameras on screen at the same time (16ch view works best on iPads)
Play back stored recordings from your DVR on your handset or tablet (requires high upload speed internet)
Change settings on your DVR or NVR in app
Capture video from your camera live view to your iPhone to play back later
Capture single and multi still images and save these to your iPhone's picture library
Control PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras remotely

Note: Current model handsets and iPads are recommended for high resolution playback and live viewing more than 8 cameras at once.


Note: This app uses a data stream that will connect to your Swann DVR via 4G/5G or WiFi. When using 4G/5G, the video from your DVR will likely be considered "downloads" by your phone service provider and will contribute to any download limit your phone data plan may have. If you exceed any plan limits you may incur additional usage charges. Consult with your mobile service provider regarding the use of a video streaming app and how it may affect your plan.

For assistance with this app, contact Swann Tech Support – tech@swann.com

What’s New

Version 2.0.1

Completely updated User Interface
Improved connection speed and reliability
Improved Playback interface
Added ability to change DVR and NVR settings from app
General bug fixes and updates.

Ratings and Reviews

2.3 out of 5
678 Ratings

678 Ratings

michaeljf ,

Functional but very limited

Although this app is fairly stable and functional, it is a bit limited. With it’s companion app on MS Windows requiring Internet Explorer due to it being built as an ActiveX control owners of the product are at risk of not being able to fully configure their system once IE is gone. The mobile app can partially address this issue if Swann would add some of the missing configuration features to the app. For example the inability to set motion sensitivity from the mobile app is a bug problem. Consider this; you’re out of town and bad weather lingers in your area. When camera sensitivity is set too high the weather can easily cause excessive false alarms. Being able to lower the sensitivity remotely could solve this problem. Limitations like this and similar cause me to give the app a 2 star rating.

FiftyGrand ,

Almost perfect

Be wary of the bad reviews. I have read most of them. Most of the issues people are complaining about are because they have not set their preferences in the NVR itself. Eg: Only receiving push alerts from certain cameras or being able to give the camera its own name. The app is designed to receive and display the information that is sent from the NVR, not to control it. To all those giving bad reviews, I suggest you READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NVR.

That being said, I Love Swann products. This is my second system. Easy to set up and use and I have had nothing but great experiences when contacting customer support. Comes with everything you need to get up and running. HomeSafe app works great. I have 2 NVRs and can view live feeds from both of them at the same time. They have corrected the issue of the menu bar blocking some of the view. Love that. My only suggestion would be to allow the user to select a different tone for the push notifications. It uses the default iOS Tri-tone for text messages. I can’t always check my texts while working so having a different tone would make the push alert feature more effective for most people.

Average J 82 ,

Hardware ok, but software needs lot of work

Just purchased this system. NVR8580. Mobile app leaves a lot to be desired.
The single biggest issue I have with system (and the deal breaker) is how horribly awkward it is to review alerts I receive from push notifications. For example, I get a notification on phone for alert on “channel 3”. First, I don’t know where channel 3 is? Is that the garage or my front door. Can’t rename the things for mobile app. Not even on the windows software either.
Next, you get notification, but still have no idea what the alert is from. So you have to scroll through, select a YEAR, date, then day, then which stream you want to view, then scroll through a timeline of colored lines until you find just the right time the alert was sent. All this just to see a clip of a stray dog in my driveway.😳
It’s impossible. Not user friendly whatsoever ever. Cant make any camera adjustments in the app. For example, adjust sensitivity or turn motion off. If I’m at work and kids are in back yard, notifications go off constantly. Would be nice to remotely turn off motion sensor without disabling all notifications.
Just my thoughts.

App Privacy

The developer, Swann Communications Pty Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Identifiers
  • Diagnostics
  • Surroundings

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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