IP Camera Viewer - IPCams 4+

This one man developer has set out to create a high-quality suite of applications that will basically use your Apple TV or old Mac as a NVR that records to the cloud and will sync all of your Apple devices. I have my 2014 Mac Mini running as a hub, with 2 IP cams. After a bit of a struggle and making sure all my apps are updated, everything seems to work great!
So far the only issue I have is that when a person walks by a camera it triggers recording too slow. I could totally miss the intruder on a recording if they do t pause in frame for a few seconds.
I think it makes sense to do a loop recording at all times from the hub, and if motion alert is triggered, it will use a few seconds of the looped recording for the event. This way it captures a few seconds before the motion trigger.
Other than that this is a pretty cool suite of apps.
Hope to see the ability to use old iPhones as IP cams soon!

As far as the current feature set goes, the app works mostly flawlessly. The stream quality is better than I’ve been able to get through HomeAssistant, HomeBridge, or any other IP cam software I’ve used. There are some missing features that I feel are pretty important for an NVR program to have though.

First is motion zones. I have a camera pointed at my front deck and the street, and even with only person detection turned on I get way too many events. It’s hard to filter through them and they eat up a crazy amount of space.

Second is HomeKit integration. It would be nice if the hub could act as a HomeKit hub, so the cameras are viewable to other members of my household that don’t have the app downloaded.

Honestly that’s pretty much it. If I ever see those features introduced this app would be an easy 5 star recommendation.

This app has tremendous potential. I bought it to display my Wyze and Amcrest cameras together (RTSP & ONVIF). In general, it works. I bought the lifetime product. But there is an inexcusable issue with this product in that the developer provides absolutely NO support.

With a complex program such as this, which handles various types of cameras and protocols, it is unpardonable to provide zero support. This guy is selling this app on the side, while he has another full-time job. That means you are on your own. I am not going to rely on an unsupported product to handle my home security. Who would do that?

It’s one thing if this app worked perfectly without problems, but I run into many issues with connections that can’t be resolved without help and yet this guy is only concerned with collecting your money through the Apple store.

He needs to either fish or cut bait. Selling a complex product like this without support is almost theft and you don’t find out there is no support until you need it. He doesn’t have the courage to tell you in the app description that he won’t support his own product.

A potentially great product rendered almost useless because the developer wants to have his cake and eat it too. Deplorable!