App Profile: HIDVCAM

VeloMat

Rating: 5/5

I was really concerned when I went to download this app. However, my fears were unwarranted. 10 minutes and all is working fine. WiFi has to be 2.4, but no issue there. Needed to create an account, no issue there. Had to do some connection to the phone and to the camera. But that was also easy.

AKRachau

Rating: 3/5

Not sure why the connection with the app is so crappy but it is. (It’s not our internet either before anyone goes thinking that because we have no problems being connected to it while outside) the app doesn’t like to update the live feed and the way you have to look at the alerts is somewhat annoying especially with no other option but 24hr time as an option some times (such as tonight it just doesn’t give me hours and it’s not from a specific time setting for the alert when it’s gone off with alerts and showed me in this current hour 11pm but then when I go to look at them again in the alert section for whatever reason my 10, 11, and now 12am folders are just gone? I love the camera but the app is mediocre but with some more thoughtful updates it could easily get to 5 stars in my option since the camera itself is unbeatable for the price.

ThinkingMonkey

Rating: 1/5

Setup is very complex and will fail many times until (or if) you finally get it to work. I’m a computer technician and have set up a Linux home media server easier than this. Finally, the app has ridiculous permission requests. It asks to have permissions to your location, photos (though you can set this to write only and deny reading photos), your contacts, and more. You can deny the request for your location data but that only initiates a barrage of pop ups insisting that your phone/app/camera network combination won’t work without it. Beyond ridiculous. I got everything working but on second thought decided that the invasiveness and privacy violations weren’t worth a stupid wi-fi camera. Their Privacy Policy link is on this page. Read it yourself. Returned this item to seller.