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After reading a bunch of the negative reviews I felt compelled to leave one of my own. I have had the app (and 5 cameras - 2 4MP bullet cams, 2 4MP domes, 1 C1 WiFi) installed for the last month. This app has met my expectations ever since install. It was very easy to connect my cameras to the app and I find it much easier to control their settings through the app then through the NVR. The video and audio quality is amazing but that is going to differ depending on your personal internet speeds. Video playback within the app is ok but could be better. Controlling the playback is the hardest part. If you want to specifically see a certain time it can be difficult fine tuning the playback to where you want because you have to use a finicky slider to get to the time you are looking for. The only reason I gave it 4, instead of 5, stars is because of the motion sensing capability. This really is more of a this app issue though and not the apps fault. As other users have stated, if you turn motion notification on you will be getting messages all the time. Even when the sensitivity levels are decreased and you adjust the field of sensitivity. Overall though, I use this as a nice back up to my Abode alarm system and it gives me the ability to remotely check on any unexpected status changes or alarm activations. Love the system and plan on getting another C1 camera, in the future, to be used as a nursery camera.

Ok so here are few problems that I have discovered so far with my cams. I will list the pros and cons. CONS 1) Cloud storage only records up to 8 second video clips only. There are no options to change that yet. I hope this app reads this and pushes an update to fix this to at least 1 minuet of cloud recording that would be an amazing. 2)Recording that gets stored on ur memory card only records up to 30 seconds. I hope this app also reads this and pushes an update where we have an option to record up to 2 or 3 minutes after a event is triggered. 95% of the time camera won’t record for several seconds after its 30 seconds of recording. When u go back to view the recorded footage u will see camera is missing a lot of the event that happened. 3) Cameras motion sensors only activate when an object comes from the side but, if u walk straight towards the camera with high motion setting on the camera will not active until ur almost standing directly underneath it. This defeats the purpose of having cameras, and when it finally decides to record u don’t get to the persons face. Hope this app can fix this somehow. PROS 1) Excellent price 2) Great video quality 3) Good WiFi range 4) Loud and clear 2 way speaker. 5) Super easy to setup 6) Good battery life depending on how much activity is happening in front of the cam. 7) Easy to use app

App update installed and I still cannot connect unless I’m at home on the same wifi as the camera. Another issue, though it’s unrelated to the app, is the battery life of the camera itself. Could the manufacturers have chosen a more expensive non-standard battery size? I seem to be going through batteries every couple of months, and at $20 a pop, it’s ridiculous. There are better options. Apr5: So, check out the developers answer below. There reply is a very courteous “we’re sorry to hear you’re having an issue, please contact customer service so they can remedy this for you” canned answer. Well, I did that. They’re answered me promptly, but their solution was as useless as this app has become. They informed me that I was outside the 30 day window for a return/refund/replacement (which was an automatic as I’d ordered the initial camera off their Indiegogo campaign and I was outside that 30 day window they day it arrived ...4 mos after I payed for it). Instead they offered me 10% off their new $130 solar version (with which I had to purchase the solar panel separately at >$20 as well). I fail to see how the solution to my $90 mistake is spending an additional $140 on their “better” version.

Update: New review: Looks like the past few updates fixed my problem. The app connects on WiFi and on LTE, and it works great. I changed my review from 2 stars to 5 stars. Love it! Thanks this app for listening and doing something about it. Old review: The app works great when I’m connected to the same WiFi in my house as the this app system. But once I leave the house, the app is useless. Connection failures are too common. And for the very rare times it does connect, the video is choppy, lags, and useless to even try to use. After reading these reviews of the app, I’m confident this app knows about this problem. It seems to be the most negative thing on here. Fix the connection issues and I’ll change the rating. I gave it 2 stars because it works great at home when connected to the same WiFi as the system. Otherwise, I’d give it 1 star. I use it on my iPhone X by the way.