Camstead IP Cam Monitor Viewer
MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Camstead IP Cam Monitor Viewer is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 24, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 16 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 24
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About Camstead IP Cam Monitor Viewer
Camstead turns your iPhone and iPad into a fast, private security-camera viewer. Connect straight to your cameras on your own network — no Camstead account, no cloud storage. INCLUDED FREE • Live view for RTSP, ONVIF and MJPEG cameras — Reolink, Hikvision, Dahua, Amcrest, Axis, Foscam, TP-Link Tapo, Ubiquiti, Wansview, Sricam, Wyze (RTSP firmware) and hundreds more. • Up to 2 cameras. • Hardware-accelerated H.264/H.265 decoding for smooth, low-latency video. • Multi-camera grid, fullscreen, sequence mode and Picture in Picture. • Pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) controls and presets. • Two-way audio and live listen. • On-device motion and AI detection (person, pet, vehicle, face). • Home screen widget and Shortcuts. • Use a spare iPhone or iPad as a camera on your own Wi-Fi. It has to stay on that screen with the app open — iOS does not allow background camera use. Camstead PRO — REQUIRES AN IN-APP PURCHASE • Unlimited cameras (the free app shows up to 2) • Recording, including motion auto-record • Sign-in to manufacturer cloud accounts Camstead Pro is sold as an auto-renewable monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Everything is local-first: your video and recordings stay on your device and your network. Privacy Policy: https://camstead.mobilealchemy.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://camstead.mobilealchemy.co/terms
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated October 24, 2026
Camstead 1.2.1 refines 1.2.0. A camera phone's honest recording state needs 1.2.1 on both the camera phone and the device you watch with. New • Settings now lists the clips a device kept from when it was a camera. Play, share or delete them there. • Sign out of vendor cloud accounts in Settings. Nest access is revoked on Nest's side; for the other vendors, Camstead forgets the sign-in on this device. • Arabic and Hebrew now lay out the whole app right to left. Fixed • The MOTION badge and the frame rate are now readable in small camera tiles. • A camera phone no longer looks like it is recording when it is not, for example when its battery is low or a clip was deleted. • Events and clips are numbered more reliably. Also • Camera, microphone and local network permission prompts are now translated. • The privacy wording in Settings and Add Camera is more accurate.
App privacy
The developer, MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: Device ID
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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