LookCam

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

3.1 850 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5The Worst App I Have Ever Used

   Just a catastrophe. Alpha level software. Not a single feature is dependable, something absolutely essential for home security and monitoring. Software loses connection with camera at least once a week requiring a camera factory reset and setting it up again. SD card reformatting often required because it often cannot loop recordings. Software often reports formatting failed, even when it doesn’t. Cloud recording paid subscription add-on not dependable and often goes down on weekends. Recordings stored there have playback issues, often switching between normal and fast forward-style playback with no way to correct. Downloading those recordings is baffling. Alarm monitoring simply doesn’t work. You need to manually review recordings, but you cannot easily do so using terrible built-in video player. Software controls often don’t work in landscape mode. I’ve had this six months and there have been only two app updates, none improving the software and the last one added new problems. I have used hundreds of apps over the years. This is literally the worst I have ever used. Unconscionable.

   PhillipDampier · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5Good and bad

   When the app works like it should, it’s fine. But that’s when it actually is. I’ve done just about every single “fix” to make it work again only to be faced with the same issues. The most common issue is the camera appearing offline, but my xfinity app says it’s connected. This issue sorts itself out but it’s a guessing game of when. The next issue is audio. There’s no Bluetooth headphone support for the app which is odd considering it’s 2023. Another “audio” issue is the audio coming from the live video feed. 90% of the time it’s very hard to hear noises or even people talking (yes, even when they’re right by the camera) it tends to make people and noises seem very far away from the camera and randomnly it’ll get super loud only to go right back to being very quiet and muffled to the point it sounds like your camera is in your fish tank on the other side of the house but don’t worry It gets worse. There’s always a constant “feedback” noise that 50% of the time gets louder than the actual noise in your home making it impossible to understand a conversation or actually hear noises inside your home. I’ve experimented with this specific issue and from what I’ve concluded to, each outlet in your home makes it better or worse. The strangest part is, the closer I placed my camera to the router, the worse the feedback and audio got

   Lmaobruh2020 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5App is decent

   Cons -pop ups are in Chinese (but everything else is mostly English) -no explanation of what any button does or how to set anything up - app doesn’t crash often but does slow down and mess up from time to time -when viewing files saved to the sd card, you cannot skip ahead in the video, you must sit through the whole 5 mins of you wanna see the end of the video (if you download the video you can ff and rw) - sometimes when downloading files the download bar won’t show up but will still be downloading -if you leave the files page to go view your stream their downloads will be canceled. -Must stay on file page to download files even if you never leave the app -doesn’t provide camera wifi information (ip address etc) -recorded video is a little slower than it actually is Pros -does what it’s supposed to do (stream and record videos) - doesn’t crash as much compared to other apps - camera is always online when I check it -there is a lot of useful features and options on the app such as the motion detection recording and night vision but you have to figure it out for yourself Overall 3 stars bc it works better than most other ip camera apps but is by no means perfect

   76alex · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5Decent app considering but security flaws

   OK like a lot of things these days this is from China as are the cameras that it connects to. All and All does what it is supposed to do. Instructions are minimal you’ll have to figure it out on your own. One thing that’s concerning, you do not have to set up your router to allow the communications through. And when you’re configuring the software even if you’re not on site it’s able to find the camera with your iPhone. The only way this can work is if both the camera and your software are connecting to a third device such as a server someplace. Given that the camera is on 24/7 I would not suggest putting it in a sensitive area such as a bedroom. It’s almost certain that the manufacturer or the coder of the software have unlimited access to recorded video and the video feed.

   Night OwL99 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 3/5Okay but needs improvement.

   I have several camera that all use an app similar to this one. Overall I’m happy with this product but have noticed a few bugs. 1. When watching live video the sound will play over the speakers and not the headphones. I did find if I unplugged and replugged my headphone jack it would work. But each time I close the camera or app I’d have to do this again. 2. The alarm play back “files” won’t load. Some will say they have “0” storage on the file, and others will show a file size. For not however it won’t play the video. The only way I’ve been able to record video is if I am manually watching the camera and hit “record”. The Alarm recording is basically useless. I have played around and tested this on 3 camera and they all have the same issue. Over all I’m happy with this product, but it does lack what other companies have excelled in. I find the privacy concerns to be very concerning. And I would like assurance that those have been fixed in the interest of your customers. I would be glad to provide images or videos to show the exact issues I have been having .

   Colindk92 · 31 Jul 2026

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