Do not upgrade! I enjoyed the basic version for many years, and I had no advertisement notifications. I upgraded to the paid version a few months ago, and now I get at least 5 every week sent to my phone. They also still have ads in their app. It's ALL their own ads!!! I emailed them and they said they didn't know how to turn those off and would try to work on it. This is ridiculous.
UPDATE: The ads have made this app unusable I'm afraid to say.. It's found a way around my adblocker so this has made me search for a replacement. It may be inconvenient, but to my surprise, there's quite a few others that appear even better, so the move is certainly worth it! For example, Alfred's paid features like zoom & HD recordings are free with many apps, best part, they contain ZERO ADS!! NO INTRUSIVE BS TO BUG YOU EVERY 5 SECONDS! HOORAY!! Thx Alfred developers ur greed has helped me!!
Alfred was a five star app for me and I loved it. However, features such as Playback and Events have recently been removed from the standard functionality and instead have been replaced with an annual/monthly subscription service. I don't recall being notified of that change, but it's possible I missed it. Either way, it's pretty disappointing and drastically changes how useful the app is for users that don't wish to subscribe to yet another service. I'd much rather a one time payment.
Worked great for years. Didn't mind the ads, I know they needs to make money. Recently we set it all up to watch our cats while we were gone for a couple days and was pretty surprised to see I can't watch events (yes, Alfred, I know you can download each event one at a time, but it's still just purposefully frustrating the user to force us to go to your subscription. Well I'm tired of everyone wanting infinite money. If you wanted a one time fee I'd pay it) Going to find an alternative.
I like it, however, it does disconnect quite often. I recently thought I'd sample an upgrade, thinking that might be better, but no, it still disconnects. It seems every time there's something going on that I want to view live OR replay, those are the times it disconnects often. I do like how I am able to zoom in/out though, that's a cool benefit.
I have used this app for YEARS. I kept using it every time they added more and more ads to the Basic membership... (I know they've got bills to pay!) But now I'm expected to upgrade just to replay my events? I DON'T THINK SO. I was perfectly happy with the Basic membership until now. You can hardly call it "Basic" if you have to pay for one of the most important features. I'm not gambling away my safety just because this company got greedy. See ya'!
I've used Alfred for many years. Little by little, with the free version, things are taken away. An example is that I was able to playback short video instances . NOW to have that ability, Alfred is trying to force me to sign up for the paid version. I understand them wanting $, but they have had advertisements in their app.(Revenue). I guess it's time to search for another app (Competitor)
It's the best smartphone security camera app. period. Has 90% of the features a Brinks camera/app offers minus their outrageous costs or all the 🐂💩 that comes w/their confusing activation/sync method. All one needs is an unused smartphone, a power cord & nearby outlet, & a reliable wifi signal. And then after activating said camera via Alfred's fool-proof & stress-free QR code you'll be able to access your cameras from anywhere on the planet that has internet access.
Best Overall Home Security App available on the Play Store today! The most usable features and at a price you can't beat compared to competitors. They even have a free plan but for the few dollars they ask with one of their premium plans you can't go wrong. And do yourself a favor and order a hardware camera directly from them. You won't regret it. Best peace of mind you can purchase to keep an eye on your most prized possessions, security for your family, home, etc. I use this app the most! A+
Honeslty??? I cannot recommend this enough! I have a few older phones (less then 5 years old so decent hardware and cameras) and I came across this app on a PC Mag article. I decided to download it cause why not! First off, the free edition is actually super handy, if all you want is to have a camera that can do some recording and live viewing, then that's it for you! Plus the paid version is not that much and comes with a bunch of QOL features!
