Blue Iris

Perspective Software

About this app

This app is a CLIENT for the Blue Iris Windows PC software. In order to make use of this app, you must have Blue Iris version 5.x installed and running on a Windows PC. Instructions for connecting this app to the PC software are found in the Networking topic of its Help file.

This app provides a single point of contact to your home camera network. There is no need to insecurely open individual cameras to the Internet. This app connects using a secure and session-based protocol--no passwords are transmitted in plain text.

Key features include:

- Manage multiple Blue Iris installations
- Control the traffic signal icon, schedule and profile selection
- Receive Android push alerts when a Blue Iris camera is triggered or there is a critical status message
- Fast H.264 streaming
- Control PTZ, IR and more for any camera that’s also controllable at the Blue Iris PC
- Listen to and talk to any camera that’s also supported at the Blue Iris PC
- Navigate cameras by tapping and swiping
- Review recordings as stored on the Blue Iris PC, up to 64x speed
- Selectively delete recordings from the Blue Iris PC
- Remote control DIO output signals on compatible devices

Ratings and reviews

I recently got a Pixel 9 Pro and noticed this app has a horrible bug when I switch out of it and then come back into it. I don't recall having this issue on my Samsung S21 Ultra. Tip: If you just want to live view your cameras the WebUI is very good at adjusting to screen sizes. Sometimes I just launch into that instead of using the app on mobile if bandwidth isn't a concern and I don't need notifications.

Extremely far behind pretty much every competitor. Suffers greatly when resuming from being in the background to the point of having to close and re-open to get back into video. It just seems like very little care was out into the app and it was designed for minimal functionality and/or speed.

Who designed this app? Guessing a high school student. At minimum, not a professional. The app is just, weak. It's functional to a degree, and the UI is decent. But ... You open it, check some cameras, then switch to another app. When you return to Blue Iris, it no longer connects to cameras. So each use of it requires you to terminate the app. Performance on searching and skipping through history videos is really bad. When a clip ends it shows a date of 2015 lol

What’s new

Background audio fix