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

4 Desktop versions and an Android update and sounds are pretty much fixed finally. BUT push alerts are still hit and miss. Some are fast, others take minutes or longer. Or never show up. Changing priority from normal to high doesn't change that either. Annoying to pay for this app in addition to the desktop version for something crucial like timely alerts thst do not work properly. I paid for the maintenance contract. Anyone who didn't is now SOL, and won't get updates to a fixed version.

I've been using Blue iris since 2016. The mobile app has always been so-so, but for realtime monitoring and basic functionality it works alright. If you want to truly admin the app, you need to log into the console. For a closed circuit solution, this is the solution to have. Use a VPN tunnel in to your home/work network to access, I don't recommend exposing the app externally. This product isn't for someone non-technical, it's for IT professionals who see the forest for the trees.

Last update fixed stability issues for me. I'd like to see some additional sign in features like multiple WAN IP's for home networks with multiple ISPs for WAN fail over. If I loose my primary ISP, I cannot remotely view my cameras unless I reconfigure my settings. I am mostly happy with this app otherwise. Its just an ugly UI, but it gets the job done. My BIGGEST gripe is the playback. Trying to find a certain time of day, or skip ahead a few minutes is very frustrating with just a slider bar, and playback speed. You need to make a way so you can dial in a time of day, or make it easier to scroll through the playback time - just like in the server app. If you fix that ill give this 5 stars!

What’s new

Background audio fix