Manything, properly set up, is astoundingly good. First, dont use cheap AC adapters to power your iPhones used as Manything cams. Genuine Apple or highly rated third party adapters on Amazon work. I tried dirt cheap ones and they all had problems keeping a Manything purposed iPhone running even though they worked for normal phone charging. The other requirement is solid stable strong wifi. If wifi is marginal you wont get a reliable Manything experience. The features are so so useful. You can select segments of a viewed field to exclude from motion triggering. You can listen (and now TALK) to a remote cam and the audio is very good. Can record a motion triggered audio message that your remote camera plays such as "motion detected, police notified". Motion triggered text and email alerts are quite reliable. Zero false alarms if set up properly. When combined with IFTT app the utility expands much further. My interior cameras go on standby when I come home. IFTT looks at my personal phone GPS and senses when I am home. It then sends standby commands to my interior cams but keeps outside ones on. Ive tried almost every competitors products and Manything is superior. They have GENIUS LEVEL app developers and a reliable Amazon cloud video storage setup. MANYTHING ROCKS. BEST IN CLASS.
Addendum: the reviewer who experienced iPhone 5 battery failure had a defective battery or charger. I run a dozen iPhone 5s on Manything full time with zero battery problems. I tried really cheap chargers despite Manythings contrary advice and that was a mistake. Didnt ruin batteries but caused them to run down even hooked up to charger due to high current demand. Ive tried many other video monitoring apps and Manything is by far the best.
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