Solink (legacy) vs i3 CMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solink (legacy)
A cloud-based video security platform for businesses. It integrates with existing cameras and data systems to provide real-time operational insights, theft prevention, and enhanced safety. Manage and review video footage easily from your iOS device.
- Cloud-based video security
- Real-time operational insights
- Theft prevention
- AI features for video and data
- Video Alarm Monitoring
- Remote video footage management
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Solink offers a powerful cloud-based video security platform designed to safeguard businesses of all sizes. By integrating with your existing video cameras and data systems, Solink provides real-time insights helping you monitor operations, prevent theft, and enhance overall safety. The Solink platform makes it easy to search, review, and manage video footage directly from your iOS device. Alongside AI features to support Video and Data, Solink offers a Video Alarm Monitoring solution for an even more complete security management system. Stay ahead of security risks and optimize your business operations with a single, intuitive app.
i3 CMS
This business intelligence tool analyzes sales data and video surveillance to identify loss, theft, and sales opportunities. It provides user-friendly reports and an online interface to help businesses improve key performance indicators and implement retail best practices.
- Multi-level data correlations
- Sales opportunity identification
- Loss and theft detection
- User-friendly reports
- Online web interface
- Leverages video surveillance
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Cloud Managed Services or CMS is i3's engine for business insights. It utilizes i3 Video Analytics technology and point of sales information providing multi-level data correlations. This information will identify sales opportunities and is able to identify loss and theft within a business. Utilizing user-friendly reports and an easy to use online web interface i3 customers can form effective strategies to improve their key performance indicators and follow retail business best practices. CMS by i3 allows users to leverage their current investment in a video surveillance system and turn it into a cost-effective capable of detecting and deterring loss and identifying new sales opportunities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: i3 CMS at 100% against Solink (legacy)'s 25%. i3 CMS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). Solink (legacy)'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
i3 CMS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solink (legacy) has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Solink (legacy)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of i3 CMS's.
Solink (legacy) ships an update fortnightly, i3 CMS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solink (legacy) | i3 CMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solink Corporation | i3 International Inc. |
Customer experience
Solink (legacy)
i3 CMS
In-app purchases
Solink (legacy)
No in-app purchases
i3 CMS
No in-app purchases
