UniFi vs Smart Sentry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniFi
Manage your home or business IT network from a single interface. Easily set up WiFi, monitor traffic, secure your network with VPN, and gain insights with detailed analytics.
- Centralized network management
- WiFi setup and configuration
- Traffic routing
- Single-tap VPN access
- Client and network analytics
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The UniFi app simplifies home and business IT by providing a central management interface where you can easily scale, monitor, and optimize every aspect of your network. UniFi offers: • Simple WiFi setup and configuration • Intuitive traffic routing • Secure, single-tap VPN access • Detailed client and network analytics
Smart Sentry
This app transforms your existing security camera system into a proactive monitoring solution using AI-powered video analytics. Receive real-time alerts, manage their status, and view live camera feeds directly from your mobile device.
- Real-time security alerts
- Alert status management
- Review closed alerts
- Live camera view
- Arm/Disarm cameras
- Notification control
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Sentry AI is the global leader of AI-powered video analytics solutions for physical security and public safety. Sentry AI connects with your legacy security camera system and transforms it into a proactive monitoring system. Smart Sentry AI App is an application for Mobile users (System owner, manager, on duty roaming guard) to receive real-time alerts on your phone and interact with Sentry AI Smart Surveillance Platform. What you can do with the Smart Sentry AI app: - Receive real-time alerts from your Sentry AI account with details: time, location, status, log. - Update alerts status: Accept, add a note, feedback, and close alerts. - Review recently closed alerts. - Manage your account login, changing password. - Mute/Unmute app notifications. - Live View - Arm / Disarm Cameras
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UniFi at 47% against Smart Sentry's 0%. UniFi also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (25K vs 3). Smart Sentry's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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.
UniFi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniFi has 25K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of UniFi's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Sentry's.
UniFi ships an update fortnightly, Smart Sentry every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniFi | Smart Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25K ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 484 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubiquiti Inc. | Smart Home Sentry, Inc |
Customer experience
UniFi
Smart Sentry
Bugs and requests
UniFi
Reported bugs
5 issues- App unable to connect to local controller
- Incorrect device status and client information
- Frequent sign-outs and login issues
- Speed test and throughput data not working
- Topology view showing incorrect network layout
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable dashboard and widgets
- Ability to set time-based data usage reports
- Support for local-only network management
- Improved 2FA and authentication experience
- Apple Watch app for emergency reboots
Smart Sentry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniFi
No in-app purchases
Smart Sentry
No in-app purchases
Questions
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