Comparison

NetworkHD Touch vs PTZ View Assist

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NetworkHD Touch

Control and preview your AV system with live video feeds. This touch-based app allows intuitive drag-and-drop content management for single screens, video walls, and multiview setups. Setup is simple with automatic configuration downloads.

Highlights
  • Live video preview
  • Drag and drop content control
  • Video wall configuration
  • Multiview applications
  • Automatic configuration download
  • Live source thumbnail previews
Features
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WyreStorm’s NetworkHD Touch is a free app for iPad that enables live video preview and control of an entire NetworkHD system for single screen, video wall and multiview applications. As the name suggests, it's a touch-based control app that literally places control of a users’ AV system at their fingertips by giving them the ability to drag and drop the content on to each display. The responsive drag and drop operation is fluid and incredibly natural, making selection of sources to displays an even easier and more enjoyable experience. As well as being easy to use, Touch is also incredibly simple to set up thanks to configurations being automatically downloaded from the NetworkHD Controller to ensure users get hands-on with their devices in a matter of minutes. For video wall applications, Touch makes it possible to change preset display configurations in your NetworkHD system and then drag and drop more content onto the iPads virtual display placeholders in real time with changes to the actual video wall happening instantaneously. Live previews of content selected on displays are featured on the iPad screen, as well as live video thumbnail previews of connected sources along the bottom of the screen for easy access all on one interface. Whether a video wall comprising of multiple displays, or just a single screen, switching is instant, with the incredible scaling of the NetworkHD decoders ensuring the content image quality is industry leading. Images are just crystal clear and up on screen with a flick of the finger.

About

PTZ View Assist

Control up to four PTZ cameras wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet. View live video feeds with low latency and adjust pan, tilt, zoom, white balance, and focus. Features auto-tracking for dynamic productions.

Highlights
  • Wireless control of up to 4 PTZ cameras
  • Live video feed with low latency
  • Pan, tilt, and zoom control
  • Adjust white balance, focus, and iris
  • Store and recall preset camera positions
  • Auto-tracking function
Features
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PTZ View Assist Control up to four cameras with your Wireless Touch Screen How does it work? 1. Download the PTZ View Assist app 2. Go to the menu and set up an auto search for the camera in the same network. 3. Make sure you have set up your camera to the same network 4. Press the scan button from the camera scan or press the manual for an advanced setting. 5. You should start to control your cameras now. Wireless Touch Screen Camera Control Easy camera control over Wi-Fi, with the smartphone and tablet interface, you can control your camera anytime and anywhere for a nice camera control design. Live View is the Key with Low Latency You will not need an additional monitor to see the live video from your camera. The PTZ View Assist provides you the immediate live video via RTSP and SRT. Broadcast Quality Wi-Fi Camera with your cost-effective price. Control pan, tilt and zoom with a joystick for your PTC-140, PTC-280, PTC-285, PTC-300 and PTC-305 series with your iOS now. The Auto Tracking function frees up your live video productions The PTZ View Assist app allows users to effortlessly control Datavideo tracking series like PTC-285 and PTC-305 series. This feature ensures that the camera automatically follows a moving subject, making it perfect for live events and productions where a person or object is in motion. Various control functions With the multi-touch interface, you can not only pan, tilt and zoom with variable speed for a nice camera control experience, but you can also control White Balance, Focus, Iris, and preset positions. Control up to four cameras simultaneously PTZ View Assist provides you to store up to 4 preset positions for each PTZ camera. The PTZ View Assist app will help you to creates nice transitions from your stored positions.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NetworkHD Touch at 100% against PTZ View Assist's 0%. PTZ View Assist's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetworkHD Touch ships an update every 6 months, PTZ View Assist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NetworkHD Touch versus PTZ View Assist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetworkHD TouchPTZ View Assist
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperwyrestormDATAVIDEO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Customer experience

NetworkHD Touch

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PTZ View Assist

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

NetworkHD Touch

No in-app purchases

None

PTZ View Assist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NetworkHD Touch free?
NetworkHD Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PTZ View Assist free?
PTZ View Assist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NetworkHD Touch or PTZ View Assist have ads?
Neither NetworkHD Touch nor PTZ View Assist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetworkHD Touch or PTZ View Assist?
NetworkHD Touch ships an update every 6 months, and PTZ View Assist every 2 months. Most recently, NetworkHD Touch was updated on September 14, 2026 and PTZ View Assist on September 20, 2026.

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