Comparison

Guarding Vision vs Blueye

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

Head to head
About

Guarding Vision

Access live video feeds from your DVRs, NVRs, and IP cameras remotely. View real-time footage, playback recorded events, and receive instant notifications for motion detection alarms. Connect globally with ease by creating an account and adding your devices.

Highlights
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Video playback
  • Motion detection alarm notification
  • Remote camera access
  • Global connectivity
Features
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The Guarding Vision app is designed to work with DVRs, NVRs and IP cameras which support Cloud P2P function. It allows you to live view your cameras remotely. All you need to do is creating an account and adding device into the account, then you can enjoy the real-time video from cameras on a global scale. It also allows you to play back recorded video to search every milestone of your life. When motion detection alarm of your device triggered, you can get an instant message notification from Guarding Vision app. Key Features: 1. Real-time monitoring 2. Video playback 3. Motion detection alarm notification

About

Blueye

Features
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The Blueye app is the pilot station for Blueye underwater drones. Fly the Blueye X1, X3, X3 Ultra and X7 from your iPhone, iPad or Mac, and keep flying the earlier Blueye Pioneer and Pro. PILOT • Steer with the on-screen joysticks, or connect an Xbox, PlayStation or MFi game controller. • Let the drone hold depth and heading for you, or keep station and altitude over the seabed with a DVL. • Read depth, heading, pitch and roll, water temperature and battery level on top of the live video. • Tune exposure, white balance, gain, color correction and the turbidity filter for the clearest picture. RECORD • Live video in Full HD from the X1, X3, Pioneer and Pro, and in 4K UHD with HDR and zoom from the X3 Ultra and X7. • Record video and take photos on the drone, on a timer or by distance traveled, with telemetry overlays and voice commentary from your device's microphone. • Download photos, videos and sonar recordings to your device, or move them to a USB drive in the drone. • Live stream the dive to an RTMP server (beta). NAVIGATE • Follow the drone on the map with a Blueye GPS, DVL or USBL positioning system, mark points of interest, and plan and run semi-autonomous waypoint missions. • Combine base maps and overlays, import your own offline maps (MBTiles), and use Kartverket depth data in Norwegian waters. • Publish the drone's position and sonar to TAK clients such as ATAK and iTAK. SONAR, PAYLOADS AND AI • Multibeam sonar: live imaging, recording and playback, tilt control, and measurement of distances and areas in the sonar image. • Guest port payloads: external cameras and lights, grippers and manipulators, DVL, scaling laser, water quality sensors and ultrasonic thickness gauges. • On the X3 Ultra and X7, onboard computer vision draws object detection and segmentation overlays on the video, tracks the target you select, and measures detected objects with the scaling laser. Freeze the video to measure lengths and areas yourself. LOG AND REPORT • Every dive is logged with its telemetry, media, points of interest and annotations. Review it afterwards and export Word or PDF inspection reports. • Sign in to Blueye Cloud to sync dive logs, photos, videos and sonar recordings to your organization. KEEP IT RUNNING • Update the drone's Blunux software from the app, check diagnostics and contact support without leaving the app. • Several devices can connect to one drone: one pilots while the others watch the live video. • No drone at hand? Demo mode lets you explore the app. The app is available in English, Norwegian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese and Ukrainian. Connect your iPhone, iPad or Mac to the Blueye surface unit's Wi-Fi and you are ready to dive. Visit www.blueyerobotics.com for more about Blueye and our drones.

Screenshots

Guarding Vision4 screens
Blueye4 screens

Verdict

The call

Guarding Vision and Blueye are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Guarding Vision ships an update monthly, Blueye every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Guarding Vision versus Blueye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuarding VisionBlueye
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (22K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings22K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size523 MB317 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明军 顾Blueye Robotics AS

Bugs and requests

Guarding Vision

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Connectivity issues (offline/unstable)
  • Playback not working properly
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Time/date display issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add fast forward/rewind for playback
  • Improve notification reliability
  • Enhance search/timeline features for recorded footage
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve compatibility with newer devices

Blueye

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Guarding Vision

No in-app purchases

None

Blueye

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guarding Vision free?
Guarding Vision is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blueye free?
Blueye is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guarding Vision or Blueye have ads?
Neither Guarding Vision nor Blueye shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guarding Vision or Blueye?
Guarding Vision ships an update monthly, and Blueye every 3 weeks. Most recently, Guarding Vision was updated on October 20, 2026 and Blueye on October 17, 2026.

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