Verkada Command vs VOLT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Verkada Command
Access all your cloud-based security cameras and footage from a single interface. Quickly filter and track individuals across your organization's cameras with advanced technology. Manage your enterprise security from anywhere.
- Access all cameras in a single view
- Cloud-based footage history
- Filter and identify individuals
- Track individuals across cameras
- Enterprise security management
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With the Verkada mobile app, you can access all your Verkada cameras in a single view, and your entire cloud-based footage history is just a swipe away. With industry-redefining tech, Verkada enables you to quickly filter and identify individuals, and track them across your organization’s cameras. The future of enterprise security is in your hands.
VOLT
Receive real-time alerts and detailed incident information, including images and location context, to quickly understand and respond to safety events. Access historical data and support for various incident types to enhance situational awareness.
- Real-time incident notifications
- Detailed incident information
- Image and location context
- Historical event records
- Detection of safety-related incidents
- Integration with IP camera infrastructure
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The VOLT app gives authorized users immediate access to alerts, incident details, images, and location context so they can quickly understand what is happening and take action from anywhere. With the app, users can receive real-time notifications, review active and resolved incidents, examine supporting images and timeline context, and access a historical record of events across their organization. VOLT supports detection of incidents such as weapons, fights, person down, fire and smoke, loitering, unattended objects, and other safety-related activity. Designed to work with existing IP camera infrastructure, VOLT helps schools, campuses, and organizations improve situational awareness and respond faster when it matters most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VOLT at 100% against Verkada Command's 48%. VOLT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Verkada Command's advantage is ratings volume (237 vs 12) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
VOLT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Verkada Command has 237 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Verkada Command's written reviews are positive against 100% of VOLT's.
Verkada Command ships an update weekly, VOLT every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verkada Command | VOLT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (237 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Verkada Inc. | Volt Inc |
Customer experience
Verkada Command
VOLT
Bugs and requests
Verkada Command
Reported bugs
24 issues- Unable to login after update
- Cameras don't update in real-time
- App freezes and is tough to scroll
- Eliminated live streaming in grid view
- Screen bounces around, unclear video
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- App will not open most of the time
- Livestream from grid view goes black
- Extremely slow/unusable to look back at footage
- Login issues with authentication code verification button off-screen
- Lost ability to remotely unlock doors on iPhones
- Verify button behind Dynamic Island for 2FA
- No field popping up to enter login info
- Unable to switch between organizations without logging out/in
- App freezes iPhone, locks screen, prevents calls
- Constantly signed out
- Prompted with multiple credential screens, email link not needed
- Phone freezing when switching between cameras
- Repeatedly asking to enable notifications
- iPhone app unusable, freezes on attempted action
- Face ID not working after updates, requires username/password
- App keeps logging out
- Full screen on iPad broken after update
- No 2FA in the app
- Scan code crashes
Requested features
11 requests- Add Schedule function to mobile app
- Ability to toggle cameras to follow person of interest on mobile
- Add Grid view as per browser
- Manage admin settings (access control) from app
- Separate Verkada Admin application
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- Add Apple Watch app
- Add Face ID for security
- Add social SSO options
- Swipe left/right to view different cameras at a site
- Add new cameras by scanning QR code from app
- Add new sites from app
VOLT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Verkada Command
No in-app purchases
VOLT
No in-app purchases
