MOBOTIX LIVE vs NX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOBOTIX LIVE
Access and monitor MOBOTIX cameras and door stations from your smartphone or tablet. Receive instant visitor notifications, view live streams, and review recorded events. Control connected devices and manage app configurations remotely.
- Remote camera and doorstation access
- Push notifications for visitors
- Live camera streaming
- Playback of recorded events
- Gesture-controlled PTZ
- Two-way audio communication
- Grid view for multiple streams
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MOBOTIX LIVE the optimal app allows you to access your MOBOTIX cameras and MOBOTIX door stations quickly and easily with your smartphone or tablet. Never miss a visitor again thanks to push notification. MOBOTIX LIVE shows the ringing message of a MOBOTIX IP video door station as well as live and playback views of MOBOTIX cameras. Browse the latest events at the door station/camera in the playback screen. View different live streams of cameras in the Grid Views. Automatic camera search, Live View, camera connection via SSL and display of the connection status. Highlights: • Never miss a visitor thanks to push notifications. • Shows doorbell message of a MOBOTIX IP Video Door Station. • Shows live images of MOBOTIX IP cameras with gesture-controlled PTZ. • Open the door, use hands-free communication. • Playback view allows reviewing the latest recorded events. • Grid view shows the live streams of up to four MOBOTIX door stations or IP cameras simultaneously. • Visitors view allows reviewing the latest events where people rang a doorbell at one of the attached door stations. • Supports automatic camera discovery, live view and remote connection via SSL. • See the connection status. • Supports remote connections. • Import and export of the app configuration • Up to 8 Softbuttons to control cameras and other IP (IoT) devices from the APP using Http/Https API commands. Notes: Before viewing your cameras remotely via mobile data or other networks, you need to configure your router to allow incoming traffic. For security reasons, routers normally do not allow access to your internal network. Please read your router manual and your MOBOTIX camera manual regarding external camera access, port forwarding, DynDNS, etc. When using wireless networks (WiFi, 3G/4G) on mobile devices, connection quality can vary and the connection may even fail completely. This means that some events, such as ringing the doorbell, will be transmitted later or not at all. MOBOTIX therefore recommends to also use a cable-based intercom system (such as MxDisplay). If you do not use MOBOTIX LIVE often: To ensure ongoing push notification functionality, you should open the app at least once every month. Please read the release notes before installing the app. You can find these notes on our website www.mobotix.com under Support > Download Center > Software Downloads > MOBOTIX LIVE. System Requirements: IOS 11 or higher MOBOTIX IP Video Door Stations and IP cameras (P3/PXA320) with software 4.7.2.18 or higher MOBOTIX IP Video Door Stations and IP cameras (Mx6) with software 5.2.3.30 or higher Depending on the type of your mobile device, the app can manage more than 100 cameras (type. Examples: Apple iPhone 11 more than 130 cameras; )
NX
View and record live streams from your IP cameras and network video recorders on your iPhone and iPad. Automatically discover cameras on your network or add them manually. Includes motion detection and a map of your camera locations.
- Automatic IP camera discovery
- Live view with sound and PTZ controls
- Multiview grids and pinch-to-zoom
- Recordings to device
- Motion detection with image saving
- NVR integration
- Camera map and status warnings
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Watch and record your IP cameras, recorders (NVRs) and network streams on iPhone and iPad. NX-V is free. Try it first to check that your cameras work with the app, then move to NX-V PRO if you need more. Features: • Finds IP cameras on your network automatically, or add one by address or stream URL (RTSP, HTTP) • Live view with sound, PTZ controls, pinch to zoom, and swipe to the next camera • Groups with multiview grids, full-screen landscape on iPhone • Record to your device and view recordings in the Recordings tab • Motion detection that saves a picture of each event • Recorders (NVRs): view a channel of your recorder as a camera, with motion alarms and health alerts • Map of your cameras with their positions • Warning when a camera can't be reached • Logins kept in the iPhone Keychain • iCloud sync of cameras, groups, locations and recordings with your other NX-V apps • Available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese Limits of the free app: Up to 4 cameras per group, 4 cameras in multiview in 2 columns, recordings of up to 5 minutes, and one recorder channel at a time. NX-V PRO removes the limits and adds: • Unlimited cameras per group, and any number of cameras and columns in multiview • Recordings of 5 to 20 minutes with automatic continuation into the next part • Every channel of a recorder • Playback from your recorder and from a camera's own SD card • Motion detection that saves a video clip of each event • Fisheye lens support and camera lens settings Notes: Not all cameras or NVRs support every feature, and what is available varies by camera, NVR and firmware. NX-V is also available for Apple TV and macOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NX at 58% against MOBOTIX LIVE's 21%. NX also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). MOBOTIX LIVE's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
NX holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NX has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of MOBOTIX LIVE's written reviews are positive against 58% of NX's.
MOBOTIX LIVE ships an update every 2 months, NX every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MOBOTIX LIVE | NX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.9% of reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBOTIX AG | Philip Bishop |
Customer experience
MOBOTIX LIVE
NX
In-app purchases
MOBOTIX LIVE
No in-app purchases
NX
No in-app purchases









