ConfBoard vs ViewPane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ConfBoard
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ConfBoard allows you to customize your display with images, logos, etc. of your choice. It's perfect for conference rooms and public areas. ConfBoard is easily configurable and it can also display the name of the device for easy connection.
ViewPane
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ViewPane is the companion app for Frigate NVR โ the open-source, self-hosted network video recorder trusted by thousands of self-hosting enthusiasts. Your cameras. Your network. Your phone. NATIVE HEVC LIVE VIEW Tap any camera for a fullscreen live view played as real video with hardware H.265/HEVC decode โ full resolution, full frame rate, no server re-encoding. Pinch to zoom, pan while zoomed, rotate for landscape. ALL YOUR CAMERAS IN ONE GRID A clean 2- or 3-column grid with thumbnails you set yourself โ capture the exact frame you want for each camera. Live Wall (Pro) turns the grid into an auto-updating multi-camera view with Auto, Large, Medium, or Small tiles, and a long-press pins any camera as the big tile. BROWSE AI-DETECTED EVENTS Scroll events with thumbnails, confidence scores, and zone labels. Filter by camera, detection type (person, car, dog, cat), or time range (Pro). Tap any event for the snapshot and recorded clip. PLAY, SAVE, AND SHARE CLIPS (PRO) Event clips and continuous recordings download to your phone, play smoothly mobile-optimized, and hand off to the system share sheet โ save to your files or photos via the share sheet, or send to anyone. GET NOTIFIED (PRO) Motion alerts through your own self-hosted relay container, driven by your MQTT broker. Per-camera schedules, tap an alert to jump to the live view and snooze that camera. No cloud middleman โ the relay runs on your hardware. Delivery is best-effort: alerts ride your network and Apple's push service, so treat them as a convenience, not a guarantee. WORKS EVERYWHERE Connect over your local network at home or remotely through Tailscale or a reverse proxy โ ViewPane automatically picks the right URL. Sign in with Frigate's own built-in login (0.16+), Basic Auth, or a Bearer Token. The app refuses to send credentials over unsafe public HTTP. PRIVACY FIRST No analytics, no tracking, no accounts, no cloud. Server credentials live in your device's secure keychain. Camera footage flows directly between your phone and your server โ we never see it. The only optional external service is push delivery (an anonymous device token; never video or credentials). BUILT FOR FRIGATE USERS Works with Frigate 0.14 or newer (tested on 0.16, 0.17 and 0.18), community or Frigate+. Multi-server support (Pro). Demo mode lets you tour the full app with sample data before touching your config. Built and tested daily on a 10-camera Frigate install. ViewPane is for viewing cameras you own and operate. It is a viewer, not a security or alarm system: it does not monitor anything itself or contact anyone on your behalf, and push notifications are best-effort and can be delayed or dropped by your network or by Apple's and Google's push services. ViewPane is a viewer for cameras you own and operate. It is not a security or alarm system, does not monitor anything on your behalf, and is not a substitute for a monitored service. Free tier: one server, the camera grid, fullscreen native-HEVC live view with pinch-zoom and landscape, the last 20 events, LAN + Tailscale access, and demo mode. ViewPane Pro ($9.99/year โ under a dollar a month) adds push notifications, full event history with filters, clip playback and saving, unlimited servers, and Live Wall. ViewPane is not affiliated with the Frigate NVR project. Privacy Policy: https://viewpane.app/privacy ยท Terms of Use (EULA): https://viewpane.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ConfBoard at none against ViewPane's 1. ConfBoard also leads on device support (5 vs 1). ViewPane's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ViewPane sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. ConfBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.
ConfBoard ships an update every 11 months, ViewPane every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ConfBoard | ViewPane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | North Carolina State University | Kenneth Campbell |
In-app purchases
ConfBoard
No in-app purchases
ViewPane
- ViewPane Pro$9.991 Year









