UniFi Protect vs Eclipse Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniFi Protect
Access your camera security system from your mobile device. Stream live feeds, manage devices, and download recordings. Offers cloudless storage and customizable alerts for residential and commercial users.
- Adopt and manage Protect devices
- Stream low-latency livestreams
- Download localized recordings
- Cloudless recording storage
- Timelapse footage scrubbing
- Personalized security notifications
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UniFi Protect brings the full functionality of our web-based camera security application to your mobile device. Adopt and manage your Protect devices, stream low-latency livestreams, and download localized recordings directly to your phone. Designed for residential and commercial use, UniFi Protect also allows you to: - Maintain complete data privacy with Cloudless recording storage. - Quickly scrub through hours of Timelapse footage to pinpoint the exact moments you're looking for. - Personalize security notifications based on a wide variety of individual, vehicular, and atmospheric-based detections.
Eclipse Home
Manage your smart home devices remotely, including cameras, alarms, and appliances. Control multiple devices simultaneously with voice commands and set up automated actions based on environmental factors. Share access with family and receive real-time safety alerts.
- Remote device control
- Multi-device management
- Voice control integration
- Automated device interworking
- Family device sharing
- Real-time safety alerts
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Eclipse Home, Eclipse Smart Home • Remotely control smarthome cameras, alarm, and appliances from anywhere • Add and control multiple devices at once with one App • Voice control via Google Home and Amazon Echo • Interworking of multiple smart devices. Devices automatically start/stop working based on temperature, location and time. • Easily share devices among family members • Receive real-time alerts to ensure safety
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Verdict
UniFi Protect and Eclipse Home both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Eclipse Home's written reviews are positive against 52% of UniFi Protect's. Eclipse Home also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). UniFi Protect's advantage is ratings volume (75K vs 70) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for UniFi Protect against 4.8 for Eclipse Home. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniFi Protect has 75K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of UniFi Protect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Eclipse Home's.
UniFi Protect ships an update every 3 weeks, Eclipse Home every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniFi Protect | Eclipse Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (75K ratings) — better | 4.8 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75K — better | 70 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubiquiti Inc. | francisco cordova |
Customer experience
UniFi Protect
Eclipse Home
Bugs and requests
UniFi Protect
Reported bugs
5 issues- Geofencing not working as expected
- Doorbell audio/video not syncing properly
- Frequent disconnections from cameras
- Playback issues and video not loading
- Notifications not reliable or timely
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to snooze/silence notifications
- Improve video scrubbing and playback controls
- Integrate with Apple HomeKit
- Add custom notification sounds
- Enhance multi-view and layout options
Eclipse Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniFi Protect
No in-app purchases
Eclipse Home
No in-app purchases
