UniFi Protect vs Canopy Security
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.
Canopy Security
Monitor your truck bed remotely with live video streams and activity alerts. Review past events and receive software updates to enhance functionality. Keep your livelihood secure from anywhere.
- Remote truck bed monitoring
- Activity alerts
- Livestream video
- Activity history review
- Software updates
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The Canopy Security app lets you control your Canopy Pickup Cam from anywhere. - Receive alerts of activity in your truck bed. - Check-in on your truck bed, on demand, with livestream. - Review past events in activity history. - Download new features through software updates.
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Verdict
UniFi Protect and Canopy Security both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Canopy Security's written reviews are positive against 52% of UniFi Protect's. UniFi Protect's advantage is ratings volume (77K vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
Canopy Security holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniFi Protect has 77K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of UniFi Protect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Canopy Security's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniFi Protect | Canopy Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (77K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubiquiti Inc. | SNTNL LLC |
Customer experience
UniFi Protect
Canopy Security
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
Canopy Security
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniFi Protect
No in-app purchases
Canopy Security
No in-app purchases
