UniFi Protect vs Grasside
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.
Grasside
Manage your home electric vehicle charger remotely. Schedule charging sessions, stop charging instantly, and monitor real-time power consumption. This application simplifies EV charging management.
- Remote EV charger control
- Charging schedule setup
- Instant charging stop
- Real-time power usage monitoring
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Remotely control your home EV charger. Set charging schedules, stop anytime, and check real-time power usage. Grasside makes it easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: UniFi Protect at 78K against Grasside's 1. Grasside's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Grasside holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniFi Protect has 78K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
UniFi Protect ships an update every 3 weeks, Grasside weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniFi Protect | Grasside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (78K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 78K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubiquiti Inc. | Beizide Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
UniFi Protect
Grasside
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
Grasside
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniFi Protect
No in-app purchases
Grasside
No in-app purchases
