Comparison

UniFi Protect vs softdays

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Adopt and manage Protect devices
  • Stream low-latency livestreams
  • Download localized recordings
  • Cloudless recording storage
  • Timelapse footage scrubbing
  • Personalized security notifications
Features
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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.

About

softdays

A simple, private journal for reflecting on positive moments. Capture daily thoughts with optional emojis, revisit past entries, and enjoy gentle reflections generated privately on your device. No ads or tracking, just a quiet space for your memories.

Highlights
  • Simple daily journaling
  • Optional emoji additions
  • Offline access
  • Private on-device reflections
  • Evening reminders
  • Edit past entries
Features
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only what you need. softdays is a simple, quiet journal for noticing what went right. write a sentence or stay a little longer. one entry a day becomes a collection of moments worth keeping. * a few words are enough open today, write your good thing, and save. add an optional emoji to make the moment yours. no character limit, no account to create. just a little room for your day. * your days, worth remembering revisit past entries, add a memory to a missed day, or edit what you wrote. there is no need to keep up. your journal is here whenever you return. * see the good take shape after seven saved entries, softdays brings the themes in your journal together in a gentle, generated reflection. reflections are created privately on your device by Apple Intelligence, and require a supported device. * a softer way to end the day choose an optional evening reminder to pause and notice something good. * private by design write and revisit your journal offline. entries stay on your device and sync through your private icloud database when available. your words are never sent to the developer or a third-party service. no ads, tracking, or third-party analytics.

Screenshots

UniFi Protect4 screens
softdays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: UniFi Protect at 78K against softdays's 2. UniFi Protect also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). softdays's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

softdays 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UniFi Protect ships an update every 3 weeks, softdays every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UniFi Protect versus softdays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUniFi Protectsoftdays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (78K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings78K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUbiquiti Inc.Cheng Media

Customer experience

UniFi Protect

All ratings76,232 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,006 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral12.4%
Negative35.0%

softdays

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

softdays

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UniFi Protect

No in-app purchases

None

softdays

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UniFi Protect free?
UniFi Protect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is softdays free?
softdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UniFi Protect or softdays?
softdays is rated higher. UniFi Protect averages 4.8 out of 5 from 78K ratings, while softdays averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do UniFi Protect or softdays have ads?
Neither UniFi Protect nor softdays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UniFi Protect or softdays?
UniFi Protect ships an update every 3 weeks, and softdays every 4 days. Most recently, UniFi Protect was updated on November 7, 2026 and softdays on October 31, 2026.

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