InVid View vs Paxton Entry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InVid View
Access and manage your InVid surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video feeds, receive important alerts, and control cloud-connected devices directly from your mobile phone.
- Remote surveillance access
- Live video streaming
- Recorded video playback
- Alarm notifications
- Cloud device management
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VIEW Tech Vision is a mobile surveillance client app. With this app, you can access InVid Tech Vision Series surveillance products through the network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms, and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.
Paxton Entry
This application allows you to answer your door and grant entry remotely from your smartphone or tablet. See and speak with visitors face-to-face before deciding to unlock the door, all from anywhere with an internet connection.
- Answer calls from anywhere
- See visitors before opening
- Two-way video and audio communication
- Remote door unlocking
- Pair device with site administrator
- Receive calls on multiple devices simultaneously
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Paxton is a market leader in Access Control and building security solutions. The Paxton Entry app allows you to answer your door from your mobile phone or tablet from anywhere in the world! Greet your visitor from your mobile device and open the door via the app or ask them to pop back later. To use the app, you will be invited to pair your device by your site administrator. Once setup you'll be able to both receive calls from your visitors and grant them entry. Calls made from your Entry panel(s) will connect to your mobile device, as well as to any Entry monitors installed within your building. The system allows for up to 6 mobile devices to be called at the same time, allowing multiple users to receive the same call. Here are some the benefits of Paxton Entry: Answer calls from anywhere in the world (Internet connection required) See who's calling before you answer Have a face to face conversation with both video and audio Remote door unlocking from where you are Simple to use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: InVid View at 5.0 against Paxton Entry's 2.3. InVid View also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.6). Paxton Entry's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
InVid View holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paxton Entry has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
InVid View ships an update every 12 months, Paxton Entry every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InVid View | Paxton Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | InVid Tech | Paxton Access Ltd |
Customer experience
InVid View
Paxton Entry
In-app purchases
InVid View
No in-app purchases
Paxton Entry
No in-app purchases
