Athena Admin vs NX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athena Admin
Monitor your security cameras remotely to receive real-time alerts for intruders and suspicious activity. Detect dangerous objects and configure backup contacts for immediate response to potential threats.
- Real-time intruder alerts
- Dangerous object detection (guns, knives)
- Configure backup contacts
- Remote system monitoring
- Proactive crime prevention
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This is the Athena Security app which allows customers to see alerts of intruders and strangers. When your alarm goes off you can actually see if its is a criminal. With this app it also detects dangerous objects and weapons such as like guns and soon to be knives, fights, and theft. You can see alerts from your phone or wherever you may be which can help proactively stop crime in its tracks. You can configure your system alerts and setup alert for who to call as a backup such as the police or a friend. You must connect this app to your Athena Security cameras.
NX
Easily discover, view, and record IP cameras on your local network or remotely. Manually add cameras that aren't discoverable. Provides a straightforward interface for camera management.
- Discover IP cameras
- View live camera feeds
- Record camera footage
- Manually add cameras
- Local network support
- WAN connectivity
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NX-V is an easy to use app for discovering, viewing and recording cameras on your local network or by manually adding non-discoverable cameras on a WAN If you have any problems please use the Send Feedback menu option to send me the log file so I can investigate or email me via the contact details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Athena Admin at 5.0 against NX's 4.1. Athena Admin also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). NX's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Athena Admin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NX has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Athena Admin ships an update every 4 weeks, NX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athena Admin | NX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Athena Security | Philip Bishop |
Customer experience
Athena Admin
NX
In-app purchases
Athena Admin
No in-app purchases
NX
No in-app purchases
