Athena Admin vs Oxcam
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.
Oxcam
Repurpose old Apple devices into home security cameras. Stream footage using RTSP, RTMP, MJPEG, or HLS protocols. Features include zoom, audio control, and preventing device sleep for continuous monitoring.
- RTSP, RTMP, MJPEG, HLS streaming
- Enable/disable cameras to save bandwidth
- Zoom in display
- Prevent device sleep
- Enable/disable audio per camera
- Supports public webcams
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Oxcam works from iOS 11.0 to latest iOS for using old and deprecated Apple Devices as monitoring devices in your home. With wall mounts for these old devices you will get a nice surveillance experiance tough. Features: - RTSP streams - RTMP streams - MJPEG streams - HLS streams - enable and disable Cameras to save bandwidth - zoom in display - prevent device to sleep - always on - enable / disable Audio per Camera You can enter the cameras's stream url directly. Also free public webcams around the world are supported.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Athena Admin at none against Oxcam's shown. Athena Admin also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 4 weeks, Oxcam every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athena Admin | Oxcam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Athena Security | ovonex ug (haftungsbeschrankt) |
Customer experience
Athena Admin
Oxcam
In-app purchases
Athena Admin
No in-app purchases
Oxcam
No in-app purchases
