Comparison

NX vs NetMagen Vision

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

Head to head
About

NX

Watch and record IP cameras, NVRs, and network streams on your iPhone and iPad. The free version offers basic features with limits, while the PRO version removes these restrictions and adds advanced recording and playback options.

Highlights
  • Automatic IP camera discovery
  • Live view with PTZ controls
  • Multiview grids
  • Record to device
  • Motion detection
  • NVR integration
  • iCloud sync
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Watch and record your IP cameras, recorders (NVRs) and network streams on iPhone and iPad. NX-V is free. Try it first to check that your cameras work with the app, then move to NX-V PRO if you need more. Features: • Finds IP cameras on your network automatically, or add one by address or stream URL (RTSP, HTTP) • Live view with sound, PTZ controls, pinch to zoom, and swipe to the next camera • Groups with multiview grids, full-screen landscape on iPhone • Record to your device and view recordings in the Recordings tab • Motion detection that saves a picture of each event • Recorders (NVRs): view a channel of your recorder as a camera, with motion alarms and health alerts • Map of your cameras with their positions • Warning when a camera can't be reached • Logins kept in the iPhone Keychain • iCloud sync of cameras, groups, locations and recordings with your other NX-V apps • Available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese Limits of the free app: Up to 4 cameras per group, 4 cameras in multiview in 2 columns, recordings of up to 5 minutes, and one recorder channel at a time. NX-V PRO removes the limits and adds: • Unlimited cameras per group, and any number of cameras and columns in multiview • Recordings of 5 to 20 minutes with automatic continuation into the next part • Every channel of a recorder • Playback from your recorder and from a camera's own SD card • Motion detection that saves a video clip of each event • Fisheye lens support and camera lens settings Notes: Not all cameras or NVRs support every feature, and what is available varies by camera, NVR and firmware. NX-V is also available for Apple TV and macOS.

About

NetMagen Vision

Features
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NetMagen Vision is the iPhone client for the NetMagen network video recorder — and a standalone viewer for the IP cameras on your own network. REMOTE — YOUR RECORDER, ANYWHERE • Live video from every camera on your recorder, over low-latency WebRTC or HLS • A scrubbable archive timeline with motion and sound activity charts, zooming down to a single minute • Pin the moments that matter while you watch, then find them under Events and on the timeline • Speech moments marked on the timeline — jump straight to what was said • Export any range as a clip, save it to Photos or share it • People and license-plate detections from your recorder, reviewable on your phone • If a stream drops, the last frame holds while the connection quietly retries LOCAL — NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Scans your Wi-Fi and finds ONVIF and RTSP cameras automatically • Direct RTSP playback with tunable buffering • Camera credentials stay in your iPhone's Keychain and never leave the device IN YOUR LANGUAGE • English, Español, Français, Русский, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, עברית and العربية — Hebrew and Arabic fully right to left PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking • Your video streams to your phone; NetMagen keeps no copy • Every connection to your recorder is certificate-pinned • Crash reports and usage data — screens and features, never video or passwords — help us fix problems; turn them off any time in Settings • Something not working? Report a problem from the app — a real person reads every report Remote mode requires a NetMagen recorder. Local mode works with any standard IP camera.

Screenshots

NX4 screens
NetMagen Vision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NetMagen Vision at 17.0 against NX's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NX ships an update every 10 days, NetMagen Vision every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NX versus NetMagen Vision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNXNetMagen Vision
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip BishopTatia Cohen

In-app purchases

None

NX

No in-app purchases

None

NetMagen Vision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NX free?
NX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetMagen Vision free?
NetMagen Vision is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NX or NetMagen Vision have ads?
Neither NX nor NetMagen Vision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NX or NetMagen Vision?
NX ships an update every 10 days, and NetMagen Vision every 5 days. Most recently, NX was updated on November 6, 2026 and NetMagen Vision on November 6, 2026.

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