HVMV vs UniFi Design
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HVMV
Manage Honeywell 30 series NVRs and connected cameras remotely from your mobile device. Monitor live feeds, review recordings, adjust camera views, and control PTZ functions with encrypted communication.
- Remote NVR and camera management
- Live view monitoring
- Video recording playback
- Fisheye camera de-warping
- PTZ control
- Encrypted communication
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The Honeywell Video Management Viewer (HVMV) App is a tool for customer to manage 30 series NVR and the cameras connected to the NVR from mobile devices including on Ipad®, iPod® and iPhone®. Connection is ensured through LAN/IP and also global P2P service. The communication between HVMV and NVR is encrypted. With HVMV, users can monitor live view, playback video recording, change live view layouts, conduct fisheye camera de-warping and PTZ control.
UniFi Design
Plan and visualize your network setups with this comprehensive tool. Design your ideal configuration, generate checkout lists, and explore deployments with floorplan visualization. Access essential network planning utilities and community resources in one convenient application.
- Design network setups with Wizard
- Customize racks and generate checkout lists
- Visualize deployments with Floorplan
- Access UniFi Community
- Network Ports AR
- WiFi Calculator
- Capacity Calculator
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UniFi Design brings the full UniFi Design Center experience to your device, purpose-built for planning, building, and visualizing your setup from anywhere. Design your setup with the Wizard, now with far more control. Add and configure devices, customize your rack down to the detail, and sync your projects directly from UniFi Design Center so your work moves with you. - Build and edit complete rack setups with detailed configuration options. - Sync projects and floor plans from UniFi Design Center. - Visualize your network in a redesigned topology view to see your entire project at a glance. - Plan every connection with a dedicated ports view to edit devices and ports directly. - Place a full 1:1 rack in your room or office using AR to see exactly how it will look. - Access Certified Installers, Network Ports AR, Tech Specs, WiFi Calculator, and Capacity Calculator in one place. From idea to deployment, UniFi Design gives you everything you need to plan your project, wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UniFi Design at 5.0 against HVMV's 2.0. UniFi Design also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). HVMV's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
UniFi Design holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of HVMV's written reviews are positive against 24% of UniFi Design's.
HVMV ships an update every 11 months, UniFi Design fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HVMV | UniFi Design |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 23.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 403 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Honeywell International, Inc. | Ubiquiti Inc. |
Customer experience
HVMV
UniFi Design
In-app purchases
HVMV
No in-app purchases
UniFi Design
No in-app purchases
