ExtremeCloud IQ Companion vs CompleteView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExtremeCloud IQ Companion
This app helps IT administrators and installers quickly set up and monitor networking devices like access points, switches, and routers from a smartphone. It allows for easy onboarding, configuration, and troubleshooting of devices, including remote reboots and LED flashing for location.
- Onboard APs, Switches, Routers
- Scan device barcode or QR code
- Assign devices to locations
- Apply network configuration policies
- Verify cloud connection and status
- Remotely reboot devices
- Troubleshoot with CLI commands (subscription)
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The ExtremeCloud IQ Companion app provides onboarding and monitoring of networking devices from your smartphone. The app was designed to securely support both IT administrators and installers. You can use this app to quickly onboard, monitor and troubleshoot access points, switches and routers. ExtremeCloud IQ Companion app supports the following features: • Launch ExtremeCloud IQ Companion app with proper admin or installer roles • Onboard Access Point (AP), Switches and Routers by scanning the device barcode or QR code. Or manually enter the serial number of the networking device • Assign device to location and floorplans • Assign device network configuration policy and device templates • Verify cloud connection and status of the device • Ability to remove, add or update a device • Ability to change “Persona” across our Universal Hardware portfolio • Remotely reboot a device • Locate an AP by flashing the LED light • Securely troubleshoot an AP using CLI commands (Pilot subscription required)
CompleteView
Access live video, playback recorded footage, and control cameras remotely from your mobile device. Stream audio and video securely, with optimized image quality and bandwidth. Manage PTZ cameras, review recordings with adjustable speeds, and capture snapshots.
- Live video streaming
- Playback recorded footage
- PTZ camera control
- Adjustable frame rate and quality
- Snapshot capture
- Robust search capabilities
- Map-based navigation
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Salient’s CompleteView(TM) app allows you to easily connect to your V7.x deployment and instantly access live video, playback, and control cameras with PTZ functions from your phone. Easy and Efficient The CompleteView app allows you to securely stream audio and video from any analog or IP cameras, encoders, and NVRs connected to your CompleteView Recording Server. The app supports hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding so you can stream video to your phone without worrying about battery life. Salient’s Dynamic Resolution Scaling further ensures that bandwidth between your phone and the recording server is optimized to get you the best possible image quality regardless of your connection. For a scalable and seamless transition from your desktop or browser, you can access any Views and Maps configured in your CompleteView Management Server, including the ability to view video streams directly from image and satellite maps. Full Control The CompleteView app gives you the power to see video the way you want with built-in controls to adjust frame rate and video quality levels on each video stream. The app also has powerful PTZ camera controls. You can stretch, pinch, and drag to manipulate PTZ cameras. The app allows you to access, set, and name PTZ presets and control PTZ speed. When playing back previously recorded video, the app has various scrub bar controls and adjustable playback speeds so you can quickly seek to exactly what you want to view. Something catches your eye? The CompleteView app allows you to take snapshots and email them off. The Details You Need The CompleteView app has robust search capabilities to help you find what you need. Quickly search for any system component such as a View, Map, Camera, or Server with built-in search. When browsing through recorded video, you can use both list-based and date/time-based searches to quickly narrow down to the video segment you are interested in. Lastly, the app supports overlays, quick review, and timeline review to further ensure that you have all the details you need at your fingertips. System Requirements: The CompleteView app requires devices running iOS 13.0 or higher. You will need CompleteView Management and Recording servers that you can connect to fully use the features of this app. The app works with CompleteView ONE, Pro, and Enterprise editions, version 7.x or higher. If you have an older version of these back-end components, use one of the following legacy versions of the app: - For CompleteView version 5.3 to 6.x, use Legacy CompleteView app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legacy-completeview/id1545279410). - For CompleteView version 4.x to 5.x, use Legacy TouchView app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legacy-touchview/id604971309). Visit https://www.salientsys.com/products/CompleteView-ios for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CompleteView at 4.8 against ExtremeCloud IQ Companion's 3.4. CompleteView also leads on device support (3 vs 1). ExtremeCloud IQ Companion's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 4). 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.
CompleteView holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExtremeCloud IQ Companion has 23 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ExtremeCloud IQ Companion ships an update every 3 months, CompleteView every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExtremeCloud IQ Companion | CompleteView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Extreme Networks | Salient Systems |
Customer experience
ExtremeCloud IQ Companion
CompleteView
In-app purchases
ExtremeCloud IQ Companion
No in-app purchases
CompleteView
No in-app purchases
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