Skywatch View vs NX

Skywatch is an elegant solution for smart places. It is designed to seamlessly integrates network camera, environmental sensor, switches with our cloud recording and smart notification services. Anytime, Anywhere We make it super easy to monitor and control your places. Across Locations Know that your families are comfortable and your co-workers are safe, with just a single glance. Meaningful Communication Design your rules, and get meaningful events about your home. Note: Your location is used to run your custom automation rules and trigger your devices. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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.