Comparison

Blue Iris vs Auto Gesture Detection

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

Head to head
About

Blue Iris

Access and manage your home camera network remotely through a secure client for the Blue Iris PC software. View live streams, review recordings, and receive alerts from your cameras. Offers advanced controls and two-way audio for compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple Blue Iris installations
  • Receive push notification alerts
  • Fast H.264 streaming
  • Control PTZ and two-way audio
  • Review and download recordings
  • Broadcast live video from device
  • Geofencing alerts
Features
Currently charting
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This app is a CLIENT for the Blue Iris Windows PC software. In order to make use of this app, you must have Blue Iris version 6 installed and running on a Windows PC or VM. Instructions for connecting this app to the PC software are found in the Remote Access chapter of its Help file. This app provides a single point of contact to your home camera network. There is no need to insecurely open individual cameras to the Internet. This app connects using a secure and session-based protocol--no passwords are transmitted in plain text. Remote access does require router configuration or NGROK, which you can test without the app by using Safari. You should see your Blue Iris login page. Key features include: - Manage multiple Blue Iris installations - Geofencing: set status, send alerts, and more in response to device location * - Control the shield icon, schedule and profile selection - Receive iOS push notification alerts when a Blue Iris camera is triggered or there is a critical status message - Fast H.264 streaming - Control PTZ, IR and more for any camera that’s also controllable at the Blue Iris PC - Listen to and talk to any camera that’s also supported at the Blue Iris PC - Navigate cameras by tapping and swiping - Review recordings as stored on the Blue Iris PC, up to 64x speed - Download recorded video from the Blue Iris PC to the iOS device - Selectively delete recordings from the Blue Iris PC - Broadcast live video from the iOS device directly into a Blue Iris PC camera window - Remote control DIO output signals on compatible devices - Baby monitor functionality: continue to listen to audio with app closed or device in standby ** * Note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ** Note that continued use of audio streaming running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Auto Gesture Detection

This utility app allows users to trigger various actions by performing specific gestures on their device screen. It can record video, take photos, play sounds, convert text to speech, and more, all activated by gestures.

Highlights
  • Detect nine types of gestures
  • Record video, photos, and sound
  • Play sound and music
  • Convert text notes to speech
  • Report time and location verbally
  • Turn on device light
  • Customizable gesture reactions
Features
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Introduction Auto Gesture Detection could provide eleven kinds of reactions according to the type of Gestures. We only need to make the gestures on the whole screen, the reaction will be fired. Features 1. Detect the nine kinds of Gestures:Rotation, Pan, Long Press, Double Tap, Pinch, Swipe Up,Swipe Down, Swipe Left, Swipe Right/ The gesture of Pan has the lowest priority. That means, only other gestures are not detected, the App will think whether this gesture is Pan gesture. 2. Record video by the indicted gesture. 3. Take photo by the indicted gesture 4.Record sound by the indicted gesture 5.Play sound and music by the indicted gesture 6. Talk the text notes by the indicted gesture. 7 Report the current time by talking in English by the indicted gesture. 8 Talk the location information such as the latitude ,longitude, name of location. 9 Turn on the light 10 Talking counter by gestures detection 11 Talking counter by sound detection 12 Talking counter by proximity detection Buttons 1.Menu button: Tap the menu button at the upper left corner, we could add the text notes,check the video clip, the photo, the sound file ,and select the music file for playing.The Video and the photo will be saved to the device album.The record sound will be saved to the local folder. 2 Setting button: Tap the setting button at the upper left corner, we could set our preferences. How to set the preferences? From the setting view, we could set many preferences: 1. we could select the reaction for the specific gesture.The reaction could be one of the six kinds of reactions. 2 In the setting view, we also could set the max duration of the record video and set the max duration of the record sound file. 3 we could select the camera devices, set the video quality, and decide whether need to flash when taking the photo from the rear camera 4 We also could indict the talking volume for the talking notes. And change the talking speed. 5 We could select the sound codec for the record sound file, set the sample rate of sound data, and set the sound channel for one channel or two channels. Menu list for the sound file, video file, photos and the notes of talking. When we tap the menu button at the upper left corner, the menu will be displayed. This menu includes five items. 1 Video Clips. Tap this item, we could view the video files list in the device album and view the video content. 2 Sound file. Tap this item, we will see the sound file list view. In this view, we could play the sound , delete the sound file and rename the sound file. The sound duration and the file size will be displayed. 3 Photo Items. Tap this item, we could see the photo list with the small photo preview. When we tap the photo item, this view will close. 4 Select a sound file for playing. Tap this item, we could select the sound file for the playing reaction. The sound files includes the file record by the recording reaction or the sound files imported from the iTune file sharing. 5 Talk Notes. Tap this item, the talking notes view will be displayed. From this view, we could add the new text notes by input the text and select the languages. Import the text from the pasteboard or from the text file from the iTune file sharing. We also could listen the talking notes one by one by tapping the button of Talking All. In this view, we could remove the notes by tapping the edit button at the upper right corner.

Screenshots

Blue Iris4 screens
Auto Gesture Detection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blue Iris at 56% against Auto Gesture Detection's 0%. Blue Iris also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Auto Gesture Detection's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Blue Iris costs $9.99 and Auto Gesture Detection $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blue Iris holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Iris has 418 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Blue Iris's written reviews are positive against 0% of Auto Gesture Detection's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Iris ships an update every 4 days, Auto Gesture Detection every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Blue Iris versus Auto Gesture Detection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue IrisAuto Gesture Detection
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.7 (418 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings418 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#65 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKen Pletzer方 沈

Customer experience

Blue Iris

All ratings418 ratings
Positive64.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative33.0%

Auto Gesture Detection

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Blue Iris

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to save video clips
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between live view and playback
  • Push notifications not working reliably
  • Cameras sometimes shown as offline when they are not
  • Crashes when rotating device or accessing certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for VPN connections
  • Improve video scrubbing and playback controls
  • Implement a more modern and responsive UI
  • Allow for more granular user permissions and access levels
  • Provide better integration with home automation systems

Auto Gesture Detection

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blue Iris

No in-app purchases

None

Auto Gesture Detection

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Iris free?
Blue Iris costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auto Gesture Detection free?
Auto Gesture Detection costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blue Iris or Auto Gesture Detection?
Blue Iris is rated higher. Blue Iris averages 3.7 out of 5 from 418 ratings, while Auto Gesture Detection averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blue Iris or Auto Gesture Detection have ads?
Neither Blue Iris nor Auto Gesture Detection shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Iris or Auto Gesture Detection?
Blue Iris ships an update every 4 days, and Auto Gesture Detection every 3 months. Most recently, Blue Iris was updated on October 13, 2026 and Auto Gesture Detection on October 2, 2026.

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