Comparison

EZ vs Guard Viewer

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

Head to head
About

EZ

Stream your iOS device's photos, documents, videos, and web browsing to a larger screen like a TV or projector. Supports multiple file formats, Dropbox integration, and a powerful sketch tool for annotations. Features four split screens for enhanced presentations.

Highlights
  • Stream content to TV/projector
  • View photos, documents, and web pages
  • Dropbox integration
  • Sketch tool with saving
  • Support for MS Office, PDF, and iWorks files
  • 4 split screen display
Features
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EZ View is an innovative and powerful app to bring your iOS device’s content to bigger screen like TV or Projector. This app leverages the WiFi network to transfer your data and to be shown, and it supports Photos, Documents, Videos and Web browser. It can also link your Dropbox account’s document files, now you can access your document and display out anywhere with WiFi or 3G tethering. We also designed a powerful sketch tool in Photo/Document/Web, so you can add note on the screen and save it now. It also support 4 split displays from different sources, this makes the app become a great tool for conference meeting or educational area, tool!! Features: -View MS-Office files(Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe PDF, Apple iWorks(Pages, Numbers, Keynote), and it also supports Sketch function and save to photo roll. -View local photo gallery and do sketch -Display Web pages and support sketch function as well -Link your Dropbox storage and view the documents stored on it -Video streaming -4 Split screens support Supported device: -iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 -iPad 2, New iPad (Gen 3rd), iPad mini and New iPad (Gen 4th) Supported file format: -PDF: Adobe PDF 1.6 or later -Photo: JPEG/JPG/PNG -Office: MS Office 2003 or later -iWorks: iWorks ’09 (Pages ‘09, Numbers ’09, Keynote ’09) Not support yet: -Animation and embedded object in MS-Office or iWorks

About

Guard Viewer

Access and manage your surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video from network cameras and NVRs, receive alarms, and control cloud devices directly from your mobile phone.

Highlights
  • Remote surveillance access
  • Live video streaming
  • Recorded video playback
  • Alarm notifications
  • Cloud device management
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Guard Viewer is a mobile surveillance client app. With this app you can access surveillance products(Network Cameras,Network Speed Domes,NVRs) through network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.

Screenshots

EZ4 screens
Guard Viewer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guard Viewer at 2.8 against EZ's 1.9. Guard Viewer also leads on ratings volume (261 vs 7) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). EZ's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 8.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guard Viewer holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guard Viewer has 261 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of EZ's written reviews are positive against 24% of Guard Viewer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZ ships an update every 3 months, Guard Viewer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EZ versus Guard Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZGuard Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (7 ratings)2.8 (261 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews24.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7261 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better8.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB102 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWinnerWave ltdKeyLife International Technology Limited

Customer experience

EZ

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative68.4%

Guard Viewer

All ratings216 ratings
Positive40.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative53.2%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive24.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative64.2%

Bugs and requests

EZ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Guard Viewer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues after recent update
  • Inability to delete user accounts
  • Time sync problems between app and NVR
  • Inconsistent camera detection

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Apple TV
  • Improve notification system
  • Introduce bulk management of cameras
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

None

EZ

No in-app purchases

None

Guard Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZ free?
EZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guard Viewer free?
Guard Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EZ or Guard Viewer?
Guard Viewer is rated higher. EZ averages 1.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Guard Viewer averages 2.8 from 261 ratings.
Do EZ or Guard Viewer have ads?
Neither EZ nor Guard Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZ or Guard Viewer?
EZ ships an update every 3 months, and Guard Viewer every 4 weeks. Most recently, EZ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Guard Viewer on November 1, 2026.

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