JustConnect+ vs Instant Guard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JustConnect+
Monitor your home or office cameras remotely. View live feeds, control PTZ cameras, and record video directly to your device. This app offers an intuitive interface for managing IP cameras and NVRs.
- Remote camera and NVR monitoring
- Live view from cameras
- PTZ camera control
- Snapshot and video recording
- Auto-login to devices
- Multiple live view channels
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Justconnect+ is an easy, intuitive and powerful application allowing you to keep an eye on your home, office or facilities at anytime from anywhere. You can monitor live view from your camera and NVR, control PTZ cameras, create snapshots and record video directly to your phone or iPad. This new version, 2.01, provides new features and a more friendly user interface - giving you a more convenient and enjoyable way to manage your NVR and IP cameras. Please update the app and ensure that your operating system is iOS 11 or above. Features - Auto-login to all managed IP cameras and NVR - Multiple live view - Swipe to view previous or next video channels in the list - On-screen Pan/Tilt/Zoom - Capture and save snapshots or video clips of the live camera view to phone or iPad - Supports device connection via domain name Supported Mobile Devices: - Supports devices with iOS 11 or above Supported Video Codecs - MJPEG - H.264 - H.265 Supported Audio Codecs - G.711-uLaw - MPEG-2 AAC LC
Instant Guard
This app provides a secure VPN connection, allowing you to browse anonymously and protect your financial information on public Wi-Fi. It enables remote access to your home ASUS router, ensuring your privacy and security wherever you go.
- One-click VPN connection
- Secured and encrypted connectivity
- Anonymous browsing
- Change IP address and location
- Remote ASUS router access
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Instant Guard is basing on VPN feature of ASUS Router and only available for manager now. Use the Instant Guard app when you connect to public Wi-Fi and just as you are using safety network at home - ensuring your personal privacy remains safe and financial information protected. Instant Guard allows you easily access to your ASUS router at home while you are away and keeps 100% anonymous while you browser bank, shop and chat with Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. In the future, this feature will improve to allow to share VPN connection permissions to your friends or family members. Key Feature : 1.One-Click Operation 2.Secured and encrypted connectivity 3.Surf Anonymously 4.Change your IP Address and Location *The ASUS routers sold in the CN region do not support Instant Guard. Instant Guard app supports the following ASUS router. RT-BE96U RT-AXE7800 RT-AX92U RT-AX89X RT-AX88U_Pro RT-AX88U RT-AX86U_PRO RT-AX86U RT-AX86S RT-AX82U_V2 RT-AX82U RT-AX68U RT-AX59U RT-AX58U_V2 RT-AX58U RT-AX57_Go RT-AX57 RT-AX56U RT-AX55 RT-AX5400 RT-AX54 RT-AX53U RT-AX52 RT-AC88U RT-AC86U RT-AC3100 RT-AC5300 GS-AX3000 GS-AX5400 GT6 GT-AC2900 GT-AC5300 GT-AX11000 GT-AX11000_PRO GT-AX6000 GT-AXE11000 GT-AXE16000 TUF-AX3000 TUF-AX3000_V2 TUF-AX4200 TUF-AX5400 TUF-AX6000 ZenWiFi CT8 ZenWiFi XD4 ZenWiFi XD5 ZenWiFi XD6 ZenWiFi XP4 ZenWiFi XT9 ZenWiFi AX (XT8) ZenWiFi AX Hybrid (XC5) ZenWiFi ET8 ZenWiFi Pro ET12 ZenWiFi Pro XT12
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JustConnect+ at 4.8 against Instant Guard's 3.4. JustConnect+ also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Instant Guard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 10). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JustConnect+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Instant Guard has 61 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of JustConnect+'s written reviews are positive against 39% of Instant Guard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
JustConnect+ ships an update every 7 months, Instant Guard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JustConnect+ | Instant Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 3.4 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.6% of reviews | 39.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D-Link Corporation | ASUS |
Customer experience
JustConnect+
Instant Guard
User reviews
JustConnect+
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Works with D-Link cameras
- 👍 Quick connection
- 👍 Simultaneous viewing of multiple cameras
- 👍 Smooth video stream
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Cannot connect after updates
- 🐛 Camera detection issues
- 🐛 Limited functionality
- 🐛 Incompatible with some camera models
Instant Guard
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and does its job
- 🔒 Great security focused VPN
- 👍 Setup is straightforward
- 💰 Cost-effective solution
- 🚀 Works great for remote access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Auto connection conflicts
- 🐛 Fails to connect on iOS update
- 🐛 Cellular data severely affected
- 🐛 No internet when connected
- 🐛 Auto protect on cellular
Bugs and requests
JustConnect+
Reported bugs
19 issues- Cannot connect after updates
- Camera detection fails ('unable to detect device type')
- App crashes on launch or when adding cameras
- Remote access not working
- Username 'admin' is fixed
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- Fonts are too small
- App does not start with last used settings (e.g., multiview)
- Icon issues (black/white, missing)
- No landscape view rotation
- Cannot delete cameras from list
- Video freezes
- Audio not working
- Motion detection and notification settings not adjustable
- App locks up on launch
- Settings do not work when tapped
- App doesn't support awake mode
- Previous version was better
- Update deleted all cameras
- Changed quality and resolution settings
Requested features
13 requests- Add support for more camera models (DCS-5000L, DCS-8010LH, DCS-2530L, DCS-5030L, DCS-5020L, DCS-5010L, DCS-935L, DCS-934L, DCS-2132, DCS-6314, DCS-7110, DCS-7513, DCS-2103, DCS-7010L, DCS-4622, DCS-5222L, DCS-5009L, DCS-6815)
- Ability to change username
- Access to recordings and alarms
- Advanced features
- Improve font sizes
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- Add audio support
- Add support for landscape view
- Option to delete cameras from list
- Improve UI/UX
- Add support for awake mode while in use
- Restore 3x2 layout or offer layout options
- Add sound in group page
- Add more than 4 cameras per window
Instant Guard
Reported bugs
31 issues- Auto connection still conflicts
- Cannot connect after current iOS update
- Cellular data severely affected
- Auto protect feature comes on when on cellular network
- IP Address did not change
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- App has stopped working
- No longer works
- Breaks internet connection completely
- Useless - Won't connect
- Stuck at finding router
- Not a VPN as IP address does not change
- Auto protect feature ignores settings
- Share feature simply doesn't work
- iOS 17 still not working
- Stopped working after updating
- Not working with iOS 16.5.1
- No luck on Mac Studio
- Won't connect
- iOS 16.5 incompatible
- Disconnects every hour or so
- Can't share connection
- Connection drops
- Super buggy app
- Terrible app with terrible support
- Worked before, now stopped
- No ability to share connection
- Router not detected
- No Internet connection
- Kills internet connection
- Slower upload compared to OpenVPN
- Router crashed multiple times when connected to WiFi
Requested features
11 requests- Add split tunnelling
- Automatic connection when leaving home network
- Ability to automatically connect/disconnect based on WiFi network
- Shortcuts widget for one-touch control
- Automation capabilities
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- Family sharing option
- Set time for VPN disconnection or make disconnection longer
- Improve auto connect function on iOS
- Fix auto protect feature on cellular
- More information on app and web admin page
- Add option to turn VPN on/off automatically
In-app purchases
JustConnect+
No in-app purchases
Instant Guard
No in-app purchases
