LILINViewer vs Alta Networks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LILINViewer
This app allows remote live monitoring of LILIN NVR, DVR, and IP camera products. It supports features like PTZ control, two-way audio, and event notification for motion and alarms. Users can also search and view recordings from NVRs, DVRs, or IP camera SD cards.
- Remote live monitoring
- PTZ camera control
- Two-way audio communication
- Digital zoom
- Remote playback of recordings
- Motion and alarm event notifications
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LILIN Viewer reached the end of support, please migrate to LILIN Pro. You may backup your camera settings to LILIN Cloud, then restore with the LILIN Pro app. LILINViewer is the remote video application for LILIN NVR, DVR, and IP camera products. Features include remote live monitoring, digital output triggering, digital input alarm detection, camera motion detection, PTZ camera control, two-way audio communication to a camera, remote focus for auto focus camera, digital zoom. Remote playback feature can search recording for NVR or DVR. SD card recording of an IP camera can be searched and viewed. Motion and alarm events can be notified via Apple Push Notification Service. By clicking on the event, the event can be easily reviewed. PTZ features include preset recall, pan, tilt, and zoom for a PTZ, auto pan for patrol mode. More features such as camera groping views and matrix view with user authentications are supported.
Alta Networks
Manage and monitor your wireless networks from anywhere using your mobile device. Easily deploy secure networks, view device telemetry, and control content restrictions. Schedule network downtime with a built-in scheduler.
- Deploy secure wireless networks
- Monitor real-time telemetry
- Manage content restrictions
- Schedule network downtime
- Cross-site network management
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Deploy, monitor and manage your network across multiple sites from the convenience of your mobile device. -Easily create, manage and deploy secure wireless networks -View real-time and historical telemetry with a visual timeline of each connected device. -Manage content restrictions for WiFi devices -Set and manage network downtime via a built-in scheduler The management interface is easily accessible via mobile app or web browser. Sign up for an Alta Labs account using just your name, email, and password or use Google Authentication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alta Networks at 82% against LILINViewer's 4%. Alta Networks also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.8). LILINViewer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Alta Networks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of LILINViewer's written reviews are positive against 82% of Alta Networks's.
LILINViewer ships an update every 10 days, Alta Networks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LILINViewer | Alta Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (30 ratings) | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merit LILIN Ent. Co., Ltd. | Soundvision Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
LILINViewer
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In-app purchases
LILINViewer
No in-app purchases
Alta Networks
No in-app purchases
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