Legacy IP Camera Viewer vs Controller for HomeKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legacy IP Camera Viewer
View and control your IP cameras from your iPhone. Features easy setup with a simple scan, live streaming from anywhere, and two-way audio communication. Capture and archive moments with instant snapshots.
- Watch live video from anywhere
- Easy IP camera setup via scanning
- Pan and tilt camera control
- Two-way audio communication
- Instant snapshot capture
- Archive and view captured moments
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Watch live video from your Legacy IP Camera Viewer right on your iPhone. Gone are the days of complex router set-ups, with X10 EasyScan Setup Technology just simply scan your cam & view - it's truly the easiest IP Camera setup on the market. Not only can you watch your AirSight IP Cams live in the viewer, but you can also control them. Pan & tilt your IP Camera to get the perfect angle that will allow you to catch every moment of the action. - Watch live video from anywhere in the world - EasyScan Technology allows for easiest setup on the market - Listen in & speak with 2-way audio right from your phone - Take instant snapshots with the touch of a button - Archive captured moments and view them later For more information on AirSight IP Cameras go to http://www.x10.com
Controller for HomeKit
Enhance your smart home experience with advanced control and automation. Visualize your home with floor plans, track device performance with charts, and create complex automations tailored to your needs. Organize devices, store setup codes, and monitor your entire smart home ecosystem.
- Floor plan visualization with LiDAR
- Device performance charts
- Complex automations and workflows
- Custom notifications
- Smart folders and filters
- Setup code storage
- Device maintenance and logs
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Get more out of your smart home. Your HomeKit and Matter devices can do more than on and off: Controller for HomeKit gives you dashboards you build yourself, workflows that run over several steps, months of history, and a floor plan you control directly. YOUR OWN DASHBOARD Your devices sit where you need them, instead of in a list. - Views you compose yourself from tiles: per home, per person, and if you want, per device. One for the iPad on the wall, one for the iPhone in your pocket. - More than 25 tile variants: devices, scenes, workflows, time, weather, calendar, charts, battery warnings. - Five standard sizes, or drag your own size on the grid. - Visibility conditions: a tile or a whole section appears only when you need it. - Plus widgets for your Home Screen and a view of your own on Apple Watch. CONTROLLER AI Describe what you need in plain language: a dashboard, a scene, an automation or a workflow. Controller builds it, and you adjust it however you like afterwards. MORE THAN A SCHEDULE Two devices become a sequence that thinks along. - Workflows: multiple steps, conditions and branches for sequences a single automation cannot express. - Automations with advanced triggers and conditions. - States: virtual switches that capture how your home currently stands and drive your workflows accordingly. - Custom notifications for anything you want to know about. - NFC tags: one tap and the workflow runs. YOUR SENSORS ARE ALREADY MEASURING Controller remembers the values and makes them readable. - Charts: see how temperature, humidity or battery level develop over weeks and months, across every device and brand. - Maintenance: which battery is empty, which device is unreachable, which automation is broken. - Logs: every activity and every change, traceable. - Smart folders: devices and automations grouped by filters you define. - Floor Plan: scan your home with the LiDAR sensor of your iPhone or iPad and control your devices right on the plan. - Controller Hub: a dedicated iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac runs your workflows automatically. Charts and States require Controller Hub. SHARE THE WORK, NOT JUST THE SWITCHES - Home Sharing: pass your entire setup to the people you live with. For each person you choose between the whole app or only the dashboards you share with them. - Setup codes: your HomeKit and Matter codes stay safe in the app and never get lost. - Backups: save your setup and restore it whenever you need to. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS A week in your own home tells you more than any screenshot. Choose a yearly subscription to Controller Essentials or Controller Plus: the first 7 days are free, so you can see what Controller gets out of your devices. Rather pay once? Controller Lifetime gives you everything in Controller Plus, forever, with no subscription. Controller for HomeKit runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. You already own the devices. Controller for HomeKit brings out what is in them. More on our website: https://www.controllerforhomekit.com Privacy Policy: https://controllerforhomekit.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Controller for HomeKit at 4.1 against Legacy IP Camera Viewer's 2.0. Controller for HomeKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 3). Legacy IP Camera Viewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (42% vs 29%). On price 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. Controller for HomeKit sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Legacy IP Camera Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Controller for HomeKit holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Controller for HomeKit has 2.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Legacy IP Camera Viewer's written reviews are positive against 29% of Controller for HomeKit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Legacy IP Camera Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Controller for HomeKit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Legacy IP Camera Viewer | Controller for HomeKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews — better | 28.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小冬 李 | acasa Software GmbH |
Customer experience
Legacy IP Camera Viewer
Controller for HomeKit
Bugs and requests
Legacy IP Camera Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Controller for HomeKit
Reported bugs
4 issues- Backup and restore issues
- Disappearing automations and accessories
- Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
- Slow performance and unresponsiveness
Requested features
4 requests- Improved documentation and tutorials
- Better integration with Apple Home app
- Support for more HomeKit device types
- Ability to customize automation triggers
In-app purchases
Legacy IP Camera Viewer
No in-app purchases
Controller for HomeKit
- Controller Essentials2 variants$4.991 Month
- Controller Plus$8.991 Month
- Controller Essentials7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
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- Controller Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Controller Plus Lifetime2 variants$179.99
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