MiDNI vs Beans View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiDNI
This official application allows you to use your Spanish National Identity Card digitally. It serves as a supplement to your physical ID for in-person identification and includes a verifier for checking the authenticity of other digital credentials. Registration is required before use.
- Digital National Identity Card
- In-person identification
- Credential authenticity verifier
- Requires registration
- Camera access for QR code scanning
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Policía Nacional makes a free mobile application available to you; this app supplements your Spanish National Identity Card. You can be identified with this in person and can be used as a physical document. This is the only official and legally supported app The app includes a verifier to check the authenticity of the MiDNI credentials of citizens. You must complete the Registration process before using this app, by linking your mobile phone line to your identity. You can do so using the certificates of your electronic DNI through the website https://www.midni.gob.es, at the document updating points located in police stations and other premises or when renewing your DNI at the Policía Nacional Document Units. This app cannot be used to prove your identity without a data connection, to produce it as a travel document at border crossings, or to prove identity in other countries. It will also be unavailable for carrying out online authentication transactions or electronic signature procedures. This app requests identity data whenever it is used as these are not store on the device. Neither verification nor geolocation on data is recorded. The mobile application requires access permission to the device's camera to read the QR code, in order to verify the credentials of other users.
Beans View
Remotely manage your smart home security cameras and devices from anywhere in the world. Enjoy crystal-clear live streams, two-way audio communication, and instant motion detection alerts. Customize detection zones and sensitivity for personalized security.
- Remote camera management
- Live streaming
- Two-way audio
- Motion detection alerts
- Customizable detection zones
- Device sharing
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The Beans View app is specially designed to work with our series of Security Cameras and other Smart Home products. By using this app, it is so easy to manage your camera and other smart home devices remotely from across the globe any time. Key Features: - Watch crystal-clear live streams from wherever you are - Connect with your family and friends anytime with Two-Way Audio - Ger instant notification alerts when motion is detected - Customize detection zones and sensitivity - share devices with friends and family
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beans View at 71% against MiDNI's 0%. Beans View also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). MiDNI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Beans View holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MiDNI has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MiDNI's written reviews are positive against 71% of Beans View's.
MiDNI ships an update every 4 months, Beans View every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiDNI | Beans View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 421 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirección General de la Policía | 杭州萤石网络有限公司 |
Customer experience
MiDNI
Beans View
In-app purchases
MiDNI
No in-app purchases
Beans View
No in-app purchases
