Comparison

ForgeX Achievements vs ViewPane

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

Head to head
About

ForgeX Achievements

Easily view, track, and analyze your Steam achievements with a modern, Steam-inspired interface. This app offers real-time syncing, a full game library view, and detailed progress tracking without needing to log into Steam.

Highlights
  • Real-time achievement sync
  • Full game library view
  • Clean achievement breakdown
  • Personal progress tracking
  • Fast game lookup
  • Steam-inspired UI
  • Lightweight and secure
Features
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ForgeX Achievements is the fastest, cleanest, and most intuitive way to view, track, and analyze your Steam achievements — right from your iPhone Designed with a modern Steam-inspired interface, ForgeX Achievements gives players a lightweight, powerful tool to stay on top of their gaming progress without opening the Steam client or logging into a browser. Features • Real-Time Achievement Sync Your games and achievements automatically refresh in the background thanks to the app’s built-in Steam sync engine (powered by the Steam Web API). • Full Game Library View Instantly load your entire Steam library — including games shared through Family Sharing. • Clean Achievement Breakdown View every achievement, unlocked and locked, with beautifully themed colors based on Steam’s palette. • Personal Progress Tracking See completion percentages, icons, descriptions, and progress toward 100% completion. • Fast Game Lookup Search your library quickly with optimized loading and cached data. • Beautiful UI Inspired by Steam Dark-mode friendly, smooth animations, modern cards, and sharp typography. • Lightweight & Secure No login required — simply enter your SteamID and go. Your data stays on your device. Powered by the Steam Web API ForgeX Achievements connects directly to official Steam endpoints using your API key ensuring accurate game and achievement data. Support Development Optional donations help support ongoing updates, server tools, icon art, and new features. All contributions are optional and appreciated. Perfect For • Completionists • Achievement hunters • Gamers with large Steam libraries • Players who want quick access to progress • Anyone who loves clean UI and quick data

About

ViewPane

Features
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ViewPane is the companion app for Frigate NVR — the open-source, self-hosted network video recorder trusted by thousands of self-hosting enthusiasts. Your cameras. Your network. Your phone. NATIVE HEVC LIVE VIEW Tap any camera for a fullscreen live view played as real video with hardware H.265/HEVC decode — full resolution, full frame rate, no server re-encoding. Pinch to zoom, pan while zoomed, rotate for landscape. ALL YOUR CAMERAS IN ONE GRID A clean 2- or 3-column grid with thumbnails you set yourself — capture the exact frame you want for each camera. Live Wall (Pro) turns the grid into an auto-updating multi-camera view with Auto, Large, Medium, or Small tiles, and a long-press pins any camera as the big tile. BROWSE AI-DETECTED EVENTS Scroll events with thumbnails, confidence scores, and zone labels. Filter by camera, detection type (person, car, dog, cat), or time range (Pro). Tap any event for the snapshot and recorded clip. PLAY, SAVE, AND SHARE CLIPS (PRO) Event clips and continuous recordings download to your phone, play smoothly mobile-optimized, and hand off to the system share sheet — save to your files or photos via the share sheet, or send to anyone. GET NOTIFIED (PRO) Motion alerts through your own self-hosted relay container, driven by your MQTT broker. Per-camera schedules, tap an alert to jump to the live view and snooze that camera. No cloud middleman — the relay runs on your hardware. Delivery is best-effort: alerts ride your network and Apple's push service, so treat them as a convenience, not a guarantee. WORKS EVERYWHERE Connect over your local network at home or remotely through Tailscale or a reverse proxy — ViewPane automatically picks the right URL. Sign in with Frigate's own built-in login (0.16+), Basic Auth, or a Bearer Token. The app refuses to send credentials over unsafe public HTTP. PRIVACY FIRST No analytics, no tracking, no accounts, no cloud. Server credentials live in your device's secure keychain. Camera footage flows directly between your phone and your server — we never see it. The only optional external service is push delivery (an anonymous device token; never video or credentials). BUILT FOR FRIGATE USERS Works with Frigate 0.14 or newer (tested on 0.16 and 0.17), community or Frigate+. Multi-server support (Pro). Demo mode — tour the full app with sample data before touching your config. Built by someone who runs 10 cameras on Frigate at home. ViewPane is a viewer for cameras you own and operate. It is not a security or alarm system, does not monitor anything on your behalf, and is not a substitute for a monitored service. Free tier: one server, the camera grid, fullscreen native-HEVC live view with pinch-zoom and landscape, the last 20 events, LAN + Tailscale access, and demo mode. ViewPane Pro ($9.99/year — under a dollar a month) adds push notifications, full event history with filters, clip playback and saving, unlimited servers, and Live Wall. ViewPane is not affiliated with the Frigate NVR project. Privacy Policy: https://viewpane.app/privacy · Terms of Use (EULA): https://viewpane.app/terms

Screenshots

ForgeX Achievements4 screens
ViewPane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ViewPane at daily against ForgeX Achievements's every 5 days. ViewPane also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. ForgeX Achievements sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and ViewPane sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForgeX Achievements ships an update every 5 days, ViewPane daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ForgeX Achievements versus ViewPane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgeX AchievementsViewPane
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB33 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMARTIN JUNIOR OJEDAKenneth Campbell

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ForgeX Achievements

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Supporter$2.99
  • Big Support$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Legendary Supporter$9.99
1 purchases

ViewPane

Subscriptions1
  • ViewPane Pro$9.991 Year

Questions

Is ForgeX Achievements free?
ForgeX Achievements is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ViewPane free?
ViewPane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ForgeX Achievements or ViewPane have ads?
Neither ForgeX Achievements nor ViewPane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForgeX Achievements or ViewPane?
ForgeX Achievements ships an update every 5 days, and ViewPane daily. Most recently, ForgeX Achievements was updated on October 16, 2026 and ViewPane on September 30, 2026.

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