Eagle Eye Viewer vs PhotoNodes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eagle Eye Viewer
Access live and recorded video from your cloud-based video management system. Monitor multiple cameras, receive alerts, and control PTZ cameras remotely. Securely view footage from various locations without managing local storage.
- View live video
- View recorded video
- Monitor multiple cameras
- Receive push notifications
- Control PTZ cameras
- View dewarped fisheye video
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The Eagle Eye Viewer allows you to access both live and recorded video from your Eagle Eye Cloud VMS (video management system). Like the web application, you can access multiple locations in a single view. Highlights include: - View live video - View recorded video, with timeline indicating motions and other events - Monitor multiple cameras at once - Receive push notifications to stay alerted - Trigger camera Outputs - Control PTZ cameras - View dewarped video from fisheye cameras The Eagle Eye Cloud VMS works with a wide variety of IP and analog cameras. Securely access all cloud-based video, including video stored on premise with a Cloud Managed Video Recorder. No more headaches of managing storage or network settings at your local sites. The Eagle Eye Viewer requires a subscription to the Eagle Eye Cloud VMS for one or more cameras. Eagle Eye Networks is number one worldwide in delivering true cloud video surveillance and artificial intelligence to make businesses more efficient and the world a safer place – all on the only video management platform robust and flexible enough to power the future of video surveillance.
PhotoNodes
Access all your event photos, view galleries, save favorites, download images, and share them on social media. Requires an event name and password for access.
- View photo galleries
- Save to My Favorites
- Download photos
- Share on social media
- Event-specific access
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The PhotoNodes app allows you to access all your photos during and after your program. With this app, you can view galleries, save to My Favorites, download photos, and share on social media. Access to this app requires an event name and password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhotoNodes at 100% against Eagle Eye Viewer's 42%. PhotoNodes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs subscription). Eagle Eye Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (158 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
PhotoNodes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eagle Eye Viewer has 158 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Eagle Eye Viewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of PhotoNodes's.
Eagle Eye Viewer ships an update every 3 weeks, PhotoNodes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eagle Eye Viewer | PhotoNodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (158 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brivo Inc. | 40 North Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Eagle Eye Viewer
No in-app purchases
PhotoNodes
No in-app purchases









