Xpy View vs Catchlight Portrait Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xpy View
This remote surveillance app allows you to view live footage from your security systems on your mobile device. It supports image capture, audio monitoring, and video recording, enabling you to monitor your property from anywhere.
- Live footage viewing
- Image capture
- Audio monitoring
- Video recording
- Remote playback
- Hand gesture controls
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A remote surveillance solution, designed for mobile platforms. This advanced application is really plug and play. Start viewing live footage captured by the surveillance system, from anywhere in the world, instantly! NOTE: Before using this application, you need to purchase one or more of our authorized Security Surveillance Systems, and configure it by following the supplied user guide or access it directly from our Nexxt Solutions website: www.nexxtsolutions.com. This application supports: - Nexxt Solutions products: XPY-4DX, XPY-8DX, XPY4002-KX, XPY4004-KX, XPY8004-KX & Allistar Pro Series - Image captures. You can take snapshots of live footage - Audio monitoring (supported models) - Video recording. You can record live video footage - Remote playback - Integrated free DDNS service - Hand gestures to slide back and forth between screens; zoom in and out (supported models); PTZ controls (supported models); & stop playback by dragging and dropping live footage to trash can - Local storage and management for captured pictures and videos
Catchlight Portrait Editor
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Catchlight is a photo and video editor with a simple promise: your photos and videos never leave your iPhone. No uploads, no account. VIDEO EDITOR — NEW - Timeline editing: split, trim, speed, freeze frame and reorder - Titles with templates, styles, effects, animations and bubbles - Music library of free-to-use tracks and sounds, or your own files - Beat detection and Cut to beat - Sound effects made on your phone: whoosh, riser, boom, camera shutter and more - Transitions: flash, whip, light leak, zoom blur, slides and more - Cinematic filters, adjustments, canvas sizes, voiceover and on-device captions - Export up to 4K, with no watermark PORTRAIT TOOLS - Face-aware retouching: skin smoothing, blemish healing, teeth whitening, eye brightening - Reshape, age adjust, smile — subtle and always reversible - Virtual makeup, beard and glasses try-on, hair colour - Background blur, replace or remove - 67 filters, including new cinematic looks - Collages and text on photos - Batch editing with recipes: save any edit, apply it to up to 50 photos - Full-resolution export with no watermark — ever Free, with no in-app purchases. Editing works fully offline — turn on Airplane Mode and keep going. The online music library needs a connection, and it only receives your search words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Xpy View at 6.0 against Catchlight Portrait Editor's 17.0. 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.
Xpy View ships an update every 6 weeks, Catchlight Portrait Editor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xpy View | Catchlight Portrait Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Accvent LLC | Abdullah Alsharif |
In-app purchases
Xpy View
No in-app purchases
Catchlight Portrait Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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