Comparison

TP vs Legacy CompleteView

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

Head to head
About

TP

This cloud-based service allows you to remotely monitor your home, office, or pets through your smartphone. View live video streams from your cameras anywhere, anytime over the internet. Easily set up, add multiple cameras, and share video clips with others.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based video monitoring
  • Remote camera access
  • Live video streaming
  • Quick setup and registration
  • Add multiple cameras
  • Video sharing
Features
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Stay connected with your concern TP-LINK tpCamera is a cloud-based video monitoring service that makes it easy to stay connected with whatever you care most such as places, people and pets. View your cameras anywhere and anytime With TP-LINK tpCamera App installed on your smartphone, you can easily view your cameras anywhere and anytime over the Internet. For more information, go to www.tplinkcloud.com. Features 1. Quick setup and registration, register once to get setup forever 2. Add more cameras, stream live video from more locations 3. Friendly live interface, the simplest way to monitor your home or office 4. Free sharing, keep everyone informed with simple video sharing Capture the color in your life with TP-LINK tpCamera and Cloud Cameras

About

Legacy CompleteView

Access live and recorded video streams from your security cameras on your mobile device. Control PTZ cameras, adjust playback, and export footage with ease. Optimized for efficient streaming and robust search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Live and recorded video streaming
  • PTZ camera control
  • Video playback and scrubbing
  • Snapshot and clip export
  • Search system components and video
  • Map-based view access
Features
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With Salient’s CompleteView(TM) app, you can easily and instantly access live video, playback and export recorded video, and control cameras with PTZ functions from your phone. Easy and Efficient The CompleteView app allows you to securely stream audio and video from any analog or IP cameras, encoders, and NVRs connected to your CompleteView Recording Server. The app supports hardware accelerated H.264 decoding so you can stream video to your phone without worrying about battery life. Salient’s Dynamic Resolution Scaling further ensures that bandwidth between your phone and the recording server is optimized to get you the best possible image quality regardless of your connection. For a scalable and seamless transition from your desktop or browser, you can access any Views and Maps configured in your CompleteView Management Server, including the ability to view video streams directly from image and satellite maps. Full Control The CompleteView app gives you the power to see video the way you want with built-in controls to adjust frame rate and video quality levels on each video stream. The app also has powerful PTZ camera controls. You can stretch, pinch, and drag to manipulate PTZ cameras. The app allows you to access, set, and name PTZ presets and control PTZ speed. When playing back previously recorded video, the app has various scrub bar controls and adjustable playback speeds so you can quickly seek to exactly what you want to view. Something catch your eye? The CompleteView app allows you to take snapshots and email them off in addition to supporting clip exports. The Details You Need The CompleteView app has robust search capabilities to help you find what you need. Quickly search for any system component such as a View, Map, Camera, or Server with built-in search. When browsing through recorded video, you can use both list based and date/time based search to quickly narrow down to the video segment you are interested in. Lastly, the app supports overlays, quick review, and timeline review to further ensure that you have all the details you need at your fingertips. System Requirements: The CompleteView app requires devices running iOS 13.0 or higher. You will need CompleteView Management and Recording servers that you can connect to in order to fully use the features of this app. The app works with CompleteView ONE, Pro, and Enterprise editions, from version 5.3.0 to 6.x. If you have a different version of these back-end components, use one of the following versions of the app: - For CompleteView version 7.x or higher, use CompleteView app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/completeview/id1637667124). - For CompleteView version 4.x to 5.x, use Legacy TouchView app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legacy-touchview/id604971309). Visit https://www.salientsys.com/products/CompleteView-ios for more information.

Screenshots

TP4 screens
Legacy CompleteView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Legacy CompleteView at 100% against TP's 33%. Legacy CompleteView also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). TP's advantage is ratings volume (823 vs 6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Legacy CompleteView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TP has 823 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TP's written reviews are positive against 100% of Legacy CompleteView's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TP versus Legacy CompleteView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTPLegacy CompleteView
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (823 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings823 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTP-Link Systems Inc.Salient Systems

Customer experience

TP

All ratings823 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive33.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative56.5%

Legacy CompleteView

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TP

No in-app purchases

None

Legacy CompleteView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TP free?
TP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Legacy CompleteView free?
Legacy CompleteView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TP or Legacy CompleteView?
Legacy CompleteView is rated higher. TP averages 4.5 out of 5 from 823 ratings, while Legacy CompleteView averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do TP or Legacy CompleteView have ads?
Neither TP nor Legacy CompleteView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TP or Legacy CompleteView?
TP ships an update every 3 months, and Legacy CompleteView every 3 months. Most recently, TP was updated on October 18, 2026 and Legacy CompleteView on October 11, 2026.

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