Authentic Vision vs Synology Active Insight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Authentic Vision
Easily authenticate products by scanning their security labels. The app captures the hologram from multiple angles to determine if a product is genuine or counterfeit, helping you fight against fakes.
- Scan Authentic Vision security labels
- Authenticate products quickly
- Detect fake or counterfeit items
- Capture holograms from multiple angles
- In-app tutorial for guidance
- Fight counterfeiting
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CheckIfReal enables you to authenticate products tagged with the Authentic Vision security label. Product authentication has never been as easy as with CheckIfReal and Authentic Vision. To scan a security label, simply open the app and frame the shield into the brackets. After that, move the phone while keeping the shield in focus, so that we can capture the hologram from different angles. CheckIfReal will automatically determine authenticity, and confirm if you have a real or a fake product. Please use the in-app tutorial for additional instructions. Make sure the product you want to buy is authentic and help us fight counterfeiting with CheckIfReal! Please note that CheckIfReal cannot scan standard DM/QR codes.
Synology Active Insight
Monitor the health and performance of multiple Synology NAS devices from a single account. Receive system event notifications with troubleshooting guidance directly on your mobile device. View current performance and storage summaries for your NAS systems.
- Multi-NAS monitoring
- System health and performance tracking
- Event notifications
- Troubleshooting guidance
- Storage summary view
- Mobile access
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**Synology NAS and a Synology Account are required for this Application.** **DiskStation Manager 7.2 (or above) and Active Insight package 2.0.0 (or above) are required.** Synology Active Insight is a health monitoring solution that supports multiple Synology NAS system health and performance monitoring under one Synology Account. You may receive system events with detailed troubleshooting actions from Synology with your mobile device. You may view the current performance and storage summary of your Synology NAS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Authentic Vision at 3.1 against Synology Active Insight's 2.3. Authentic Vision also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 23%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Authentic Vision holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Authentic Vision's written reviews are positive against 23% of Synology Active Insight's.
Authentic Vision ships an update every 2 months, Synology Active Insight every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Authentic Vision | Synology Active Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (12 ratings) — better | 2.3 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Authentic Vision GmbH | Synology Inc. |
Customer experience
Authentic Vision
Synology Active Insight
In-app purchases
Authentic Vision
No in-app purchases
Synology Active Insight
No in-app purchases
