Nice Mobile Viewer vs Luma View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nice Mobile Viewer
Control your Nice home entertainment and management system remotely. Manage media, climate, lighting, security, and more from your iPhone or iPad. Access a live demo system to explore its capabilities.
- Home entertainment system control
- Home management system interface
- Remote access via iPhone/iPad
- Control media, climate, lighting
- Manage security and door locks
- View video cameras
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Nice Mobile Viewer for ELAN OS provides an interface to a Nice home entertainment and management system on an iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. ELAN OS integrates and provides control for media, home theater, distributed audio, security, door locks, climate, lighting, shades, video cameras, irrigation, pool/spa and more. Nice Viewer requires a Nice SC100/SC150, SC300/350 controller to be installed by a certified Nice installer. You can access our live demo system through this free App. To learn more about getting an ELAN OS by Nice system please visit - https://niceforyou.com/
Luma View
Monitor your security cameras remotely with live HD video streaming, event playback, and recording capabilities. Features include smart event search with object filtering, customizable grid views, and audio support. Manage multiple devices and access your footage anytime, anywhere from your tablet or mobile.
- HD live viewing (single/split screen)
- Synchronized playback (up to 16 channels)
- Smart Event Search (human/vehicle filtering)
- Push notifications for events
- Customizable grid views
- Snapshot and video recording
- Two-way audio support
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The all new Luma View app offers powerful features at your fingertips, allows you check on what matters – anytime, anywhere. Watch live video, user-friendly event search, playback, and save recordings, or take a snapshot all from your tablet or mobile device. • Enjoy HD live viewing of a single or split screen (4, 9, or 16 channels simultaneously) in both portrait and landscape modes with convenient pinch to zoom • Synchronize playback up to 16 channels • User-friendly Smart Event Search with human and vehicle filtering • Push message offer quick overview of latest events • Auto switch between high or standard resolution depending on your remote connection • Customize your grid views for multi-device management – Drag and drop cameras where you’d like them, even across multiple DVRs/NVRs • Easily scan timeline and playback to find recordings and events • Instantly capture snapshots or record videos with a tap of your finger • Add snapshots and video to your photo library for safe keeping or to share with family, friends, or colleagues • Listen or speak to whoever is on the other end (Audio support varies by camera model) • Remotely control pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nice Mobile Viewer at every 3 months against Luma View's every 8 months. Nice Mobile Viewer also leads on review sentiment (26% vs 13%). Luma View's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Nice Mobile Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Luma View every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nice Mobile Viewer | Luma View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (339 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better | 12.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 339 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Core Brands LLC | Wirepath Home Systems, LLC |
Customer experience
Nice Mobile Viewer
Luma View
User reviews
Nice Mobile Viewer
From 339 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and fluid
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
- 🔒 Robust and reliable
- 💡 Flexible and customizable
- 🚀 Responsive and quick to load
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
- 🔌 Connectivity issues and unreliable connections
- 🤯 Confusing and unintuitive interface
- 🔍 Limited functionality and features
- 🕰️ Slow and outdated
Luma View
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- ✨ Huge improvement over old app
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Event snooze function is a home run
- 🚀 Faster and more user-friendly
- 🌟 Waterfall view is great
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on open/launch
- 🐛 Constantly crashing
- 🐛 Unreliable
- 🐛 App changes settings
- 🐛 Completely breaks and won't open
Bugs and requests
Nice Mobile Viewer
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and password rejections
- Inability to access or control certain features
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Inconsistent performance and random crashes
- Syncing and data loss problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Better integration with smart home devices
- Improved camera and video functionality
- More customization options for layouts and themes
- Enhanced voice control and automation capabilities
Luma View
Reported bugs
75 issues- Crashes on open
- App changes settings
- App breaks and won't open
- Issues with showing recordings or playback
- Misses footage
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- Cannot consistently access recordings
- Continuously quits working on iPhones
- Notifications not working
- Cannot see live feed
- Constantly glitching
- Notifications stop working
- Constantly stops working
- Requires deleting and reinstalling to fix
- Broken on iOS 26
- Crashes on Apple devices
- Clients cannot access cameras
- Needs update for iOS 26
- Always offline
- Reload every time it's used
- Have to uninstall and install every 3 months for alerts
- Crashes before loading screen
- No sound for notifications
- Doesn't always record
- Sound not very clear
- App crashes
- App won't open
- App crashes all the time
- Does not work with iOS 26/iPhone 17 Pro
- Freezes on startup screen and closes
- Can't connect
- Won't launch
- App does not work with latest iOS
- App does not launch
- Incredibly slow
- Periodically crashes
- Intrusion alerts stop working
- Terrible bug for a surveillance system
- Does not work with iOS 26
- Black screen with logo then crashes
- Broken
- Doesn't work at all
- Fails to record notifications
- Doorbell cam issues
- App hasn't worked from the start
- No iPad version
- Difficult to navigate
- Cannot access desired video point
- Always something wrong
- Not very reliable
- App makes cameras useless
- Notifications not working
- App icon notification numbers never reset
- Connection drops every time app is opened
- Fails to connect
- Cannot see cameras
- Monthly connection issues
- Barely functional
- Clunky app
- Cameras disappear for no reason
- Rarely functional
- App skipping
- Freezes for 3-4 seconds
- Opening app and seeing cameras is super slow
- Cameras constantly falling off connection
- Add Favorite Button missing
- Sends motion detection messages but devices offline
- Recent update messed everything up
- Connection failed in June, can't login in July
- Forgot password link not sending email
- New version blows up with 16 channel DVR
- Connection failed half the time
- Needs updating
- Not able to be put on Mac or PC
- Cannot cast to TV
- Cannot view on Mac or PC
Requested features
16 requests- Distinguish between people, animal, car, package
- Facial recognition and saving
- Ability to search by name
- Search with a single word
- Add skip ahead function
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- Add x2 speed option
- Add iPad version
- Add Mac or PC version
- Add ability to cast to TV
- Add Favorite Button
- Add dark mode
- Improve user interface for average user
- Add ability to distinguish between event types (people, animals, cars, packages)
- Implement facial recognition
- Allow searching by name or keyword
- Add x2 playback speed
In-app purchases
Nice Mobile Viewer
No in-app purchases
Luma View
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Nice Mobile Viewer free?
Is Luma View free?
Do Nice Mobile Viewer or Luma View have ads?
Which is updated more often, Nice Mobile Viewer or Luma View?
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