Comparison

XELOS vs NAS Guard

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

Head to head
About

XELOS

Features
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XELOS definiert die Art der Zusammenarbeit in Teams und Unternehmen neu. Weg von eMails zur Kommunikation und hin zu einer einfachen und durchdachten Form der Kommunikation in Ihren Projekten und mit Kunden. Tauschen Sie Inhalte schnell und einfach aus und arbeiten Sie gemeinsam an neuen Dokumenten. HINWEIS: Für die Nutzung dieser App benötigen Sie einen XELOS Zugang. Diesen erhalten Sie zum Beispiel bei Ihrem Administrator. Mit der XELOS App haben Sie Ihre Intranet Inhalte immer dabei und bleiben über aktuelle Vorgänge jederzeit informiert. Mit der XELOS App erhalten Sie u.a. folgende Funktionen: * Schnelle und sichere Einrichtung mit Ihrem Account * Zugriff auf wesentliche Inhalte Ihres XELOS Intranets * Direkte Benachrichtigung via Push über neue Ereignisse und Aktivitäten (z.B. neue Kommentare, neue Aufgaben, Änderungen an Dokumenten denen Sie folgen,...) * Einfache Kommunikation mit Team-Mitgliedern über sicheren Chat * Inhalte schnell und einfach mit der integrierten Suche finden

About

NAS Guard

Monitor and control your TrueNAS SCALE server remotely from your iPhone. View live system status, storage health, and receive real-time alerts. An optional in-app purchase unlocks advanced control features.

Highlights
  • Live system monitoring dashboard
  • Storage pool and dataset status
  • Real-time alert notifications
  • Remote control of services and tasks
  • Snapshot creation and deletion
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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NAS Guard – keep an eye on your TrueNAS, right from your iPhone. NAS Guard connects to your TrueNAS server over the encrypted WebSocket API (JSON-RPC) and shows your system's status and health clearly and in real time. MONITORING (free) - Dashboard: CPU, RAM, network throughput, load - Pools & datasets: capacity, status, scrub state - Disks: health, temperatures, ZFS errors (read/write/checksum) - Disk health forecast: drive health trend - Apps/containers, VMs and services: running status - View data protection: snapshots, Cloud Sync, Replication, Rsync, TrueCloud, Cron - Shares: SMB, NFS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF - Security & certificates, network interfaces, UPS - Your NAS system alerts FILES & PREVIEW (free) - Browse your NAS file system folder by folder, with size and modification date, folders first, and pull-to-refresh. - Rich Quick Look preview: photos (JPEG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WebP, TIFF, BMP), PDF, plain text and code (JSON, XML, YAML, shell, Python, Swift, JS/TS, SQL and more) and office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote). - Built-in audio player (MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A and more) with a live spectrum and waveform visualizer. - Video: MP4, MOV and M4V play directly (stream-optimized files stream without a full download). DO MORE WITH THE OPTIONAL AGENT (free, self-hosted) The NAS Guard Agent is a small container you install on your TrueNAS in one tap – just pick a pool and a port, no shell or compose editing. It keeps itself up to date automatically and adds: - Real-time alerts: get notified about outages and important events even when the app can't reach your NAS directly – faster and more reliable than background polling. - Live Activities (Control Pack): follow long-running jobs (scrub, resilver, replication, Cloud Sync, Rsync) live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, updated in the background even when the app is closed. - Full media streaming: play video of any size instantly with no download, and open containers Apple can't handle natively (MKV, AVI and more) via on-the-fly HLS remux – with hardware-accelerated transcoding on Intel/AMD GPUs when available. - Runs entirely on your own NAS. IN-APP PURCHASES – honest and transparent Free: - 1 server profile - Full read/monitoring feature set, files & preview, and the optional agent Unlimited Servers (one-time purchase): - As many server profiles as you like - Background monitoring of all servers (free: only the selected one) Control Pack (one-time purchase) – unlocks all control features: - Power: shut down, reboot and wake your NAS via Wake-on-LAN - Apps/containers: start, stop, redeploy, update (single & all) - VMs: start, stop, restart - Services: start/stop - Pools: start/stop scrub - Datasets: create, edit, delete, lock/unlock - Shares: create and enable/disable (SMB, NFS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF) - Data protection: run/abort/toggle Snapshot, Cloud Sync, Replication, Rsync, TrueCloud and Cron tasks - Live Activities (with paired agent) - AI assistant: ask questions about your NAS – fully on-device via Apple Intelligence, no cloud Tip (optional): small, medium or large support for development. Unlocks no features. GOOD TO KNOW - Without the Control Pack the app is fully usable read-only – you won't control anything by accident. - Wake-on-LAN must be enabled on your NAS first (BIOS/UEFI + network card) and only works on your local network, not remotely. - The AI assistant requires an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence enabled. - All purchases are one-time – no subscriptions. NAS Guard is an independent project and is not affiliated with iXsystems or TrueNAS.

Screenshots

XELOS4 screens
NAS Guard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: XELOS at none against NAS Guard's 5. XELOS also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). NAS Guard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. NAS Guard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. XELOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XELOS ships an update every 2 months, NAS Guard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
XELOS versus NAS Guard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXELOSNAS Guard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBLUEEND AGHans Renz

In-app purchases

None

XELOS

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

NAS Guard

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Unbegrenzte Server$0.99
  • Control Pack$0.99
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  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$3.99

Questions

Is XELOS free?
XELOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NAS Guard free?
NAS Guard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do XELOS or NAS Guard have ads?
Neither XELOS nor NAS Guard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XELOS or NAS Guard?
XELOS ships an update every 2 months, and NAS Guard every 2 days. Most recently, XELOS was updated on October 5, 2026 and NAS Guard on October 24, 2026.

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