HDHomeRun vs WiFi View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDHomeRun
Stream live, over-the-air, and cable TV channels directly to your iOS device. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward live broadcasts. Access program guides with images and logos for an enhanced viewing experience.
- Live TV streaming (OTA & Cable)
- Pause, FF, RW live TV
- HD channel support
- Program guide with images
- Fast channel changes
- Intuitive UI controls
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Enjoy free over-the-air TV throughout your home on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac with HDHomeRun and a TV antenna. Simply connect your HDHomeRun to your TV antenna and home network to enjoy a modern TV experience throughout your home. Discover shows, explore a beautiful guide, see what's on now and next, and start watching with fast channel changes and an intuitive interface. Add a USB hard drive to your HDHomeRun for DVR across your home. Pause and rewind live TV, record your favorite shows, and watch your recordings on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Watch NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) where available with the HDHomeRun FLEX 4K. Features: • Watch free over-the-air TV from your TV antenna on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac • Discover shows with a beautiful guide • Pause and rewind live TV • Fast channel changes • Record your favorite shows with HDHomeRun DVR • Schedule series and movie recordings • Watch your HDHomeRun DVR recordings on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Mac • Watch NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) with the HDHomeRun FLEX 4K where available Requirements: • HDHomeRun connected to your TV antenna and home network • Wi-Fi or wired home network • Internet connection for guide data
WiFi View
Connect your device to WiFi cameras for real-time image and video transmission. Ideal for aerial photography, monitoring, and industrial inspections without disassembly.
- Real-time image transmission
- Wireless WiFi connection
- Supports iOS devices
- Non-destructive testing
- Image and video transfer
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WiFi View application software, is a combination of WiFi image transmission equipment using the software, with WiFi settings to achieve the camera through wireless WiFi and IOS system terminal equipment connection of application software, allows users to truly achieve anytime, anywhere, free wireless transmission of image data. WiFi wireless image transmission is mainly used for toys, aerial photography, monitoring, piping, industrial endoscope mirror detection, medical testing, wireless reversing camera, etc., in does not need to be disassembled or damaged assembly and equipment to stop running to achieve non-destructive testing. To achieve internal detection or graph transfer pictures, video.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HDHomeRun at 2.5 against WiFi View's 2.2. HDHomeRun also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 16%) and device support (5 vs 3). WiFi View's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
HDHomeRun holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 465 and 180 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of HDHomeRun's written reviews are positive against 16% of WiFi View's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDHomeRun | WiFi View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (465 ratings) — better | 2.2 (180 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews — better | 15.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 465 — better | 180 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SiliconDust USA, Inc. | 武裕 麦 |
Customer experience
HDHomeRun
WiFi View
User reviews
HDHomeRun
From 465 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fastest TV app
- 📺 Great picture quality
- 🔍 Picks up more channels than TV tuner
- 🔌 Works reliably
- 🔨 Decent hardware
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🔍 Unreliable channel detection
- 🤖 Clunky and unintuitive UI
- 🔇 No independent volume control
- 🔒 Lacks DRM support
WiFi View
From 180 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📸 Good image quality when working
- 💰 Affordable price point
- 🔌 Easy initial setup once configured correctly
- 📱 Photos save to phone's native photo library
- 🎯 Functional for intended inspection purposes
Room to improve
- 🐛 WiFi connection fails frequently
- ⚠️ Does not accept special characters in SSID/password
- ⚠️ Does not accept spaces in WiFi network names
- 🚫 App crashes and freezes regularly
- ❌ Cannot exit app without force-shutting down phone
Bugs and requests
HDHomeRun
Reported bugs
6 issues- Fails to detect tuner device
- Channels not loading
- Playback issues after updates
- Crashes on channel change
- Compatibility problems with iOS 15+
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- Lip-sync issues
Requested features
5 requests- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Channel favorites and filtering
- Improved DVR functionality
- Manual IP address entry
- Native Apple TV app
WiFi View
Reported bugs
14 issues- WiFi connection fails with correct credentials
- App crashes when launched on iPhone X and newer
- Cannot exit app without force-shutting down device
- SSID field rejects spaces and special characters
- Password field rejects special characters
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- App freezes during operation
- Video playback shows download error
- Sharpness and gain controls are non-functional
- App minimizes unexpectedly and won't reopen
- Device becomes unresponsive if WiFi password changed
- App shows 'fake product' warning with frozen screen
- Keyboard input not recognized in SSID field
- App incompatible with iOS 13.2 and later versions
- WiFi icon not displayed despite connection claim
Requested features
10 requests- Update app to work with modern iOS versions
- Add ability to export and share videos directly from app
- Implement proper customer support channels
- Add orientation markers to video/photos
- Support special characters and spaces in WiFi credentials
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- Add video editing capabilities within app
- Implement device reset functionality
- Add landscape/portrait rotation support for iPad
- Improve app UI/UX design
- Add ability to change resolution display in app
In-app purchases
HDHomeRun
No in-app purchases
WiFi View
No in-app purchases
