EZView UNV vs Optina
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EZView UNV
Access Uniview surveillance products remotely. View live or recorded video, manage cloud devices, and receive alarms directly on your mobile phone.
- Remote access to Uniview products
- View live video
- View recorded video
- Receive alarms
- Manage cloud devices
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EZView is a mobile surveillance app. With this app you can access Uniview surveillance products through network and view live or recorded video, receive alarms and manage cloud devices using your mobile phone.
Optina
This software enables remote video viewing over Wi-Fi and GPRS. It features P2P network penetration, IP and domain direct connection, and supports multi-channel switching with recording capabilities. Users can control PTZ functions like zoom and focus.
- Remote video viewing over Wi-Fi and GPRS
- P2P network penetration
- IP and domain direct connection
- Multi-channel switching and recording
- PTZ control (zoom, focus, iris)
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1, the software allows the user to carry over WIFI and GPRS video viewing; 2, the software supports P2P penetrate the network function, two-dimensional code scanning capabilities; 3, the software supports IP and domain direct connection feature. 4, the software supports single or four player, multi-channel switching, screenshots, videos; 5, the software supports ptz up and down, left and right, focus, zoom and iris control and other functions;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Optina at 5.0 against EZView UNV's 3.2. EZView UNV's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (652 vs 1). 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.
Optina holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZView UNV has 652 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
EZView UNV ships an update every 3 weeks, Optina every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EZView UNV | Optina |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (652 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 652 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd. | Shanze |
Customer experience
EZView UNV
Optina
Bugs and requests
EZView UNV
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cameras randomly going offline
- Playback not working after recent update
- App crashing on launch after iOS update
- Time/date display issues on recorded footage
- Motion detection not triggering notifications
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for 2FA
- Improve motion detection and notification accuracy
- Provide better camera time/date synchronization
- Implement faster and smoother PTZ controls
- Add ability to download recorded footage directly from app
Optina
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EZView UNV
No in-app purchases
Optina
No in-app purchases
