WiFi View vs WLED
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
WLED
Control and manage all your WLED light devices from your iPhone or iPad. This companion app works with the open-source WLED software for microcontrollers, offering automatic device detection, customizable names, and software update assistance.
- Automatic device detection
- Centralized light list
- Software update assistant
- Customizable device names
- Hide or delete devices
- Light and dark mode
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With the WLED app, you can easily and efficiently manage and control all your WLED light devices from your iPhone or iPad. This is a companion app for the free and open source WLED software for ESP8266/32 microcontrollers. WLED automatically detects and updates the device list, and offers customizable names, a hide or delete feature, and a light and dark mode. It can also help you install new software updates to your devices. Plus, it supports both phones and tablets. Main Features: - Automatic device detection (mDNS) - All lights are accessible from one list - Software Update Assistant - Custom names - Hide or delete devices - Light and dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WLED at 4.0 against WiFi View's 2.2. WLED also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 16%). WiFi View's advantage is ratings volume (180 vs 10) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
WLED holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WiFi View has 180 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of WiFi View's written reviews are positive against 51% of WLED's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WiFi View | WLED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (180 ratings) | 4.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.7% of reviews | 50.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 180 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 武裕 麦 | Christophe Gagnier |
Customer experience
WiFi View
WLED
User reviews
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
WLED
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works flawlessly for some
- 👍 Free and does the job
- 👍 Great for managing multiple devices
- 👍 Responsive and stable (for some)
- 👍 Cleaner and modern UI
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Randomly turns on/off
- 🐛 Not user friendly
- 🐛 Glitchy and poorly built
- 🐛 Flickering lights after update
Bugs and requests
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
WLED
Reported bugs
42 issues- Unable to connect to LEDs
- Lights randomly turn on
- Connectivity issues, needs re-pairing
- App doesn't work, glitchy
- Brightness control issues
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- Lights flicker after update
- Cannot find discover lights option
- Not connected to iPhone, setup issues
- App won't load, vanishes
- None of my devices show up
- Shows up blank, manual add only
- No longer finds WLED devices
- App doesn't work, no devices showing
- Confusing app, turns off
- App is unusable after update, errors
- App stopped picking up signal
- Only connects when at home
- Doesn't pick up esp8266
- Sound react option missing
- Time and macros section not working
- Update won't update
- Goes offline from time to time
- Update breaks app, beta works
- Drops connection, cannot adjust lights
- Latest release freezes, unstable wifi
- Loading WLED UI stuck
- Inconsistent connection after new update
- Lost all config after update
- Lost all presets after update
- Devices missing and disappearing
- Update ruined everything, random disconnects
- App constantly crashes, won't load
- Stopped working after update
- New upgrade feature killed device
- Inconsistent, can't find boards
- Cannot connect lights, IP address doesn't work
- Missing schedule function
- App doesn't work at all
- Doesn't work properly with WLED 0.14
- App won't allow changing anything, freezes
- Hidden devices reappear
- App goes offline and never connects again
Requested features
6 requests- User-friendly interface
- Simple interface with advanced option
- Widget features for Home Screen
- Sound react option
- Remote control when away from WiFi
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- Timer or schedule function
In-app purchases
WiFi View
No in-app purchases
WLED
No in-app purchases
