zmNinja-pro

Name: zmNinja-pro
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 4.2 (55 reviews)
Author: ZoneMinder Inc

Utilities

$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

55 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

ZoneMinder Inc
Language

EN
English
Size

38.3
MB

zmNinja is the awesome and official mobile app for ZoneMinder. You need to be a ZoneMinder user to use zmNinja. zmNinja offers you a fabulous UX while easily accessing your security cameras, events and timelines. It even allows you to control ZoneMinder! ZoneMinder is an incredible open source camera monitoring system and is used by many for home and commercial security monitoring. http://www.zoneminder.com zmNinja needs ZoneMinder 1.34 or above because it uses the new ZM APIs.

Ratings & Reviews

4.2

out of 5

55 Ratings

This is AWESOME!!!
Mar 1

Avgwyatt
When my $3000 NVR camera system died, I thought I was going to have to come up with some serious cash to replace it. I got online, and started looking at options. That’s when I stumbled across ZoneMinder. An open source NVR? That works with ONVIF cameras? That’s free? Nothing is free anymore, right? Well, it turns out to be one of the best finds EVER! Now don’t get me wrong… there’s definitely some learning you have to do, and I already had the computer, but this software is great! There’s a plethora of options, and you can customize it to suit your needs. I’ve had great success using my existing cameras, and this $5 app? It’s working out great as well! A sincere “thank you” to the developers at ZoneMinder. You guys saved me a TON of money, a BUNCH of hassle, and I think I actually came out better off in the end, as I have more options to set up and use my cameras without all the bloatware of store bought systems like the one I had before. Just be ready to read and learn a little. You’ll thank yourself looking back on the experience. Thanks again to the Developer(s)!
This is AWESOME!!!
Mar 1

Avgwyatt

When my $3000 NVR camera system died, I thought I was going to have to come up with some serious cash to replace it. I got online, and started looking at options. That’s when I stumbled across ZoneMinder. An open source NVR? That works with ONVIF cameras? That’s free? Nothing is free anymore, right? Well, it turns out to be one of the best finds EVER! Now don’t get me wrong… there’s definitely some learning you have to do, and I already had the computer, but this software is great! There’s a plethora of options, and you can customize it to suit your needs. I’ve had great success using my existing cameras, and this $5 app? It’s working out great as well! A sincere “thank you” to the developers at ZoneMinder. You guys saved me a TON of money, a BUNCH of hassle, and I think I actually came out better off in the end, as I have more options to set up and use my cameras without all the bloatware of store bought systems like the one I had before. Just be ready to read and learn a little. You’ll thank yourself looking back on the experience. Thanks again to the Developer(s)!
Great App! Well worth the price of admission!
10/10/2018

biggins48
If you have a stable and well configured Zoneminder server up and running; with some very basic skills this app compliments and completes the entire package. Often times you’ll see these ugly clunky well intentioned applications that get created to fill a potential space. This app actually delivers. I won’t go into a lot of detail in what makes a great “app” experience. However, I will say this developer has those little things that deliver experience and quality figured out. Please don’t give up on continuing to make this better. It’s so awesome! Keep up the great work please. I’ll tell everyone I know about this!

Developer Response
Awesome - thanks for the appreciation, biggins48
Great App! Well worth the price of admission!
10/10/2018

biggins48

If you have a stable and well configured Zoneminder server up and running; with some very basic skills this app compliments and completes the entire package. Often times you’ll see these ugly clunky well intentioned applications that get created to fill a potential space. This app actually delivers. I won’t go into a lot of detail in what makes a great “app” experience. However, I will say this developer has those little things that deliver experience and quality figured out. Please don’t give up on continuing to make this better. It’s so awesome! Keep up the great work please. I’ll tell everyone I know about this!
Developer Response 12/14/2018
Awesome - thanks for the appreciation, biggins48
Buggy and non-native UI
01/10/2021

Kyle weber
I recently installed ZoneMinder, and was quite excited to see this “official” app. However, on an iPhone 12 Pro Max with the latest OS, it is quite buggy and nearly unusable. For instance, the “Montage” view only lists tiny thumbnails along the left that disappear once they have all loaded. Changing the columns doesn’t affect the behavior. Another complaint is the overall UI. It is designed as one of those “universal” apps that use third-party tools to easily compile for other operating systems. This means they are the same button-for-button. This has the affect of some touch-objects not being clickable, as they are below the icon on modern iPhones to to swipe the screen up, etc. If this app was written from the ground up with native APIs in XCode, then it would be a MUCH better app. Also, (and yes, this is more of a fault of ZoneMinder itself), the website states that it is “industrial and commercial” and the “most scalable NVR/DVR system available”. If that is the case then why does it only show 6 monitors on the web browser in the montage view? Why in the app on the review does it say “browser limit to 5”? I work in the enterprise and do not see the same limitations on competing systems. Overall, it’s a good attempt at creating a compelling product, but seems to have many of the downfalls of other open-source products. That is, being designed by programmers for programmers, with little thought being put into the overall use of the intended demographic.
Buggy and non-native UI
01/10/2021

Kyle weber

I recently installed ZoneMinder, and was quite excited to see this “official” app. However, on an iPhone 12 Pro Max with the latest OS, it is quite buggy and nearly unusable. For instance, the “Montage” view only lists tiny thumbnails along the left that disappear once they have all loaded. Changing the columns doesn’t affect the behavior. Another complaint is the overall UI. It is designed as one of those “universal” apps that use third-party tools to easily compile for other operating systems. This means they are the same button-for-button. This has the affect of some touch-objects not being clickable, as they are below the icon on modern iPhones to to swipe the screen up, etc. If this app was written from the ground up with native APIs in XCode, then it would be a MUCH better app. Also, (and yes, this is more of a fault of ZoneMinder itself), the website states that it is “industrial and commercial” and the “most scalable NVR/DVR system available”. If that is the case then why does it only show 6 monitors on the web browser in the montage view? Why in the app on the review does it say “browser limit to 5”? I work in the enterprise and do not see the same limitations on competing systems. Overall, it’s a good attempt at creating a compelling product, but seems to have many of the downfalls of other open-source products. That is, being designed by programmers for programmers, with little thought being put into the overall use of the intended demographic.
Latest updates made it unstable for me
12/20/2018

Clint's iPad
The app has evolved over time, and, when it works, it’s a great way to access ZoneMinder. Unfortunately, the last couple of weeks of updates have pretty much broken it for me. The app gets stuck “cleaning up”, sometimes for more than a minute. The auto failover when moving between my local network and a public on no longer works reliably, and I end up in a state where I have to manually toggle it and poke around for awhile before i can get a connection.And of course, I lost the event view awhile back because I’m still running ZoneMinder 1.29 and it now require 1.30 or later for many functions.Hopefully, there’s still an update or two coming to fix some of the network problems.Older review: “A bit flakey”This is pretty much the only choice if you want a ZM app. While it kind of works, it's not very robust. I have two different addresses for my server, depending on where I am. The app supports defining a fallback configuration, but whenever it switches I end up having to force the app to close to get the montage view to load properly. If I make changes to monitor names from within Zoneminder, I end up having to force the app to close before it will pick up the new names. When it has trouble connecting, it dumps you on the detailed connection settings screen, which is a disaster if you need a non-technical person to use it. (The connection problem is probably temporary, and you don't want them to accidentally change a setting.) All-in-all, I appreciate having the app, but it needs more polishing to make it into something robust that "just works".

Developer Response
Given this review was for 1.2.19, does the problem still persist? If so, please shoot me an email to pliablepixels@gmail(Apple finally allowed developers to respond to reviews - so I'm responding to all reviews however old!)
Latest updates made it unstable for me
12/20/2018

Clint's iPad

The app has evolved over time, and, when it works, it’s a great way to access ZoneMinder. Unfortunately, the last couple of weeks of updates have pretty much broken it for me. The app gets stuck “cleaning up”, sometimes for more than a minute. The auto failover when moving between my local network and a public on no longer works reliably, and I end up in a state where I have to manually toggle it and poke around for awhile before i can get a connection.And of course, I lost the event view awhile back because I’m still running ZoneMinder 1.29 and it now require 1.30 or later for many functions.Hopefully, there’s still an update or two coming to fix some of the network problems.Older review: “A bit flakey”This is pretty much the only choice if you want a ZM app. While it kind of works, it's not very robust. I have two different addresses for my server, depending on where I am. The app supports defining a fallback configuration, but whenever it switches I end up having to force the app to close to get the montage view to load properly. If I make changes to monitor names from within Zoneminder, I end up having to force the app to close before it will pick up the new names. When it has trouble connecting, it dumps you on the detailed connection settings screen, which is a disaster if you need a non-technical person to use it. (The connection problem is probably temporary, and you don't want them to accidentally change a setting.) All-in-all, I appreciate having the app, but it needs more polishing to make it into something robust that "just works".
Developer Response 05/19/2017
Given this review was for 1.2.19, does the problem still persist? If so, please shoot me an email to pliablepixels@gmail(Apple finally allowed developers to respond to reviews - so I'm responding to all reviews however old!)

Full CHANGELOG https://github.com/pliablepixels/zmNinja/blob/v1.6.009/CHANGELOG.md Fixed bugs: Adding new monitors seems to mess up organization and always get turned off #1067 Montage profiles #1057

Version 1.6.009 07/15/2021

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Seller: ZoneMinder Inc
Size: 38.3 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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Family Sharing

Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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Ratings & Reviews

This is AWESOME!!!

Great App! Well worth the price of admission!

Buggy and non-native UI

Latest updates made it unstable for me

What’s New

App Privacy

Data Not Collected

Accessibility

Information

Supports

Family Sharing

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