zmNinja-pro

I was following some documentation on ZoneMinder and found a reference to this app. I was really excited and didn’t mind the $5 price. It was money thrown away because the app has an end of life notice and does it seem to work with my ZoneMinder v1.37.65. While I can get the app to log into my ZM machine and do get a list of my monitors, I can’t seem to get an image, video, or event list. Using the web page from my iPhone works just fine; I was hoping for the better interface of this app. Disappointed. Unless there is an update for the app that is newer than 2024, I would not recommend this app.

doesn’t work, api error, the troubleshooting suggestions did not help

Seems like it needs a lot of updates. The webui in safari works better for me. An app like this should be smoother and offer better functionality compared to using a browser. Especially when billed as "pro" with a $5 premium.

I had to change the cgi path to serveraddress/cgi-bin-zm to get it to show streams. Not recommended though unless you are a software developer and have time to mess with it.

Please help me get a refund. This is way too advanced for me!

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.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this app. It’s nice having all the modern features available for my DIY Raspberry Pi RTSP cameras!

Well worth the $4.99. Good documentation and fairly intuitive. Works great with a stable Zoneminder installation. Smoking fast using OpenVPN to access Zoneminder remotely.

Thank you developer(s) for maintaining the app!

Not sure what the deal is, but now I can barely get thumbnails in the app and forget about opening a camera when not on local WiFi. If I open a web browser and go to my cameras that way it works fine though.