Yi iot Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience5.3% of reviews
Neutral4.5% of reviews
Negative experience90.2% of reviews

~ Based on 1,200 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Yi iot

Is Yi iot Safe?

Yi iot has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Yi iot is 62/100.

This assessment is based on 4,938 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.1/5.

Safety Analysis

50.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
44.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 4,938 App Store ratings for Yi iot.

Is Yi iot Legit?

Yi iot appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Yi iot is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Was good

Cameras work pretty decent and I could look at them for a while. Then the non stop ads came. I don’t mind ads but these ads you can’t get out of. So I can no longer open the cameras unless I pay a lot monthly. I can see paying for storing but common! I paid for 8 useless cameras.

Bad from the start

The app itself is mediocre at best. To add another layer of disappointment you’re forced to purchase the $24.99 (or whatever overpriced amount it is) subscription to be able to use the app, and if there is a way around it they hide the ability to bypass the subscription to access the app cause if you decline you are booted out to the login screen. Plus if you do decide to move forward with buying the subscription and there isn’t enough funds in your Apple account to cover the subscription cost it is cancelled and you have to create another login account to try again (if that doesn’t scream forced subscription purchase to even use the app I don’t know what would) and you are denied a refund even at the mention of the word in the help section of the app. Contact your bank to dispute the charge and find a different brand of bulb security cam to avoid this problem of a company. Which by the way is one company that creates the app and a different one that creates the bulb security camera bulb.

This is just a bad experience from the start and leaves you feeling taken advantage of.
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Bad

To much advertising and disturbing to use the camera and human detection is not free

Ads

It’s making me watch ads before I can watch my cameras!

Scam

Garbage app, scam for every thing! This app has my phone compromised. First , it’s cloud . Now it’s ad free. Total garbage. I am a real customer. T.A.S.II

Ads Everywhere!!

Nothing like having to watch an ad before you get to your “security” video. This was great when I first got it and now it’s nothing but a spam trap app!

Intrusive Ads Now

I downloaded this one because the Yi Home app started to be overrun with ads. Now this one is just as bad. It’s extremely frustrating. The only way around it is giving in to buying overpriced cloud subscriptions… Without a subscription, Don’t expect to hear a noise and quickly look at one of your cameras because as soon as you open the app, you’re bombarded by ads. You have to interact and play part of the game advertised before you can even move forward and see the live footage. Then when you click to view a camera, it automatically redirects you to sites like SHEIN and opens them in your browser. You have to try to keep getting back to the app. I use to love my Yi cams and how quick and easy they were to set up. The app used to be so much better. With each update, the apps are getting worse. At this point I’m planning to buy 8 new cameras just to avoid using the Yi apps anymore.
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Horrible app

The camera itself is okay, but the app is absolutely horrible. I have never been so bombarded with ads. I didn’t have many issues with ads when I first got the app. Maybe a few ads here and there, but now I have to watch an ad before I can view the camera feed and then ads continue to pop up when I’m actively watching the feed. I use this camera to keep an eye on my baby and it’s hard to do that when ads keep popping up. They obviously want to annoy me until I pay for their ad free service. Well, I think I’ll just invest in a better product where I can watch the feed ad free without having to pay for a subscription.
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Terrible app

Terrible app if you don’t buy there ad free! Very hard to get to your cameras to view with way too many pop up ads! I’m getting rid of my cameras to go to cameras I can actually view!

No good, too many adds.

It used to work good but now it’s not working anymore

Horrible

I would give it 0 stars because of all the ads and interruptions while trying to view live video. It defeats the purpose of trying to have security and viewing the cameras when all it does is cut in with constant ads and unnecessary advertising. It is a LIABILITY issue where lives could be at stake. Do better.
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Mahbub

Too much scamming advertise, dangerous! you cannot see the video,

Don’t but this cameras

I can use MY CAMERA after 6 minutes of advertising…I do not recommend at all, fraudulent company !!! AVOID AVOID !!!

Worst overpriced cameras

Ads play on repeat and very expensive for little

WHY SO MANY ADS!!!!

every time i get on it it always sends me through a bunch of stupid app and opens up my Safari and goes to a bunch of websites without me even clicking on ANYTHING every time i try looking at the camera it barely starts to load and send me to a website and every time i try to go back to look at them again it does it again all the damn time it’s so annoying i don’t understand why there needs to be so many ads on it what a POS app!!!
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Very very bad

1 star. Absolutely terrible. Ads constantly interrupt when I’m trying to check on my dog. The app also randomly makes loud noises at night and early in the morning. I’m done with this app and deleting it.

No good

Does not connect to wireless network

Bad customer service

I don’t use the app have no cameras connected to the app asked for a refund and they refuse my refund

ad farm

this is not a security app. this is an ad farm. the time you spend waiting for the ad with all the hiding X buttons) is more than the time you view the video footage

Demasiado la anuncio l

Se vuelve insoportable poder ver algo en tu cámara porque literal cada 3 segundos sale un anuncio, pura estafa , solo quieren sacar dinero , no veo justo esa saturación de anuncios