Neighbors by Ring vs xCruzo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neighbors by Ring
Stay informed about local safety with real-time updates from your community, news, and public safety agencies. Connect with neighbors to share information and build safer neighborhoods together.
- Real-time safety alerts
- Hyper-local information
- Incident Map
- Safety Report
- Connect with neighbors
- Public safety agency collaboration
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Always know what’s happening in your neighborhood with real-time, hyper-local safety information from your neighbors, local news sources, and public safety agencies. Why Neighbors by Ring? - Get safety alerts relevant to you and your neighborhood. - Always know when and where things are happening in your area with the Incident Map and Safety Report. - Connect with your neighbors and share updates to keep your community safe and informed. - Work with public safety agencies to build safer neighborhoods. Join the neighborhood to create safer neighborhoods, together. -- We love hearing from you and we're always looking to improve the Neighbors app. As always, feel free to send your feedback to neighbors@ring.com -- By using this app, I agree to Ring's Terms of Service (https://ring.com/terms). See Privacy (https://ring.com/privacy) for additional information.
xCruzo
Access curated automotive news, AI-powered summaries, and personalized categories in English or Spanish. Get free VIN decodes, live safety recalls, market valuations, and detailed vehicle specifications with optional one-time purchase reports. Organize your vehicles in a dedicated garage.
- Bilingual news feed (EN/ES)
- AI-powered news summaries
- Personalized news categories
- Free VIN decode
- Live safety recall lookup
- Market valuation
- My Garage vehicle organizer
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Check any VIN in seconds, keep your cars in one Garage, and read car news in English or Spanish. • VIN reports — choose Free, Details, Market, or History: recalls, market value, the xCruzo Score (a 0-100 risk score), listing history, and an NMVTIS title check. • My Garage — your vehicles, photos, saved reports, the value you enter, mileage, and lease pace in one place. • Easy updates — reopen or reprint a saved report, or update it for today's market value, from the vehicle menu. • Car news — daily picks and AI summaries (they can contain errors), with the original article one tap away. • English or Spanish — switch the whole app anytime. • For dealers — approved business accounts add a Showroom and an offline Garage. • Privacy first — no tracking; delete your account in the app. Reports are optional purchases through Apple. No subscription. Your credits never expire while your account is active. Updates may require a purchase. Estimates are not appraisals. Your Ride. Your Data. Your Ways. Support: support@xcruzo.info
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neighbors by Ring at none against xCruzo's 10. Neighbors by Ring also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (305K vs 1). xCruzo's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. xCruzo sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Neighbors by Ring asks for nothing beyond the download.
xCruzo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neighbors by Ring has 305K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Neighbors by Ring ships an update every 3 weeks, xCruzo every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neighbors by Ring | xCruzo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (305K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 305K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ring.com | REYNALDO LOPEZ |
Customer experience
Neighbors by Ring
xCruzo
Bugs and requests
Neighbors by Ring
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Issues with changing location or neighborhood
- Inconsistent video playback and loading
- Inaccurate address display
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to post phone numbers for lost pets/people
- Improve post filtering and moderation
- Enable users to customize notification settings
- Provide more transparency on post approval/denial criteria
xCruzo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Neighbors by Ring
No in-app purchases
xCruzo
- Update your report$3.99
- Upgrade Market to History$4.99
- Upgrade Details to Market$9.99
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- Market Report$14.99
- Upgrade Details to History$14.99
- History Report$19.99
- One Credit$19.99
- Home_credit$29.99
- Family Credit$44.99
- Big Family Credit$79.99





