UniFi Protect vs Kublet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniFi Protect
Access your camera security system from your mobile device. Stream live feeds, manage devices, and download recordings. Offers cloudless storage and customizable alerts for residential and commercial users.
- Adopt and manage Protect devices
- Stream low-latency livestreams
- Download localized recordings
- Cloudless recording storage
- Timelapse footage scrubbing
- Personalized security notifications
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UniFi Protect brings the full functionality of our web-based camera security application to your mobile device. Adopt and manage your Protect devices, stream low-latency livestreams, and download localized recordings directly to your phone. Designed for residential and commercial use, UniFi Protect also allows you to: - Maintain complete data privacy with Cloudless recording storage. - Quickly scrub through hours of Timelapse footage to pinpoint the exact moments you're looking for. - Personalize security notifications based on a wide variety of individual, vehicular, and atmospheric-based detections.
Kublet
This app configures a small, physical display monitor to track user-selected data. It allows for integration with various third-party and user-created applications, enabling users to build custom physical data dashboards.
- Configure tiny display monitor
- Track user-selected data
- Integrate with third-party apps
- Support user-contributed apps
- Build physical data dashboards
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Kublet is a tiny display monitor that tracks data users care about. Measuring not more than 1.6 inches wide, Kublet makes monitoring simple data from a cluttered work desk easy. Kublet can be configured from our mobile app. Our platform supports in-house integration with a variety of third-party applications, as well as user contributed applications, encouraging creativity and collaboration. Each unit is equipped with internals magnets. Snapped together, users can build their own physical data visualizer and dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UniFi Protect at 4.8 against Kublet's 1.5. UniFi Protect also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 20%) and ratings volume (78K vs 6). Kublet's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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.
UniFi Protect holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UniFi Protect has 78K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of UniFi Protect's written reviews are positive against 20% of Kublet's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UniFi Protect | Kublet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (78K ratings) — better | 1.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 78K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ubiquiti Inc. | Kublet Inc. |
Customer experience
UniFi Protect
Kublet
Bugs and requests
UniFi Protect
Reported bugs
5 issues- Geofencing not working as expected
- Doorbell audio/video not syncing properly
- Frequent disconnections from cameras
- Playback issues and video not loading
- Notifications not reliable or timely
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to snooze/silence notifications
- Improve video scrubbing and playback controls
- Integrate with Apple HomeKit
- Add custom notification sounds
- Enhance multi-view and layout options
Kublet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UniFi Protect
No in-app purchases
Kublet
No in-app purchases
