DoorBird vs SFAR MLS Edge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DoorBird
See, hear, and speak to visitors at your door from anywhere in the world. Receive instant notifications for doorbell presses and motion detection, ensuring you never miss a visitor or delivery. Securely unlock doors, garages, or gates remotely.
- Live HDTV video with night vision
- 2-way audio communication
- Worldwide mobile access
- Push notifications for visitors and motion
- Remote door, garage, or gate unlocking
- Visitor history
- Geofencing
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The DoorBird App provides mobile access to DoorBird IP Video Door Stations. Using the app, you can see and hear your visitors in real time, speak with them or unlock the door. When visitors press your doorbell, you receive a push notification on your iPhone or iPad and can immediately answer your door – from anywhere in the world. The DoorBird can also send instant alerts when a visitor triggers the built-in motion sensor. No matter if you are at home or not, you will never miss a visitor or a delivery. DoorBird's innovative IP technology was developed in Germany and is continuously improved through regular app and hardware updates. The system works in your local network (LAN) as well as outside of your home network environment without range limitation and securely encrypted over the Internet. DoorBird App Features for IP Video Door Stations: • Live HDTV video (ultra wide-angle camera lens, night vision) • 2-way audio communication • Worldwide mobile access to DoorBird IP Video Door Stations • Push notifications on your iPhone or iPad when the doorbell is pushed or the motion sensor is triggered • Configurable motion sensor • Free visitor history • Secure door, garage or gate opener via the app • Different ringtones for push notifications • Geofencing • App is optimized for portrait and landscape format • WiFi and Ethernet (PoE) • Smart Home and NVR compatible
SFAR MLS Edge
This app provides real estate professionals with mobile access to MLS listing data, including search, photos, and history. Users can revise listings, upload pictures, manage contacts, and share property details.
- Live MLS listing data
- Standard, Map, and Quick Search
- Revise listings on the go
- Upload listing pictures
- Contact management
- Save and organize listings
- Agent/Office Search
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Powered by Rapattoni Edge MLS, this app allows real estate professionals to search for listings and access other MLS features on mobile devices. It delivers accurate, live, real-time listing data along with pictures, listing history, the ability to share listings via email or social media, and all of the other features users have come to expect from the Rapattoni MLS. Highlights include: • Standard Search, Map Search, and Quick Search, plus Hotsheets showing new activity • Revise listings on the go with status changes, price updates, and more • Upload listing pictures directly from your phone or tablet • View, add, and update your Contacts, then connect via phone or email • Save and organize listings in multiple carts • Responsive user interface adapts to fit phones and tablets • Also includes Agent/Office Search, tax records, social media integration, and more! Note: This app can only be used by licensed agents, brokers, and other real estate professionals who have an active MLS subscription with a valid Agent ID and Password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DoorBird at 4.5 against SFAR MLS Edge's 1.4. DoorBird also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (29K vs 9). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
DoorBird holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoorBird has 29K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, SFAR MLS Edge every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoorBird | SFAR MLS Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (29K ratings) — better | 1.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bird Home Automation GmbH | Rapattoni Corporation |
Customer experience
DoorBird
SFAR MLS Edge
Bugs and requests
DoorBird
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent connectivity and sync issues
- Unreliable device pairing and setup process
Requested features
4 requests- Siri/Google Assistant integration for voice control
- Improved push notification system with audible alerts
- Local storage option for video recordings
- Simplified app interface and settings
SFAR MLS Edge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DoorBird
No in-app purchases
SFAR MLS Edge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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