Comparison

DoorBird vs Crestron Go

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Crestron Go

Control your smart home or workplace with a customized, intuitive interface. This app offers dynamic navigation, real-time feedback on various systems, and a sleek look consistent with mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable user interface
  • Dynamic navigation (swiping, knobs, sliders)
  • Real-time feedback on system status
  • Scalable buttons, sliders, and gauges
  • Momentum scrolling toolbars and menus
  • Support for Apple Super Retina display
  • Integration with Crestron VC-4
Features
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Whatever you do with your mobile device, you want the experience to be intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable. With the Crestron Go app, your Crestron dealer can provide you with a thoroughly satisfying and intuitive user interface, customized to meet your exact control needs in the home, workplace, classroom, or for any specialized application or market. Crestron Go leverages spectacular Crestron Smart Graphics™ to enable dynamic navigation that includes swiping, knobs, sliders, gauges, and scrolling lists. It includes a full set of scalable buttons, sliders, knobs, and gauges for controlling virtually any function with real-time feedback of audio settings, lighting levels, room temperature, and security system status. With Crestron Go, you get toolbars and menus that scroll with momentum at the flick of a fingertip, giving you easy access to all your controlled devices, functions, and media content. Crestron Go affords a look and feel that’s consistent with the mobile smart device experience, yet uniquely your own. With support for the Apple Super Retina® display, your UI will look its best, while support for the Crestron VC-4 gives you a centralized server based alternative to individual hardware based control systems in every room.

Screenshots

DoorBird4 screens
Crestron Go3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DoorBird at 4.5 against Crestron Go's 2.2. DoorBird also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (37% vs 10%). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crestron Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DoorBird asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DoorBird holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoorBird has 29K ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of DoorBird's written reviews are positive against 10% of Crestron Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, Crestron Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
DoorBird versus Crestron Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoorBirdCrestron Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29K ratings) — better2.2 (99 ratings)
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews — better10.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29K — better99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBird Home Automation GmbHCrestron Electronics, Inc.

Customer experience

DoorBird

All ratings29,063 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews489 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative48.7%

Crestron Go

All ratings98 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%

User reviews

DoorBird

From 29K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great product and service
  • 🔒 Reliable security features
  • 🚀 Easy installation and setup

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow app response and connectivity issues
  • 🔇 Poor audio quality and speaker volume
  • 📽️ Low camera quality and limited field of view
  • 🕰️ Significant delays in notifications and video feed

Crestron Go

From 99 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fully customizable system
  • 👍 Works well when set up correctly
  • 👍 Exceptional app for control systems
  • 👍 Very practical and easy to understand
  • 👍 Solid performance for controlling switchers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Setup is very difficult
  • 🐛 Expensive purchase model ($99 per device)
  • 🐛 Poor user interface and intuitiveness
  • 🐛 Slow app updates and lack of maintenance

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

Crestron Go

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 16.4.1
  • Project upload fails from VTProe
  • Black screen on rotation or app re-launch
  • App freezes upon opening
  • App crashes constantly, especially on rotation
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  • App hangs and crashes on iOS 16
  • Keyboard not working in landscape mode
  • Cannot enter credentials on new iPhone
  • App breaks with OS 16 upgrade
  • Family sharing not working
  • WiFi IP address changing on new iPhone
  • Volume bar not working
  • App not working after transferring to new iPhone
  • Settings page not showing completely
  • Restore purchase directs to pay again
  • App freezes when switching between apps
  • Connection failures
  • Cannot restore purchase through family share
  • App fails to acknowledge prior in-app purchase
  • Endless loop when migrating to new iPhone
  • iTunes error during purchase recovery
  • App stopped working after phone restore
  • App doesn't work with new iPhone
  • Intermittent issues with new iPhones
  • App not working at all
  • Setup issues on new iPhone
  • App crashes before start

Requested features

9 requests
  • Fix restore purchase functionality
  • Enable family sharing
  • Improve app stability on new iOS releases
  • Address keyboard issues in landscape mode
  • Ensure settings transfer to new devices
Show 4 more
  • Provide better consumer support
  • Update app more frequently
  • Fix volume bar functionality
  • Improve app intuitiveness

In-app purchases

None

DoorBird

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Crestron Go

One-time1
  • Crestron Go - Default$99.99

Questions

Is DoorBird free?
DoorBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crestron Go free?
Crestron Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DoorBird or Crestron Go?
DoorBird is rated higher. DoorBird averages 4.5 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Crestron Go averages 2.2 from 99 ratings.
Do DoorBird or Crestron Go have ads?
Neither DoorBird nor Crestron Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoorBird or Crestron Go?
DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, and Crestron Go every 4 months. Most recently, DoorBird was updated on November 1, 2026 and Crestron Go on October 30, 2026.

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