Comparison

DoorBird vs Selara

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

Selara

This app helps you organize and track your prayer requests, allowing you to journal your thoughts and reflect on answered prayers. It fosters community through shared prayer circles and prioritizes user privacy with on-device encryption.

Highlights
  • Organize prayer requests by category
  • Journal prayers via voice or text
  • Track answered prayers
  • Create shared Prayer Circles
  • On-device encryption for privacy
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Selara is a prayer journal designed for one thing: helping you remember what God has done. Bring every request to God—by category, by name, by burden. Log it, pray over it, and when the answer comes, mark it. Then look back and see the faithfulness you'd have forgotten. PRAY WITH INTENTION Organize prayer requests by category—health, family, guidance, gratitude, and more. Add notes, Scripture, and the names of people you're praying for. JOURNAL FROM YOUR HEART Speak your prayers out loud and let Selara's AI shape them into a journal entry—your words, your heart, no typing required. Or write it out the old-fashioned way. REMEMBER WHAT HE'S DONE Mark prayers as answered and build a living record of God's faithfulness. Faith grows when you remember. PRAY TOGETHER Create a Prayer Circle and invite your small group, family, or friends. Share requests, carry each other's burdens, and see how God moves in community. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your personal prayers are encrypted on your device before they ever leave it. Not even we can read them. Your prayer life is yours. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from six color themes to make Selara feel like home. — Selah: pause, reflect, praise. Elorah: God is my light. Selara is both.

Screenshots

DoorBird4 screens
Selara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Selara at 100% against DoorBird's 37%. Selara also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). DoorBird's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 5) and device support (4 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Selara holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoorBird has 29K ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of Selara's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, Selara weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DoorBird versus Selara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoorBirdSelara
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBird Home Automation GmbHAllyson Hittinger

Customer experience

DoorBird

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

Selara

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Selara

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DoorBird

No in-app purchases

None

Selara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoorBird free?
DoorBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Selara free?
Selara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DoorBird or Selara?
Selara is rated higher. DoorBird averages 4.5 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Selara averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do DoorBird or Selara have ads?
Neither DoorBird nor Selara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoorBird or Selara?
DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, and Selara weekly. Most recently, DoorBird was updated on November 9, 2026 and Selara on November 5, 2026.

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