Comparison

DoorBird vs Diya

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

Diya

Features
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Diya is a warm, beautifully simple way to control your smart home. Instead of hunting through menus, Diya lays your home out the way you think about it — room by room. Tap to turn on the lights, start a fan, cool a room, open the curtains, or play music. One tap runs a whole scene. Diya connects to your own Home Assistant, so your home stays yours — your data never leaves your devices and your own server. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Control lights, fans, AC, geysers, curtains and media — room by room • One-tap scenes: Good Morning, Movie, Goodnight, All Off • Per-room and whole-home "All off" • Pin your favourite devices to the home screen • Live camera view for your Home Assistant cameras • Fast, tactile controls with instant feedback • Light & dark themes PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no tracking, no ads • Your connection details stay in your device's secure storage • Commands go straight from your device to your own Home Assistant TRY IT FIRST Not set up yet? Tap "Explore a demo home" to try Diya with a sample home — no setup needed. REQUIRES A running Home Assistant instance and a long-lived access token. Diya is a control app for your existing Home Assistant setup; it is not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation.

Screenshots

DoorBird4 screens
Diya3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Diya at every 3 days against DoorBird's every 3 weeks. DoorBird's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, Diya every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DoorBird versus Diya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoorBirdDiya
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings29K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBird Home Automation GmbHGopal Agarwal

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

Diya

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DoorBird

No in-app purchases

None

Diya

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoorBird free?
DoorBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diya free?
Diya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DoorBird or Diya have ads?
Neither DoorBird nor Diya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoorBird or Diya?
DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, and Diya every 3 days. Most recently, DoorBird was updated on October 25, 2026 and Diya on October 7, 2026.

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