DoorBird vs ORYN Quest
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
ORYN Quest
This app helps parents discover, book, and track their children's extracurricular activities. It offers a curated list of local classes and camps, a credit-based booking system, and progress tracking with skill profiles and badges. Parents can also connect with other families and vendors.
- Discover local classes and camps
- Book activities with monthly credits
- Track child's progress and skills
- Family calendar with schedule view
- Connect with other parents and vendors
- AI assistant for class discovery and booking
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Discover. Connect. Grow. ORYN Quest is for parents who want to know what their kids are trying, what they are sticking with, and how they are growing. Find real classes, camps and lessons near you, book them with monthly credits, and keep the record of every step in one place. FIND SOMETHING THEY WILL LOVE Browse local activities on a map or by category: sports, arts, STEM, music, dance, tutoring, camps and more. Narrow the list by age, credit cost and format, and filter for autism-friendly, sensory-friendly or wheelchair-accessible options. Reviews come only from parents who completed a booking, so what you read is what another family actually saw. BOOK WITH CREDITS One membership adds credits to your wallet every month. Pick a date and a time slot, sign any required waiver right there, and book. Credits stay in your wallet until you use them. If a slot is full, join the waitlist. Plans change: reschedule or cancel from your bookings. WATCH THEM GROW Every child gets a profile with their interests and support preferences. As your family books and completes classes, badges and levels build up, child by child. The Progress tab shows a skill profile across developmental areas, participation trends, strengths and friction areas. A short reflection after a class helps you notice what they enjoyed and what was hard. Share badge wins with family whenever you like. KEEP THE WEEK STRAIGHT The family calendar shows every child's schedule in one view, color-coded by day, with a This Week card at the top. Sync bookings to Google Calendar and get a reminder the day before each session. ASK ORYN Chat or talk with ORYN, the assistant built into the app. It can find a class, check your schedule and start a booking for you. Anything that spends credits or changes a booking waits for your confirmation first. PARENTS, TOGETHER Join local groups, share tips and recommendations, and message vendors directly in the app. Report and block controls sit on posts and comments. TRUST AND PRIVACY Every vendor applies and is reviewed and approved before they can list, and agrees to our child-safety standards. Waivers are signed digitally. Vendors can list accessibility and accommodation details on each listing. We never sell your data, and there are no advertising trackers in the app. ORYN Quest is for parents and guardians aged 18 and over. Children never use the app. Credits are used for real-world activities run by independent vendors. Membership billing is handled securely on orynquest.com. Questions? support@orynquest.com Discover who they're becoming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ORYN Quest at 100% against DoorBird's 37%. ORYN Quest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). DoorBird's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). 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.
ORYN Quest 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 2, 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 ORYN Quest's.
DoorBird ships an update every 3 weeks, ORYN Quest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoorBird | ORYN Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (29K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bird Home Automation GmbH | ORYN Quest, Inc. |
Customer experience
DoorBird
ORYN Quest
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
ORYN Quest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DoorBird
No in-app purchases
ORYN Quest
No in-app purchases









