Ring alternatives
Ring users often seek alternatives due to frequent connectivity issues, slow loading times, and a required subscription for full functionality. Alternatives offer different features, from simpler security cameras to comprehensive communication platforms or smart home ecosystems.
Why users look for alternatives to Ring
- Many users experience frequent connectivity issues, with cameras constantly going offline or failing to detect motion, making the system unreliable for security.R4R7R12R25
- The app often suffers from slow detection and loading times, causing users to miss events or making the doorbell feature ineffective.R3R15R21R22
- A yearly subscription is required for the camera to be fully functional, with some users feeling it's useless without it or too expensive for the available features.R13R28R40
- Users report issues with the Neighbors app, citing concerns about privacy when sharing videos and difficulties with content moderation.R6R10
- Some users have experienced app crashes, difficulty with updates, or features not working as expected, such as video history search or snapshot viewing.R16R18R19R31
The alternatives
Kemo Pro offers security cameras that are generally easy to set up and provide clear video and pictures, often at a good price R52R53. It includes an alarm feature and can be used for both indoor and outdoor home or business security R52.
Better for: Kemo Pro is better for users looking for a straightforward, affordable security camera system with simple setup and clear visuals, especially if they prioritize an alarm feature and flexible indoor/outdoor placement R52R53. However, be aware that some users report issues with cameras stopping recording motion, changing settings on their own, or batteries not lasting R55R56.
Head-to-head: Ring vs Kemo ProRingCentral is a communication software primarily used for remote work, offering features like direct patient contact via text, voicemail, and email, with the convenience of transferring calls between desktop and mobile R66R72. It is praised for its ease of use and consistent performance over several years R69R78.
Better for: RingCentral is better for businesses and individuals needing a robust VoIP platform for communication, especially remote workers or those in professions like nursing, who benefit from integrated texting, voicemail, and call transfer capabilities across devices R66R69R72R78. It's particularly noted as a good option for Apple users R78.
Head-to-head: Ring vs RingCentralHustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom is a challenging and sophisticated strategy game where players manage a medieval castle, engage in battles, and complete quests R88. Some users appreciate its combat and grind, finding the in-game purchases to be reasonably priced compared to other games R80.
Better for: Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom is better for players who enjoy challenging medieval strategy games with combat and questing, and who are comfortable with a 'pay-to-win' model or are willing to endure very long timers for upgrades if playing for free R79R80R85.
Head-to-head: Ring vs Hustle Castle・Medieval KingdomReBet is a social casino app offering sports betting, poker with a fun community, and a variety of casino games . Users praise its customer support, quick payouts, and daily/monthly challenges R94.
Better for: ReBet is better for users interested in a social casino experience with sports betting, poker, and casino games, who value responsive customer support and fast payouts R94. However, users should be aware of reports of rigged games and difficulties withdrawing money R93R95R97R101.
Head-to-head: Ring vs ReBetApple Home provides a smart home automation platform, allowing users to control compatible devices like lights and air conditioning with a fast and smooth user interface R108R110R114. It supports HomeKit and offers quick response times for automations R108R114.
Better for: Home is better for Apple users who want to integrate and automate their smart home devices within the Apple ecosystem, especially those who prioritize a fast, smooth user interface and quick automation responses R108R114. However, users should be prepared for potential issues with device connectivity, adding accessories, and shared home functionality R109R111R113.
Head-to-head: Ring vs HomeYou should stick with Ring if you value its core security features, such as clear viewing and notifications, and find its customer service to be excellent . It can be a comforting tool for monitoring your home, especially for those who are disabled or travel frequently .
Evidence note: The alternatives Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom and ReBet have mixed reviews, with some users praising them and others reporting significant issues. Kemo Pro also has some users reporting issues with cameras stopping recording or batteries not lasting.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R4] Ring Constantly offline: App updated and even before then the camera was constantly offline. I have incredible wifi and the router is top of the line. Seems no matter what we do it will stay online for about a day but if anything even the slightest happens the system requires jumping through hoops and doesn’t stay online. Highly suggest a different security camera. Plus the monthly subscription just is
- [R7] Ring Bought original Ring camera. No longer detects motion: I’ve had the original Ring camera for years. But lately it’s been failing to detect motion activations. My neighbors house was broken into and the camera didn’t capture a single thing from the drive way next to it. I’ve had to add a backup camera from a different company since the Ring is no longer reliable. Just now my Farmers dog food order
- [R12] Ring Not Reliable: It’s great when it works but goes offline frequently. We have upgraded the transformer which helped a little.
- [R25] Ring Extremely Unreliable!: Constantly shows as “offline” and have to trouble ALL THE TIME. The design is very faulty in which the camera is unstable and falls when you try to use the panoramic view, which makes it yet again unreliable. I want to like it but it’s the absolute worst.
- [R3] Ring Used to be good: The Ring door bell used to be good. But then it got slow at detections and loading! We used to be able to click the notification when someone is detected and it load right up. Now….!? The person has already passed by or left once it finally loads. Worst thing is when someone rings the doorbell, it will not load!!! Very frustrating and very annoying!!!! Used to be good! -used to b
- [R15] Ring Delay: My ring is at 1: 4:57 minute delay. I don’t like that.
- [R21] Ring Feedback of Experience with Ring: I would love for the Ring camera to have better recording capturing qualities…. It always seems to never record incidents that happens after the ring camera alerts.
- [R22] Ring Disappointed: It will work most of the time live however, not always. It frequently does not record what’s going on despite the battery being fine so they have a lot of work to do on this thing. Still fails to record and their support is useless.
- [R13] Ring You pay $65 to use this camera: If you are not willing yearly subscription, its useless.
- [R28] Ring Semi useless: It sees me every time a stray hair enters the field of vision. A stranger can dance in front of three cameras and it doesn’t see them at all. It sees traffic I don’t care about but not the mail truck that is closer. But don’t worry, you can pay monthly for individual features like identifying birds and your dog’s behavior patterns. Posted to Neighbors about a man who had a mental
- [R40] Ring Expensive: Costs too much for what is available
- [R6] Ring Average: The part that annoys me the most is posting and sharing to notify neighbors what you’ve captured. I’ve constantly gone to post, and if you do not answer all the questions in the boxes the ring admins see fit they will not share your story. But there will be 2038 posts about a helicopter flying by. I also wish the cameras has a better lenses for capturing faces and license plates.
- [R10] Ring Security: I don’t like the neighbors app because if you post a video, you let everyone see your camera angle. That’s a huge security concern.
- [R16] Ring Bob: Any chance of getting the previous version back? Or please help
- [R18] Ring Please get this to your Engineers.: The Ring app (version 5.107.0) crashes instantly on open with EXC_BAD_ACCESS / SIGSEGV in the iLOQLockCommunicationSDK.framework during dyld initialization. This started after earlier updates (around 5.99) and persists through multiple reinstalls, restarts, network resets, and the latest version. I’ve provided full crash logs to support. Other users report the s
- [R19] Ring Can’t search history: I need to search video history to find an event. However, when viewing a video, the back button takes my session all the way out of the event history forcing me to start from the beginning each time I look at a video. This makes it impossible to search deep into history making the history useless. I’ve not had trouble like this for all the years I’ve had it until now. I h
- [R31] Ring App deleted my devices: My pet got out while I wasn’t home and I went to my app to see which way they went. When it opened, I had to log in again and my devices were removed leaving me unable to access my doorbell
- [R52] Kemo Pro Very good product: I really enjoy my camera the set up was very simple clear video pictures love the alarm I love it so much I have my camera inside and outside big my home
- [R53] Kemo Pro Not Nad: The camera is pretty good for the price paid. It doesn’t always pick up everything or everyone but it does work
- [R55] Kemo Pro Survey: Service is weak a lot and it only records 10 sec of footage
- [R56] Kemo Pro Constant Issues: I don’t know if EVERYONE has this problem but….. My Doorbell & Other Cameras seem to stop recording Motion On its own?? I have to check my camera settings often because it seems to change settings by itself?? I have NO IDEA how or why it does it!! I don’t believe that I have it on any settings that would cause it to change on its own…..
- [R66] RingCentral True Convenience: I find that RingCentral is one of the more friendly software programs for communication. It’s really nice. I utilize it for remote work. My patients contact me directly We communicate back-and-forth via text voicemail even email. I really enjoy it. Thank you, RingCentral.
- [R69] RingCentral So easy!!: We love our RingCentral phone service. So easy to use!! We’ve got 8 years with the system and it works perfectly!!
- [R72] RingCentral Great service: Ring Central has many great features, and consistently creates new innovations. I really like that I can use it via my cell phone, and I can quickly transfer between a desktop phone and the cell. And having the ability to text is great.
- [R78] RingCentral Best VoIP Platform especially for Apple Users: Our business switched from Vonage and was the best decision ever made. It just works especially for Mac users where we had so many problems.
- [R79] Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom Has become. Total cash grab: The game used to be great. Now it is nothing more than a cash grab. Most everything is hidden behind 2 pay walls, if you buy the top one, thinking you are getting access to everything on the event, think again. You have to buy both. The events become stacked on each other, which reduces what you get to play the first one. And the time to complete the events has bee
- [R80] Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom It’s just good: Love the game. Prices are not to bad for quality of life. Most games are 20-30 dollars. This game is about 1 dollar here and there. Love the combat and grind.
- [R85] Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom Pay to win: It’s horrible I have 100,000 power over your opponent but somehow they win every time you can grind but it’s all about paying so you can win the power scale sucks I have characters doing 1895+ damage a sec but lose to someone doing 937 damage a second cause they bought items to help keep them alive or buying to max the potential like a loser it’s a bad balanced game and it’s been out f
- [R88] Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom Best Game Ever: This game is challenging and sophisticated plus you can have your characters mate to produce more offspring for more characters, its so fun… oh and there’s battles and Quests, plus side quests… if you don’t love this in the first five minutes… then there is something wrong with you not the game, hope to see you out there!!!
- [R93] ReBet social casino: only play live. i went and played flip the coin and lost over 1k on a “50/50” game. coin clip is bs and rigged.
- [R94] ReBet Zero complaints!: I’ve got to just give credit where it’s due because this app not only has a great customer support but makes it accessible to virtually put money in whatever you want. Felt the need to share with you all!
- [R95] ReBet DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!: I downloaded this app trying to see what all the fuss is about , but now I see why ppl never win! The games all cheat and it’s designed to make you lose EVERYTHING! I played the Chicken cross game where you have to get the chicken across the road without getting hit by a car. I kid you NOT, this game literally was just taking my money and I wasn’t even getting ran over!
- [R97] ReBet DO NOT DOWNLOAD: you cannot even withdraw your own money from this app. STAY AWAY
- [R108] Home Apple home report: There could never be a smart home act better than this. You help me with my everyday life super fast automation. I can turn on any lights any air conditioning the shower or maybe even the fridge Wait, can it control the toilet? Just kidding? But really though I am so thankful that Apple created this app to help people with their everyday life
- [R109] Home Garbage: Absolute trash of an app. Your devices don’t communicate well at all, with one another. Overpriced. Underwhelming performance and OVERwhelming troubleshooting process. Minimal support in the admin threads. Minimal info on setup and what to do if you get a red ring on a HomePod. Apple TV, useless with home app.
- [R110] Home It’s a good app: You need to get lights that are compatible with apple home to use that light on Apple home
- [R111] Home Not responsive: I regularly struggle because the hub regularly says devices aren’t responding.
- [R54] Kemo Pro Now Wanting Payment to Use: Is what I said. You by this Smart Door Bell and after years charges to use. If I new this up front NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED
- [R63] Kemo Pro THE WORST: I talked to customer service several times all they do is lie!!!! It’s been over a year now. They said they would send me a replacement for mines because it wouldn’t capture anything, and also even when I try speaking to someone on the camera no one can hear me. You even have to pay for a subscription. DO NOT BUY NOT WORTH IT $30 FOR A SUBSCRIPTION NO THANK YOU!
- [R99] ReBet Be Careful!: Indiana just changed its regulations on Sweepstakes books, so ReBet does not take bets here anymore. The issue I had is that they completely removed my cash balance I had before this change go into effect with 0 prior communication or warning. After multiple attempts to reach out to support looking for a solution, it appears my money has just disappeared. I would advice caution when u
- [R101] ReBet Withdraw: Can’t withdraw my money or reach out to support
- [R113] Home Difficult to add accessories: I continually have issues adding accessories directly to Home. Even when they say compatible with home. I recently purchased a 4 pack of WiFi plugs. Added the first one with no issues but it won’t add the rest. Rebooted phone and still won’t work. It shouldn’t be this hard.
- [R114] Home Very smooth UI very fast response time five stars like everything Apple: Ultra fast works for manner and HomeKit really nice speakers five star act
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store