Absolutely horrible with ads that you can’t get passed to access the system. Used to be a free service. Paid version just gave cloud recording. Now you can’t even open the app without an ad pop-up. Once I finally got in and turned on a camera, another ad popped up. So done with this program. […]
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This app is so annoying with the amount of ads. I understand you want people to pay for your app but do you really have to make it this useless? It’s almost impossible to get past the ads. I do not need a discount. Once we have watched the ads, make it possible to exit […]
Return it as soon as you see this reviews. You will be boomed with ton of advertisements. if the apps contains the ads, you suppose to let us know before we purchase. the camera is not free, we buy the hardware. if someone try to file lawsuit, more than happy to join because the company […]
Ads are way over the top on the free version now, and there always convenoently is an error when you try to save videos to a local SD card. Free version is borderline unusable now. I paid for your camera. Now, years later, you’re going to force me to pay for cloud storage I don’t […]
this app was fine when I bought it. Now they’ve ruined the video quality with updates and made it so you cannot access your cameras without watching ads. Ads are multiple, very long, and some are Very inappropriate material. Sometimes I can’t even get past the ad to enter the app- I’m forced to close […]
Update: Do not download or buy these cameras. used to be great now full of adds and always trying to force you towards their cloud app. I was served a malicious add a few days ago. Stay away! Great quality, super easy set up and no lag at all. To be fair I have a […]
I have five of these cameras. I used to love owning these cameras. I like that they had an SD card, so I had direct access to the footage. The app was basic but worked very well for my purposes. But now the app is loaded with intrusive ads that you have to constantly skip […]
Update: I’d give negative 5 stars if I could… They doubled down on adds and these adds are very aggressive and dang near hold you hostage if you want to see footage. Back out to see another cam? You’re immediately slapped with another aggressive add for 20 plus seconds. Want no adds? pay hundreds a […]
The fact that they thought it was a good idea to run ads the second you open the app is hilarious – only made even funnier when you look at reviews and their response is “yeah but if you pay for a subscription, we’ll remove the ads!” I’m now switching all of our cameras over […]
worked really good the first few years but now they want you to pay to use the app. now multiple ads pop up and you can’t close the ads. you end up having to close the yi app multiple times to get an ad that will let you close it to see your cameras. then […]
You buy the product, but if you want to use the app it comes loaded with advertisements. unless you pay a subscription. Ill never buy your products again. Im guessing they dont make money selling their products they had to get ads to make up for it. now the service is unusable. camera wont even […]
Nothing wrong with cameras. had them for about 8 years now. over the last year the ads on the app have become too much. you can’t skip them, and they pop up everytime you switch screens or cameras. The ads redirect you to your web browser. simply checking one of your cameras used to take […]
Good luck trying to see who’s at your front door with the ads taking so much time to skip. I would recommend going with Ring for sure. This Kami is a low-level, high-priced camera app. Terrible service as well. Charged me double last month. No one to call, their e-mail said they couldn’t accept emails […]
This review is based on the ad free plan, not sure ads are better on paid. I’m in the same boat as everyone else, I’ve used this app the past 4 years and it was great up until recently, now literally ad after ad. You open up the app, theres an ad, you click a […]
Not sure what happened with this last update but I have lost the ability to see live feed. I haven’t signed up with your service as I don’t need that, but I was able to see the live feed. Now it says it can’t connect to the network, but everything else in my house is […]
it’s okay, not great. Miss a lot no matter the setting. Video quality is great. Constantly tries to get me to buy a subscription even though I have one, updates constantly (at least three times a week) & while it waits for $/update it won’t record motions. Like holding a hostage for $ &/or update. […]
I brought 4 cameras years ago and everything was fine, the app was doing ok no issues. Now? I absolutely hate it, the ads is so freaking annoying, If there’s ever a emergency and I gotta check the camera guess what? There’s a ad when you open the app, there’s a ad when you click […]
I would not use this app if it were not outright required to use the cameras. It now plays ads every time I open it, which is obviously not ideal if you are trying to use your cameras after just hearing an odd sound and trying to decide whether to be concerned. As if the […]
12/20/23: As others have said… I’ve used Yi for years, generally happy with it. Now, full screen ads on startup. Do not offer me a discount on an ad-free subscription. I’m not getting it. Update 1/31/25: Wow, they’re really hitting the startup ads hard. Update 5/2/25: I’m moving on to a different product. The inundation […]
It is alright for the first month but then if you don’t pay their monthly subscription you have to watch advertisement after advertisement. You hear something outside and want to check to see what it is you have to watch a 60 second ad before you can view the camera. Recently they added ads between […]