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Home security apps: 12 product opportunities

60 people left one-to-three-star reviews or posts about home security tools that say something someone else also said. Grouped, that is 12 distinct repeated complaints; the strongest scores 65 out of 100.

Apps in the evidence

The apps these complaints were written about, by low-star reviews in our sample.

The opportunities, ranked

1. 0165Security cameras without mandatory monthly subscriptions28
2. 0259Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity4
3. 0358Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity6
4. 0456Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity4
5. 0556Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity3
6. 0655Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity3
7. 0751Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity2
8. 0850Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity2
9. 0949Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity2
10. 1048Locked — subscribe to read this opportunity2

Score out of 100, then the number of people who said it. The top complaint in every category is shown in full; the rest, with the reviews behind them and the score breakdown, are Pro.

What they complain about

• Poor motion detection accuracy×2
• Works only on wifi which defeats remote purpose
• Works fine on android but not ios
• Wifi connection fails completely
• Video saving fails silently without appearing in camera roll
• Useless for actual security
• Unreliable when needed most
• Unreliable performance