# YI Home

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1011626777](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1011626777)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1011626777`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ZK (HK) LIMITED
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (71,433 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.9.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2015-11-11
- **Size:** 286 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yi-home/id1011626777)
- **Website:** [https://www.kamihome.com/](https://www.kamihome.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://kamihome.prod.kamicloud.net/app-privacy/](https://kamihome.prod.kamicloud.net/app-privacy/)

## Description

YI Home is a camera app for YI Home Cameras that enables real-time 1080p live viewing, night vision, and two-way communication from your phone. Use pan, tilt, and zoom to focus on details, and rely on motion highlights and microSD storage for secure recording.

Kami Cloud offers additional storage and features with yearly or monthly subscriptions, with clear auto-renewal terms and privacy policies linked in the app details.

## Rankings

- #5,140 — Overall
- #59 — home

## Review summary

Reviewers generally agree that YI Home has degraded from a clean, easy-to-use app into a monetized experience overwhelmed by ads and cloud subscription fees. The most mentioned problems are pervasive, unskippable ads that block or delay viewing, frequent subscription charges and renewal issues with limited or poor support. Performance complaints include freezing, crashing, and lag, plus missing or unreliable video controls (no reliable fast-forward). Several users lament the loss of local storage options like using an SD card. A common takeaway is that many would switch to a different brand, though a few still praise the UI when ads aren’t intrusive.

### Pros

- Clean and easy user interface
- Historically user-friendly for managing multiple cameras
- Occasional positive feedback on UI and usability

### Cons

- Pervasive ads and overlays that interrupt viewing
- Forced cloud storage subscription with frequent or double charges and weak support
- App performance issues such as freezing, crashing, and lag
- Loss of local storage options and limited video controls (no reliable fast-forward)
- Poor customer support and frequent suggestions to switch brands

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