Paxton Key Reviews: Is It Legit?

Paxton Key
Paxton Key
Paxton Access Ltd

Customer Experience

Positive experience6.7% of reviews
Neutral10.0% of reviews
Negative experience83.3% of reviews

~ Based on 60 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Paxton Key Safe?

Paxton Key appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Paxton Key is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 735 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

83.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
12.9% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 735 App Store ratings for Paxton Key.

Is Paxton Key Legit?

Paxton Key appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Paxton Key is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Hands free

I still need to pull out my phone 😅

motorhome storage unit

Easy to use

Problems with access

We have the exact problem as the person who gave this App a 1 star rating. All of our staff have modern phones and have asked for the plastic card to gain access.

Temperamental

The app barely works, I awkwardly stand at the front gates of my office hovering my phone over a reader. I’m giving it two stars because it’s a good idea that just needs better investment or integration with the NFC system of most smartphones.

Does not work. Every day.

Does not work. Every day.

Rubbish

It only works 50% of the time which is pretty rubbish

Not a good app

It takes forever for this app to work on the sensors. If you are taking on the phone you have to end your call for it to work If I was in an urgent situation and needed to get into my complex quickly there would be no way with this app.

Decent, but regularly malfunctions

I regularly have to restart the app or continually rescan to gain access. We shouldn't be replacing keys with something that has 75% the efficacy.

Not always works

Meh

Paxton smart key

Sometimes the app is very slow whereas using a fob is instant. WHY??

Mr

Difficulties using app. Have to wait different length of time each time the phone is presented to the reader - very frustrating

It sucks so bad

The worst security access app ever, never works always pulls up a bank card instead.

Totally causes problems every day.

Horrible system.

It hardly ever works!

Terrible

Readers rarely work quickly and always have to open the app despite having run in the background enabled. DO NOT INSTALL PAXTON IN YOUR BUILDING. PURE GARBAGE.

Poor

It fails on my phone unless I put it next to panel to unlock

It usually works eventually

What choice do I have? They’re not my doors

Varias llaves en la app

Pertenezco al grupo de reparación de 16 edificios en el dowtown de Miami lo cual necesito que esta app me deje agregar varias llaves electrónicas a la misma aplicación ya que la mayoría de los edificios en los que trabajo utilizan este sistema de clik para abrir las puertas mi recomendación es que actualicen la versión de la app para poder agregar varias llaves en esta muchas gracias
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It takes 5 m to open the door!

You need to close all background apps for it to work!

Reverted back to card

April 2026, I have just reverted back to using a card as the app is totally unfit for purpose. Weirdly, my review (1 star consistently, with regular updates over a number of years, giving reasons why) has disappeared. Avoid this app and platform: it is unreliable at best.

Barely works

This app is terrible. It never works when you need it to. Have to close and re open several times to work.