Access Control vs NovaVue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Access Control
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Manage your venue's traffic flows with our contactless access control solution. Turn your devices into scanners to check in visitors, manage guest lists & track footfall in real-time, straight from your iOS devices. Key features: - Streamline the arrival experience, scan e-tickets at the doors - Digitalise your guest lists and check in attendees through the app - Manage capacity, keep track of attendance and analyse footfall with live data - Works with RFID or QR technology Hosting a cashless event? Transfer your attendees’ data & cashless balance onto smart wristbands or QR codes and let your customers begin spending, cash free! For a completely cashless experience, download our Cashless App to manage payments at your venue. Compatible with: - Bluetooth NFC Reader: ACS ACR1255U-J1 - Wireless printers: HC100 (wristbands) and GX420 (wristbands, labels, badges) - Linea Pro 5
NovaVue
Access real-time building energy data from your mobile device. Easily scan QR codes for meter readings and track usage trends for power, water, steam, and HVAC. Export data for detailed analysis and receive notifications for alarms and events.
- Real-time building energy data access
- QR code scanning for meter readings
- Historical usage tracking (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
- Data export to CSV
- Device organization by location
- User/group access control
- Alarm and event notifications
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NovaVue is a powerful facility monitoring tool that allows you to easily access building energy data in real time from your mobile device. Obtain meter readings immediately by simply scanning a QR code. Track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly power, water, steam, and HVAC usage via the app's historical trend view, or export it to CSV for more detailed analysis. NovaVue and the Nova Power Cloud Solutions System Management Suite is vendor-agnostic and works with many common protocols including Modbus TCP, SNMP, and BACnet. All data is safely encrypted in transit and stored securely in the cloud. • Organize devices by location • Limit device access by user/group • Track power meter data including current, voltage, power, and energy consumption • Track water, steam, and HVAC usage • Create aggregate "virtual devices" that summarize readings collected from multiple physical devices • View historical data by day, week, month, year, or a custom date range • Export data as CSV • View alarms/events and receive email/SMS notifications when triggered, or when devices are not communicating • Download alarm/event history • Capture and view/export transient device events (e.g. COMTRADE) • Stay informed about system usage via weekly, monthly, or ad hoc reports • Print QR codes for quick access to device data • Geo-tag devices for quick identification in enterprise map view
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NovaVue at monthly against Access Control's every 3 months. Access Control's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Access Control ships an update every 3 months, NovaVue monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Access Control | NovaVue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuweb Systems Ltd | Nova Power Cloud Solutions Inc |
In-app purchases
Access Control
No in-app purchases
NovaVue
No in-app purchases
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