Nuki Smart Lock vs Akiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nuki Smart Lock
Transform your smartphone into a secure digital key for your home. Grant and manage access for family and friends, and monitor who enters and when. Enjoy convenient features like automatic unlocking and locking, with easy DIY installation and smart home integration.
- Turn phone into a key
- Share access permissions
- Activity log
- Auto Unlock/Lock
- Night Mode
- Smart Home integration
- DIY installation
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Turn your iPhone into a key – with Nuki Nuki: The retrofittable, smart door lock. Innovated in Austria – manufactured in Europe. APP REPLACES KEYS Turn your smart devices into keys. With the free Nuki app, you can open your door with your iPhone or your Apple Watch. Open the door with just one click, even remotely. SHARING KEYS Share access permissions with the Nuki app. Simple and secure. You decide who has access. With the activity log you always know who unlocked your door and when. SMART FEATURES Auto Unlock: Your door opens automatically when you come home. Auto Lock: Automatic locking, form maximum security. Night Mode: Activate various safety features during the night. Customize the night mode to your needs. SMART HOME INTEGRATIONS Easy and fast integration into your existing Smart Home. Thanks to Matter Nuki Smart Locks are compatible with most Smart Home systems. Matter ensures an easy and fast integration. EASY DIY INSTALLATION You can install the Nuki Smart Lock yourself within a few minutes. The Nuki app supports you with a step-by-step guide. See if Nuki is compatible with your door here: www.nuki.io/check SMART ACCESSOIRES The Nuki ecosystem offers you a variety of accessoires. Open fast via fingerprint or entry code with the Nuki Keypad 2 or simple and easy via button with the Nuki Fob. No smartphone needed. Get your Smart Lock now directly in our online shop: https://shop.nuki.io/ We’d love to hear from you. If you have questions about Nuki products please contact us at contact@nuki.io, or visit us on social media.
Akiles
Unlock doors remotely using your smartphone with advanced encryption for secure access management. This global solution provides an administration panel for comprehensive control over entries and exits, offering integrated data processing and API connections.
- Remote door unlocking via smartphone
- Advanced encryption for cybersecurity
- Access management panel
- Remote permission control
- Integration with ERPs and APIs
- Data processing services
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Akiles allows you to open any door, anywhere, anytime with your Smartphone. It is a global solution that allows our costumers to remotely manage their accesses. Security With the most advanced encryption technology, Akiles offers the safest device on the market in terms of cybersecurity. Management It allows to manage permissions and accesses from an administration panel, where you have vision and total control over inputs and outputs. Services Thanks to the intelligent hardware approach connected to the internet, Akiles can offer related services. From data processing, remote management of permissions and access, connection to APIS, integrations with ERPs, emails and much more. The Akiles application is free, but in order to use the service, it is necessary to previously hire the service and install the device. If you have any questions, write to us at info@akiles.app or visit our website www.akiles.app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nuki Smart Lock at 90% against Akiles's 33%. Nuki Smart Lock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (515 vs 5). Akiles's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Nuki Smart Lock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nuki Smart Lock has 515 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Nuki Smart Lock's written reviews are positive against 33% of Akiles's.
Nuki Smart Lock ships an update every 3 weeks, Akiles every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Nuki Smart Lock | Akiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (515 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 515 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 298 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuki Home Solutions GmbH | Akiles Technologies SL |
Customer experience
Nuki Smart Lock
Akiles
Bugs and requests
Nuki Smart Lock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unreliable geofencing
- Inconsistent unlock/lock functionality
- Buggy app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Improved battery status monitoring
- Customizable auto-lock/unlock timers
- Stronger HomeKit/Alexa integration
- Ability to create/share access codes
Akiles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nuki Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
Akiles
No in-app purchases
