Growlink vs Speco Access Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Growlink
Manage your agricultural operations remotely with this app. It offers seamless integration with irrigation, climate, and nutrient delivery systems for intuitive control of single or multiple facilities.
- Remote irrigation control
- Climate management
- Nutrient delivery system integration
- Multi-facility operation
- Intuitive user interface
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Take control of your grow from anywhere with the Growlink Mobile App. Seamlessly integrated with Growlink’s irrigation, climate, and nutrient delivery systems, the app offers a fast and intuitive experience—whether you're managing a single room or remotely operating multiple facilities.
Speco Access Control
Manage multiple access control systems remotely. View event logs with associated video, review door and cardholder information, and adjust threat levels as needed. Systems can be added via QR code or IP address.
- Remote access control management
- View event logs with video
- Review door and cardholder data
- Adjust threat levels
- Add systems via QR code or IP
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Speco Access allows iOS users to remotely work with access control systems now available from Speco Technologies. Users can work with multiple access control systems and with each system, view event logs with video, review doors and card holders along with view/change threat levels depending on circumstance. Access control systems can be added using a QR code scanned in at setup time as well as via IP addresses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Growlink at 62% against Speco Access Control's 0%. Growlink also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). Speco Access Control's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 1.8) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Speco Access Control holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Growlink's written reviews are positive against 0% of Speco Access Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Growlink ships an update monthly, Speco Access Control every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Growlink | Speco Access Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hydropods, Inc. | Components Specialties, Inc |
Customer experience
Growlink
Speco Access Control
In-app purchases
Growlink
No in-app purchases
Speco Access Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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