ACT365 vs Paxton Installer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACT365
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ACT365 is a cloud- based, integrated access control and video management solution. The ACT365 App from ACT allows you to manage all your doors, cardholders and cameras across all your sites from your iPhone. Customer Features: You can view the status of doors, lock and unlock doors, view video footage associated with access events or alarms, enable and disable cardholders and view a list of all the cardholders currently on a site, from the app. Login to www.act365.eu for more features and functionality. Installer Features: Installers can manage all their ACT365 customers from the app. Technical issues can be diagnosed remotely from your iPhone, providing faster service to your customers. Note for installers: To use ACT365 you must become a registered ACT installer. Simply register FREE at www.act.eu. When you receive your login details, login to the interACT portal and sign-up for ‘My ACT365’. Note: Dark mode is currently unsupported in this app.
Paxton Installer
This app provides professional installers with quick access to product information, news, and troubleshooting tools for security solutions. It also features a rewards program for scanning installed products to earn points and increase partner status.
- Paxton Rewards Program
- Product information lookup
- Latest news updates
- Troubleshooting knowledge base
- Distributor locator
- Contact support information
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Paxton is a market leader in Access Control and building security solutions. The Installer App has been designed with our global network of professional installers in mind. In addition to a brand new Paxton Reward program, it provides quick and easy access to a wealth of product information including instructions, data sheets, applications notes, videos, news as well as introducing some handy new tools to make the installation of Paxton products even easier. Here's a list of some of the features you'll have access to when using the app: • NEW Paxton Rewards Program – Scan your Paxton products as you install them to earn points, increase your Paxton Partner status and then spend those points on Paxton products and other branded merchandise. • Product Info - Quickly locate the latest product information by either scanning the bar code, browsing using our quick search tool or entering the serial number or product description. • News - Stay up to date on the latest Paxton news. From new product releases to popular integrations you’ll see it here first! • Knowledge base - Search through our comprehensive knowledge base designed to help you troubleshoot common problems onsite. • Contact Us - We have a world class support team waiting to take your call, so if you can't find what you're looking for in the app, use this tool to find the contact information for your region. • Distributors - Paxton products are sold through a global network of market leading distributors. Use this tool to quickly identify the distributors we sell through within your region.
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Verdict
ACT365 and Paxton Installer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
ACT365 ships an update every 3 months, Paxton Installer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACT365 | Paxton Installer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 357 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vanderbilt, LLC | Paxton Access Ltd |
In-app purchases
ACT365
No in-app purchases
Paxton Installer
No in-app purchases









