Comparison

EVVA AirKey vs AGOV access

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EVVA AirKey

This app transforms your smartphone into a digital key, allowing you to securely send and manage access to properties and company doors. It offers features like geo-tagging for navigation and multi-administration for managing multiple sites and users.

Highlights
  • Smartphone as a key
  • Secure key sharing
  • Online access management
  • Geo-tagging for navigation
  • Multi-site administration
  • Office mode automation
  • REST API integration
Features
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Do you have a holiday apartment and handing over the keys constantly annoys you? Do you no longer have an overview in your company of how many keys are in circulation? Do you feel unsafe because of lost keys? Then it's time for AirKey. With AirKey the smartphone is the key. You can safely send new keys to other smartphones and manage your access control system online. But what do you need? An AirKey locking component, a smartphone and an internet connection. And if you don't want to use a smartphone, there are alternative access media too, such as cards or key tags. Uncompromising security! The communication between smartphone and locking component is end-to-end encrypted, making it completely secure against interception. The app is secured with an additional PIN. The key tags also have state-of-the-art technology and they cannot be copied. Other features Send a key: Never hand over a key again. It's very easy to send keys to people, such as employees, freelancers or guests. You can also pre-programme this for particular times. https://youtu.be/2lJOMMhiyRY Geo-tagging: Get there quick. The smartphone knows where the locking components are and shows the way in the navigation app. Component sharing: Easily hand locking components over to other AirKey users, for example, in a shared office, for them to manage themselves and reduce expenses for key management. Multi-administration: Separately, quickly and simply manage multi-site companies with several administrators and always know who has been granted which authorisation. Office Mode: Full or semi-automatic office mode on certain doors. Automatically takes into account public holidays as well as summer and winter time. Other practical features for businesses: Import personal data with the click of a button and export system data, assign maintenance authorisations to smartphones, REST API to control certain AirKey functions via your own software. AirKey meets the EU General Data Protection Regulations: Together with a data protection expert, AirKey was developed into the access control system with the best data protection in order to manage our customers' data in accordance with the law. The administrator can also turn off event logging of personal data in the online administration. For a list of all tested, compatible smartphones visit: https://www.evva.com/de/airkey/compatible-smartphones/

About

AGOV access

This app provides secure access to e-government services for Swiss authorities. It functions as a login procedure and identity provider, enabling worldwide interaction with federal, cantonal, and communal administrations.

Highlights
  • Access e-government services
  • Swiss federal, cantonal, and communal administration
  • Login procedure
  • Identity provider
  • Worldwide access
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The app AGOV access is your access key to e-government services of the Swiss authorities (cantons and their communes as well as federal administration). The AGOV system (see https://agov.ch) is a login procedure, identity provider and identity network and is available worldwide for interaction with Swiss authorities.

Screenshots

EVVA AirKey4 screens
AGOV access4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: EVVA AirKey at 3.0 against AGOV access's 1.0. EVVA AirKey also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EVVA AirKey holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of EVVA AirKey's written reviews are positive against 20% of AGOV access's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EVVA AirKey ships an update every 4 months, AGOV access every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EVVA AirKey versus AGOV access: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEVVA AirKeyAGOV access
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews36.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEVVA Sicherheitstechnologie GmbHSchweizerische Bundeskanzlei

Customer experience

EVVA AirKey

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive36.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative56.0%

AGOV access

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

EVVA AirKey

No in-app purchases

None

AGOV access

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EVVA AirKey free?
EVVA AirKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AGOV access free?
AGOV access is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EVVA AirKey or AGOV access?
EVVA AirKey is rated higher. EVVA AirKey averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while AGOV access averages 1.0 from 4 ratings.
Do EVVA AirKey or AGOV access have ads?
Neither EVVA AirKey nor AGOV access shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EVVA AirKey or AGOV access?
EVVA AirKey ships an update every 4 months, and AGOV access every 2 months. Most recently, EVVA AirKey was updated on October 22, 2026 and AGOV access on October 9, 2026.

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