Comparison

Storage Genie vs TeloGate

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

Head to head
About

Storage Genie

This app offers a convenient way to access your self-storage unit without needing to interact with your phone. It allows for hands-free entry, easy rent payments, and direct communication with your facility. Find nearby storage locations and track your activity logs.

Highlights
  • Hands-free gate and door access
  • In-app rent payments
  • Direct facility communication
  • Activity log tracking
  • Self-storage facility search
Features
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Storage Genie brings a new level of convenience to your self storage experience by granting you seamless, hands-free access to your facility. Simply drive up to the gate, and it will open like magic! No need to remove your phone from your pocket or search for an app. Simplify your self storage experience with Storage Genie. Download now and enjoy the magic! Key App Features: • Hands-Free Access: Enter and exit the property, open doors, gates, or elevators without touching your phone (enable location services in settings for this feature). • Easy Payments: Conveniently pay your self storage rent directly from your mobile device. • Facility Communication: Effortlessly call or email your self storage facility. • Activity Tracking: View your activity logs for your self storage property. • Facility Search: Locate nearby self storage facilities with ease. *Available at select self storage facilities, contact your facility to learn more.

About

TeloGate

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TeloGate is the companion app for residents and property owners whose community, driveway, or property is protected by a Telogate-branded gate controller. Sign in with your TeloGate account and TeloGate does the rest. HANDS-FREE AUTO OPEN Turn on Auto Open once per entrance and TeloGate handles the rest. As you drive toward a gate, your phone senses the approach and opens it before you get there — no fumbling for a fob, no stopping to reach for your phone, no digging through apps. When the gate opens, TeloGate speaks a short confirmation so you know it's ready. CARPLAY Your gates now appear on your car's CarPlay display. The four closest gates are shown at the top and update as you drive; the rest are listed alphabetically below. Tap a gate to open it — a green check confirms the gate opened, and TeloGate speaks the confirmation hands-free. Everything the driver needs, one glance, one tap. ONE-TAP MANUAL OPEN Prefer to open the gate yourself? Every entrance in your list has a large Open button. One tap, one instant unlock — even if you never enable location tracking at all. FAVORITE ENTRANCES Mark your most-used gates as Favorites. Favorites stay pinned to the top of the Entrances list, sorted by proximity — the closest gate is always the top row. Other gates appear alphabetically below. VISITOR AND GUEST MANAGEMENT Create, view, and update visitor codes right from the Guests tab — one-time codes, date-ranged guest passes, or permanent access for recurring visitors. Everything you can do on the TeloGate portal, now from your phone. DRIVEN BY YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT BY YOU The list of gates you can access is published by your community administrator through the TeloGate portal — no manual setup, no per-gate configuration. When the administrator adds a new gate or takes one out of service, your app updates automatically. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY - Your location is used only on your device. It is never sent to ZipDX or any third party. - No ads. No analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs of any kind. - Optional Performance Reporting (off by default) lets you send short GPS clips of gate approaches to support — your name and account are not attached; a random per-installation identifier is included so support can correlate multiple reports from the same device. - Your sign-in credentials are stored encrypted in the iOS Keychain, protected by device passcode and — optionally — Face ID or Touch ID. - See our full privacy policy at https://www.telogate.com/privacy. CAREFUL WITH POWER TeloGate uses a tiered location model to preserve battery life. While you're at home the app runs in a low-power mode; when you leave, it ramps up accuracy just enough to detect gate approaches; when you're far from any of your gates it goes dormant entirely until you return. You can turn location tracking off at any time. DIAGNOSTICS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING If Auto Open doesn't behave the way you expect, an optional Diagnostics tab shows exactly what the app sees for each gate — live distance, speed, heading, and whether each firing condition is currently met — so you can figure out why a trigger fired (or didn't). REQUIREMENTS - iOS 26.5 or later. - CarPlay: compatible vehicle or head unit. - A TeloGate account. If you don't have one yet, ask your community administrator to invite you. - For Auto Open only: "Always Allow" location permission. Manual Open works with location tracking off. SUPPORT support@zipdx.com

Screenshots

Storage Genie4 screens
TeloGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TeloGate at weekly against Storage Genie's every 4 weeks. Storage Genie's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Storage Genie ships an update every 4 weeks, TeloGate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Storage Genie versus TeloGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStorage GenieTeloGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOpenTechZipDX LLC

Bugs and requests

Storage Genie

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes on 'loading your data' screen
  • Settings and saved codes erased after updates
  • Keypad missing asterisk (*) and pound (#) symbols
  • Keyboard won't pop up for text input
  • Auto open feature not functioning with location permissions
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  • App fails to recognize nearby keypads
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Access denied despite correct codes
  • iPhone 15 compatibility issues
  • Facility information not saving after entry
  • Search function returns excessive results without filtering
  • App stalls when locating facilities
  • Gate shows as opened but remains closed
  • Location tracking notification excessive (137 times in 3 days)

Requested features

8 requests
  • Better facility search functionality
  • Improved navigation and maps integration
  • More intuitive save button (not floppy disk icon)
  • Support for special characters (* and #) in passcodes
  • Location permission set to 'while using app' instead of 'always'
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  • Faster auto-open feature
  • Activity report access
  • Better keyboard functionality for code entry

TeloGate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Storage Genie

No in-app purchases

None

TeloGate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Storage Genie free?
Storage Genie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TeloGate free?
TeloGate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Storage Genie or TeloGate have ads?
Neither Storage Genie nor TeloGate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Storage Genie or TeloGate?
Storage Genie ships an update every 4 weeks, and TeloGate weekly. Most recently, Storage Genie was updated on November 6, 2026 and TeloGate on October 25, 2026.

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