Comparison

Keyscan Mobile vs CTL

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

Head to head
About

Keyscan Mobile

This app allows authorized users to use their mobile device as a digital key for access control systems. It enables system administrators to issue mobile credentials for entry points like doors, elevators, and parking gates.

Highlights
  • Mobile credential issuance
  • Use smartphone as digital key
  • Access control for doors, elevators, gates
  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication
  • Simple enrollment process
Features
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Keyscan mobile is a cloud-based credential delivery app for use with new or existing Keyscan access control systems equipped with Keyscan K-SMART3 mobile-ready readers and Aurora software version 1.0.16 or later. Keyscan mobile credentials allow system administrators to issue mobile credentials to authorized users’ that have iOS supported devices for use in their Keyscan secured facility. Simple enrollment Through Keyscan Aurora access control management software, system administrators dispatch a programmed email designed to notify all users of their assigned mobile credential. Recipients then download this Keyscan Mobile app. When the app is installed, registered and configured the users’ can then obtain their mobile credential. With the app enabled, Keyscan mobile credentials allow the user to authenticate his or her access permissions at all designated doors, elevators, parking gates and other entry/exit points using their mobile device in lieu of a physical credential. Keyscan mobile credentials utilize Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to enable communication between mobile credential and K-SMART3 mobile-ready readers.

About

CTL

This app works with a contactless temperature logger to record temperatures within shipments. It offers two logging modes and provides visual indicators for temperature thresholds and device status. Data can be downloaded in various file formats.

Highlights
  • Contactless temperature logging
  • Two logging modes
  • Temperature threshold indicators
  • Status and RF module LEDs
  • PDF, Excel, Text, Raw Data reports
Features
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The Cryopak CTL is a contactless temperature data logger that works in conjunction with a mobile app.With a line of sight of approximately 30.5 meters, this compact device can record temperatures within a shipment as low as 40C up to as high as 85C. The CTL has two logging modes, a 16KB memory, and comes with either an internal or external sensor. Five LEDs indicate the available temperature thresholds (High High, High, OK, Low, and Low Low), with additional LEDs for Status and RF Module. A plastic sealing keeps moisture out. Data reports can be downloaded in PDF, Excel, Text or Raw Data file.

Screenshots

Keyscan Mobile2 screens
CTL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CTL at 5.0 against Keyscan Mobile's 2.9. CTL also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 52 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Keyscan Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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

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

CTL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keyscan Mobile has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keyscan Mobile ships an update every 52 months, CTL fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Keyscan Mobile versus CTL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyscan MobileCTL
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 52 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdormakaba Canada Inc.Cryopak cvt

Customer experience

Keyscan Mobile

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

CTL

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Keyscan Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

CTL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keyscan Mobile free?
Keyscan Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CTL free?
CTL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keyscan Mobile or CTL?
CTL is rated higher. Keyscan Mobile averages 2.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while CTL averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Keyscan Mobile or CTL have ads?
Neither Keyscan Mobile nor CTL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keyscan Mobile or CTL?
Keyscan Mobile ships an update every 52 months, and CTL fortnightly. Most recently, Keyscan Mobile was updated on October 6, 2026 and CTL on September 24, 2026.

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