Access Control Application vs airEkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Access Control Application
This application transforms your smartphone into a digital key for workplace access. Forget your physical tag; simply use your phone to unlock doors at approximately 3,000 locations worldwide. Enjoy seamless entry to your workspace with this convenient mobile key technology.
- Smartphone as digital key
- Unlock doors without physical tag
- Mobile Key technology
- Access control for workplaces
- Global location support
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Access Control is the new key to your workplace! Forgot your tag? No problem! With Access Control all you need is your smartphone to open your door: your smartphone is your new key. With roughly 3,000 locations in over 100 countries IWG is the world’s largest provider of workplaces. With the new Access Control Application you can enjoy Mobile Key technology. Mobile Key enables you to interact with electronic locks using your smartphone, instead of your tag. You can unlock any door you have access to, by simply tapping the electronic lock with your smartphone! This great feature will simplify access to your workplace. Tags are no longer needed! Download now and start enjoying unlocking doors with your smartphone!
airEkey
Control and manage smart locks remotely. Bind your smart lock, add gateways, and manage access cards. Open locks via Bluetooth, Zigbee, card, or internet.
- Bind welock devices
- Add BLE and ZigBee gateways
- Manage access cards
- Remote device management
- Open lock via multiple methods
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user AirEkey you can do this: 1.bind welock 2.add ble gateway 3.add ZigBee gateway 4.manage card via Internet 5.manage your devices 6.open lock by Bluetooth/Zigbee/Card/Internet 7.active welock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: airEkey at 5.0 against Access Control Application's 2.0. Access Control Application's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
airEkey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Access Control Application | airEkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pathway IP II GmbH | Shenzhen Myhand Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Access Control Application
airEkey
In-app purchases
Access Control Application
No in-app purchases
airEkey
No in-app purchases
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