Smart Gateway App vs Sifely Smart Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Gateway App
Remotely manage your home automation system, controlling lighting, blinds, temperature, security, and video cameras. Monitor energy consumption, set timers, and manage irrigation. Requires a Smart Gateway and an annual fee.
- Remote control of lighting and blinds
- Temperature and humidity monitoring
- Anti-intrusion system management
- Video camera access
- Energy consumption tracking
- Timer and logic function settings
- Irrigation control
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Thanks to Smart Gateway APP the management of the home automation system is simple and intuitive, with the ability to remotely control lighting, blinds and shutters, scenarios, temperature and humidity in every room, anti-intrusion system and video cameras. The new Gewiss APP also allows you to check the energy consumption of your home at any time, as well as setting timers, logic functions, load control and irrigation. In order to work, the APP requires the presence of a Gewiss Smart Gateway connected to the home automation system and the payment of an annual fee. The APP configuration is made using the online GEWISS IoT Configurator software, which can be accessed visiting gewiss.com in the "Services/Software/Smart Gateway APP" section.”
Sifely Smart Lock
Manage access to your property remotely. Create temporary passcodes, grant fingerprint access, and send digital keys to guests or residents. Control all access methods from a single, intuitive interface.
- Create passcodes
- Add gateways
- Add fingerprints
- Send eKeys
- Manage all access methods in one app
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Sifely Smart Lock is a great solution for rental property management, Airbnb short-term rental hosts, and self-housing resident. One can easily create passcodes, add gateways, add fingerprints and send eKeys with Sifely Smart Lock. It manages all codes, gateways, fingerprints and eKeys in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Gateway App at 3.0 against Sifely Smart Lock's 2.6. Smart Gateway App also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). Sifely Smart Lock's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (88 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Smart Gateway App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sifely Smart Lock has 88 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of Smart Gateway App's written reviews are positive against 23% of Sifely Smart Lock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart Gateway App ships an update every 3 months, Sifely Smart Lock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Gateway App | Sifely Smart Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.6 (88 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 22.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gewiss S.p.A. | Sifely |
Customer experience
Smart Gateway App
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In-app purchases
Smart Gateway App
No in-app purchases
Sifely Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
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