Smart gate vs DKS Smart Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart gate
Remotely open and monitor your gate using a connected camera. This app is ideal for businesses, apartment complexes, or large households needing robust gate access control for multiple users and gates.
- Remote gate opening
- Gate monitoring via camera
- Supports unlimited users
- Supports unlimited gates
- Ideal for businesses and large households
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The Smartgate App works with the Calimet Camera to remotely open and monitor your gate. It allows any number of users, and any number of gates. This is perfect for businesses, apartment complexes, or large households who have a lot of incoming traffic and need a solution for a larger degree of gate access control.
DKS Smart Connect
Control your automatic vehicular gate directly from your smartphone. Open, close, and monitor its status remotely for enhanced convenience and security.
- Remote gate operation
- Gate status monitoring
- Smartphone control
- Automatic vehicular gate compatibility
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DKS Smart Switch. Open, close and monitor your automatic vehicular gate from your smartphone!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart gate at 3.3 against DKS Smart Connect's 2.1. Smart gate also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). DKS Smart Connect's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart gate holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Smart gate's written reviews are positive against 40% of DKS Smart Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart gate ships an update every 3 weeks, DKS Smart Connect every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart gate | DKS Smart Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | 2.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 211 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CaliMet Co., Inc. | DoorKing, Inc. |
Customer experience
Smart gate
DKS Smart Connect
In-app purchases
Smart gate
No in-app purchases
DKS Smart Connect
No in-app purchases
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