Bold Smart Lock vs HomeWizard Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bold Smart Lock
Transform your smartphone into a digital key for seamless entry and exit. Grant temporary or permanent access to guests, family, or service providers with customizable virtual keys. Enjoy enhanced security and a simplified daily routine.
- Smartphone as a digital key
- Automatic door unlocking/locking
- Virtual key sharing
- Customizable access permissions
- High-level security
- Easy cylinder replacement
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With Bold, your smartphone is your key. Enter and leave your house with your phone in your pocket; Bold will (auto) unlock and lock your door as you come and go. Having guests over? Share virtual keys with whomever, whenever. Invite people with the Bold app and activate or deactivate their virtual key. You are the digital key master: give your spouse permanent access, let the plumber in Monday morning and the cleaning lady every Friday afternoon. You decide! With the highest level of security (think of digital banking-security), your house is safer than ever before. By just replacing the cylinder, burglars will be unable to enter your house using the common techniques. Bold's simple and elegant design makes your front door look better, your house safer and your life easier.
HomeWizard Energy
Monitor and manage your household's energy consumption and production in real-time. This app provides insights into power, gas, and water usage, helping you save money and reduce your environmental impact. It integrates with various smart home devices and energy providers for comprehensive control.
- Live energy consumption and production insights
- Control power, gas, water, and solar panels
- Device-specific consumption tracking
- Cost calculation with custom tariffs
- Weekly alerts for unusual changes
- Manage multiple homes and users
- API integration for smart home automation
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Smart energy consumption made easy! Connect all HomeWizard smart products in one app and take control of your energy. Instantly see your consumption, production and savings. Good for your wallet and the planet. Our app is rated 4.7 stars based on 130,000+ reviews. Smart with (solar) energy. Our users are already doing it. Why HomeWizard? • Live insight into energy: consumption, solar surplus and costs • Everything in one place: power, gas, water and solar panels • Easy to install and a user-friendly app • Works with every energy provider and contract type • Clear overview for every household With the free HomeWizard app, everything is neatly organised. • View consumption per day, week, month and year • Live insight into power, gas and water consumption • See costs by entering your own tariffs (fixed, variable or dynamic) • Weekly alerts for unusual changes • Manage multiple homes and invite family members • Connect with other systems through the local API • Start your washing machine, dryer or dishwasher on solar energy or at low prices via Home Connect (Bosch, Siemens, Neff and Gaggenau) Supported HomeWizard products. • P1 Meter: live consumption and solar surplus, gas per day • Energy Socket: measures consumption per device and switches automatically on time, surplus or lowest price (dynamic contracts) • Plug-In Battery: store your solar energy for later and monitor live charging and discharging • Energy Display: live insight into your energy consumption without opening your phone • kWh Meter: insight into production and big consumers such as EV chargers or heat pumps Extra insight with Energy+ • Connect your solar panels with inverters from SolarEdge, Growatt, SMA, Enphase, Huawei, Solis, GoodWe, APsystems and SolaX • Smart alerts for unusual consumption such as water leakage or high power usage • Extra graphs: standby consumption, 3-phase and overvoltage • Unlimited data storage and export to CSV • Automate with smart tasks: switch devices on solar energy, measured power or the cheapest hours (dynamic tariffs) Start today with smart (solar) energy! ----- Privacy policy: https://www.homewizard.nl/media/Apple/hwenergy_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.homewizard.nl/media/Apple/hwenergy_eula_en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HomeWizard Energy at 4.6 against Bold Smart Lock's 4.0. HomeWizard Energy also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 55%) and ratings volume (94 vs 5). Bold Smart Lock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. HomeWizard Energy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Bold Smart Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.
HomeWizard Energy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeWizard Energy has 94 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Bold Smart Lock's written reviews are positive against 80% of HomeWizard Energy's.
Bold Smart Lock ships an update every 3 weeks, HomeWizard Energy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bold Smart Lock | HomeWizard Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sesam Solutions BV | HomeWizard B.V. |
Customer experience
Bold Smart Lock
HomeWizard Energy
In-app purchases
Bold Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
HomeWizard Energy
- Energy+$0.991 Month
