Entry Shield vs VOLT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Entry Shield
This security system companion app lets authorized users receive and respond to alerts from the Entry System. It provides a direct line of communication for managing security events.
- Receive security alerts
- Respond to alerts
- Companion mobile application
- Manage Entry System notifications
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The Entry Shield app is a companion mobile application for the Entry Shield security system. The application allows approved users to receive and respond to Entry System alerts.
VOLT
Receive real-time alerts and detailed incident information, including images and location context, to quickly understand and respond to safety events. Access historical data and support for various incident types to enhance situational awareness.
- Real-time incident notifications
- Detailed incident information
- Image and location context
- Historical event records
- Detection of safety-related incidents
- Integration with IP camera infrastructure
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The VOLT app gives authorized users immediate access to alerts, incident details, images, and location context so they can quickly understand what is happening and take action from anywhere. With the app, users can receive real-time notifications, review active and resolved incidents, examine supporting images and timeline context, and access a historical record of events across their organization. VOLT supports detection of incidents such as weapons, fights, person down, fire and smoke, loitering, unattended objects, and other safety-related activity. Designed to work with existing IP camera infrastructure, VOLT helps schools, campuses, and organizations improve situational awareness and respond faster when it matters most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VOLT at every 5 days against Entry Shield's every 2 weeks. Entry Shield's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Entry Shield against 5.0 for VOLT. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Entry Shield ships an update every 2 weeks, VOLT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Entry Shield | VOLT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ENTRY SHIELD SECURITY LLC | Volt Inc |
Customer experience
Entry Shield
VOLT
In-app purchases
Entry Shield
No in-app purchases
VOLT
No in-app purchases
