Checkpoint Resident vs Red Barn Inn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkpoint Resident
Manage your personal data, visitor passes, and voice messages within your gated community. View your visitor access history with an intuitive interface designed for residents using the Checkpoint Access Control System.
- Manage personal data
- Create visitor passes
- Record voice messages
- View visitor access history
- Gated community integration
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For use by residents of gated communities that use the Checkpoint Access Control System. Provides an easy interface for residents to manage their personal data, visitor passes, record voice messages and view visitor access history.
Red Barn Inn
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, get real-time updates with photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments seamlessly. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- View pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
- Pet care management
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Red Barn Inn offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at Red Barn Inn where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
Checkpoint Resident and Red Barn Inn both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Red Barn Inn's written reviews are positive against 19% of Checkpoint Resident's. Red Barn Inn also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Checkpoint Resident's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 42) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
Red Barn Inn holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkpoint Resident has 1.5K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Checkpoint Resident's written reviews are positive against 100% of Red Barn Inn's.
Checkpoint Resident ships an update every 3 months, Red Barn Inn monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkpoint Resident | Red Barn Inn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) | 4.8 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cypress Access Systems | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Checkpoint Resident
Red Barn Inn
Bugs and requests
Checkpoint Resident
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- App not functioning properly
- Inconsistent behavior between app and website
Requested features
3 requests- Allow editing of guest names
- Improve calendar functionality to update existing guests
- Send QR codes via text instead of email
Red Barn Inn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checkpoint Resident
No in-app purchases
Red Barn Inn
No in-app purchases
Questions
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