Verkada Pass vs Sentinel Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Verkada Pass
This app acts as a digital keycard for seamless door access and a mobile intercom receiver. It allows users to unlock doors via Bluetooth and receive intercom calls remotely, providing enhanced security and flexibility.
- Digital keycard for door access
- Bluetooth unlocking
- Remote door unlocking
- Mobile intercom receiver
- Receive intercom calls on the go
- View context cameras during calls
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Meet Verkada Pass—your digital keycard and mobile intercom receiver. With Verkada Pass, you can easily access doors across your organizations and take calls from anywhere. Using the Verkada Pass Bluetooth credential, users can seamlessly unlock doors and access buildings. Users with remote unlock access can also instantly unlock doors remotely and view the doors they have access to. Organizations with Verkada Intercom can route intercom calls to Verkada Pass users. Receivers can take full frame, crystal clear calls on the go and view additional context cameras to see a complete picture of incoming calls. Together with Bluetooth unlock capabilities, the Verkada Pass app provides modern credentials, enhanced call receiving flexibility and seamless security in a simple mobile application.
Sentinel Pro
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The official iPhone and iPad app for the Sentinel Pro NVR software. This iOS app offers the following features: - Live video and two-way audio from your cameras - Receive push notifications when motion is detected - Control PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) for cameras with these features - Save or share images from your cameras via email, iMessage, iCloud Photo Sharing and more - Arm or disarm camera recording modes - Easy setup with auto-discovery of servers on your network - View and manage multiple servers - Multiplex: cycle through groups of simultaneous live camera views in full screen - Captures: play back recordings from all your cameras, including motion-detected clips, image files or whole-day movies Please note you will need a Mac running Sentinel Pro 5.3.5 or newer, with a Sentinel Pro software license that covers the number of cameras you want to use in the app. In addition, push notifications and two-way audio require iOS 10.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Verkada Pass at every 9 days against Sentinel Pro's every 3 weeks. Sentinel Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Verkada Pass ships an update every 9 days, Sentinel Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verkada Pass | Sentinel Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (78 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Verkada Inc. | Ben Software Ltd |
In-app purchases
Verkada Pass
No in-app purchases
Sentinel Pro
No in-app purchases









