Verkada Pass vs ICAware
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.
ICAware
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ICAware is designed to handle incidents of all sizes from 6 person man-hunt to natural disasters (hurricane, tornado, etc.). Push notifications from new assignments, division requests, and more. Includes a web interface for an EOC or command stuff to view shelter status', personnel assignments, and more. This app requires an account with Southern Software, Inc to create incidents to manage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Verkada Pass at every 9 days against ICAware's every 3 weeks. ICAware's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.5). 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, ICAware every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verkada Pass | ICAware |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (75 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75 — 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 | 17.5 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Verkada Inc. | Southern Software, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Verkada Pass
No in-app purchases
ICAware
No in-app purchases
