Tessie vs Gate Code Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessie
Enhance your Tesla ownership with detailed tracking, powerful automations, and real-time diagnostics. Monitor trips, battery health, charging, and receive important event notifications. Integrate with smart home systems and control your vehicle from various devices.
- Trip tracking
- Battery health analytics
- Charging and phantom drain tracking
- Live charging view
- Automations with schedules and triggers
- Event notifications
- Real-time OBD diagnostics
- Cross-platform control (Apple Watch, Web)
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Join over 500,000 Tesla drivers using Tessie to track, automate and protect their vehicles. Try it free! Requires a subscription or one-time payment. Happiness guaranteed or your money back. - Track your trips - Track your battery and compare it to others - Track charging and phantom drain - Monitor and control your Tesla using AI, including ChatGPT, Claude & Grok - Automate your Tesla using schedules and triggers - Get notified about driving, charging, Sentry events and more - Add a live charging view to your Lock Screen - View real-time OBD-level diagnostics using Profiler - Use your Apple Watch to control your Tesla - Use your Mac or PC to control your Tesla from your web browser - Integrate your Tesla with Alexa, Home Assistant, HomeKit and more Plus, import your existing data from TezLab, TeslaFi, Teslascope and TeslaMate. All data is 100% yours. View it, use it, export it or delete it. Tessie is built from the ground up for security using industry-leading best practices. Terms: tessie.com/terms Have questions or need help? Chat with us at support@tessie.com!
Gate Code Keeper
Securely store, manage, and share various codes. Receive automatic code notifications based on your location. Shared codes update instantly for all users.
- Store and manage codes
- Share codes with others
- Location-aware notifications
- Automatic code updates
- Organize any code type
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Gate Code is the fastest way to store, find, and share the codes that get you through — HOA gates, storage units, lockboxes, safes, garage doors, wordlocks, and more. THE CODE YOU NEED, RIGHT WHEN YOU ARRIVE Add a location to any code and Gate Code watches it for you. Pull up to the gate and your code is already on the lock screen — no unlocking your phone, no digging through notes. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • Home-screen widget with a satellite map of your nearest gate • Apple Watch app and complication • CarPlay: your codes on the car screen when you arrive • Live Activities on the lock screen and Dynamic Island BUILT LIKE A VAULT • Dark, glanceable Digital Vault design • Hide code masks sensitive codes everywhere — tap to reveal • Choose per code what syncs to your watch and your car • Colorized codes make 0/O and 1/l unmistakable • Encrypted and synced across your devices SHARING THAT JUST WORKS Send a code to family, a guest, or a delivery driver with one link — they get the code and clear entry steps. You stay in control. MADE FOR PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Drivers, couriers, realtors, property managers, pilots, and anyone with more gates than memory. GATE CODE PRO Unlimited code storage with a monthly or annual plan — annual includes a 7-day free trial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tessie at 64% against Gate Code Keeper's 33%. Tessie also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Tessie sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Gate Code Keeper sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessie | Gate Code Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tessie | bretep llc |
Customer experience
Tessie
Gate Code Keeper
Bugs and requests
Tessie
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inaccurate weather data
- Missing trip and charging history
- Unreliable Apple Watch integration
Requested features
4 requests- Charging schedule and preconditioning options
- More customization and widget support
- Sentry mode camera access
- Improved Apple Watch reliability
Gate Code Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tessie
- Legacy14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Legacy14 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
- Legacy1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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- Basic14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro14 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Pro14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Legacy14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Tessie14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Legacy14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Tessie1 Month trial$69.991 Year
- Basic14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Pro14 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Pro14 Days trial$149.991 Year
- Legacy (Lifetime)$199.99
- Tessie$399.99
Gate Code Keeper
- Pro Access Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Access Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Access Annual$9.991 Year
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- Pro Access Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Pro Access Lifetime$59.99
