DirectKey™ Toolkit vs CrossChex Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DirectKey™ Toolkit
This utility app allows users to commission, manage, and troubleshoot DirectKey™-enabled locks and BlueDiamond™ readers. It is designed for hospitality and commercial access control applications, requiring authorization and PIN codes for operation.
- Commission DirectKey™-enabled locks
- Manage BlueDiamond™ readers
- Troubleshoot access control hardware
- Mobile access management
- Requires authorization and PIN codes
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DirectKey Toolkit is a mobile application to commission DirectKey™-enabled locks and BlueDiamond™ readers for use in hospitality and commercial access control applications. DirectKey Toolkit is used to install, manage, or troubleshoot locks and wall readers fitted with a DirectKey Bluetooth® module or BlueDiamond broker. DirectKey Toolkit requires an authorization code and Personal Identification Number (PIN) code for operation.
CrossChex Cloud
This app allows employees to manage their work attendance, view schedules, and submit time-off requests conveniently. It integrates with desktop software for seamless time and attendance tracking, offering features like mobile clock-ins and access to timesheets.
- Mobile clock-in/out
- GPS attendance tracking
- View shift schedules
- Submit time-off requests
- Access timesheets
- Approve timesheets
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Allowing for more flexibility & convenience than ever! Employees can check their own attendance, and shift schedule and request time off & much more by using the CrossChex Cloud. The CrossChex Cloud app works in conjunction with Anviz CrossChex Cloud time and attendance software. Use the CrossChex Cloud app to clock in, punch in and out or use Anviz smart time clock devices for physical attendance. Employee Features Smart Mobile Punching and Tracking Employees can GPS remote punch and track their attendance records through CrossChex Cloud App. Punching in/out, overtime and lunch break. Easy Access to Timesheets Employees can view current and past timesheets.Timesheets & reports are generated by CrossChex Cloud. It's easy to approve timesheets to a supervisor. Easy to Check Shift Schedule and Submit Requests CrossChex Cloud App makes it easy for employees to check their own schedules and submit their time-off requests. Get started on CrossChex Cloud for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CrossChex Cloud at 5.0 against DirectKey™ Toolkit's 3.3. CrossChex Cloud also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). DirectKey™ Toolkit's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CrossChex Cloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DirectKey™ Toolkit has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DirectKey™ Toolkit ships an update every 3 months, CrossChex Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DirectKey™ Toolkit | CrossChex Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Onity | XTHINGS INDUSTRY LLC |
Customer experience
DirectKey™ Toolkit
CrossChex Cloud
In-app purchases
DirectKey™ Toolkit
No in-app purchases
CrossChex Cloud
No in-app purchases
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