Paxton Installer vs Professional ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paxton Installer
This app provides professional installers with quick access to product information, news, and troubleshooting tools for security solutions. It also features a rewards program for scanning installed products to earn points and increase partner status.
- Paxton Rewards Program
- Product information lookup
- Latest news updates
- Troubleshooting knowledge base
- Distributor locator
- Contact support information
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Paxton is a market leader in Access Control and building security solutions. The Installer App has been designed with our global network of professional installers in mind. In addition to a brand new Paxton Reward program, it provides quick and easy access to a wealth of product information including instructions, data sheets, applications notes, videos, news as well as introducing some handy new tools to make the installation of Paxton products even easier. Here's a list of some of the features you'll have access to when using the app: • NEW Paxton Rewards Program – Scan your Paxton products as you install them to earn points, increase your Paxton Partner status and then spend those points on Paxton products and other branded merchandise. • Product Info - Quickly locate the latest product information by either scanning the bar code, browsing using our quick search tool or entering the serial number or product description. • News - Stay up to date on the latest Paxton news. From new product releases to popular integrations you’ll see it here first! • Knowledge base - Search through our comprehensive knowledge base designed to help you troubleshoot common problems onsite. • Contact Us - We have a world class support team waiting to take your call, so if you can't find what you're looking for in the app, use this tool to find the contact information for your region. • Distributors - Paxton products are sold through a global network of market leading distributors. Use this tool to quickly identify the distributors we sell through within your region.
Professional ID
This app serves as a digital wallet for professionals to securely store their digital license and certificate ID cards. Users receive an invitation to add their credentials, and can opt-in to receive updates from their issuing authority directly within the app.
- Digital ID wallet
- Store license and certificate cards
- Receive invitation to add credentials
- Opt-in for authority updates
- Secure digital credential storage
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Professional ID App is a digital ID wallet used by professionals to store their digital license & certificate ID cards issued by the licensing and certification authority. In order to use this app and store your professional ID card on your mobile device, you must receive a digital ID card invitation email. If your authority is not registered with us and you would like to use this app, please have them contact us. Licensing and certification authorities are making ID cards more convenient and useful by offering them digitally. Cardholders can also opt-in to receive messages, updates, and information in the app from their licensing and certification authority. Didn’t get your card invitation email? Ask your licensing and certification authority to issue you a digital professional ID card through ID123 (https://www.id123.io).
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Verdict
Paxton Installer and Professional ID are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Paxton Installer against 4.9 for Professional ID. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 45 respectively.
Paxton Installer ships an update every 6 weeks, Professional ID every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paxton Installer | Professional ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (54 ratings) | 4.9 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 357 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paxton Access Ltd | ID123 Inc. |
Customer experience
Paxton Installer
Professional ID
In-app purchases
Paxton Installer
No in-app purchases
Professional ID
No in-app purchases
