Next lock vs Sifely Smart Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next lock
This app offers intelligent and safe property security solutions. It aims to provide a secure environment for your assets through advanced features.
- Intelligent property security
- Safe property management
- Secure asset protection
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Next lock，Secure your properties intelligently&safely
Sifely Smart Lock
Manage access to your property remotely. Create temporary passcodes, grant fingerprint access, and send digital keys to guests or residents. Control all access methods from a single, intuitive interface.
- Create passcodes
- Add gateways
- Add fingerprints
- Send eKeys
- Manage all access methods in one app
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Sifely Smart Lock is a great solution for rental property management, Airbnb short-term rental hosts, and self-housing resident. One can easily create passcodes, add gateways, add fingerprints and send eKeys with Sifely Smart Lock. It manages all codes, gateways, fingerprints and eKeys in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sifely Smart Lock at fortnightly against Next lock's every 3 months. Next lock's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 22%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for Next lock against 2.6 for Sifely Smart Lock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 82 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Next lock's written reviews are positive against 22% of Sifely Smart Lock's.
Next lock ships an update every 3 months, Sifely Smart Lock fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Next lock | Sifely Smart Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (74 ratings) — better | 2.6 (82 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews — better | 21.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 407 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 皎 王 | Sifely |
Customer experience
Next lock
Sifely Smart Lock
In-app purchases
Next lock
No in-app purchases
Sifely Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
