Sentry Pass vs Wynd Sentry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sentry Pass
This app simplifies community entry management by allowing users to submit daily surveys and photos for visual validation. It issues scannable QR code passes that expire nightly and tracks visits with check-in/check-out functionality. Detailed reports provide insights into entries and allow for pass revocation.
- Daily surveys
- Photo submission for validation
- Programmable QR code passes
- Visit monitoring with check-in/out
- Detailed reports and notifications
- Pass revocation
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SENTRY (Safe Entry) is the easiest way to empower your community to fill out a survey. - It offers the following: - Daily Surveys Simple, daily surveys - Submit Photo Say cheese! Respondents submit a “selfie” photo for visual validation purposes. - SENTRY Pass Distribute daily passes Issue SENTRY passes that expire each night, with scannable, programmable QR codes. In the PunchAlert app or any web browser. Customize the colors, expiration times, and more. -Monitor Visits Check in with your Pass. Keep track of who is on property by enabling any scan of the SENTRY pass to check you in and out. No extra hardware required. Use any device’s camera app to do the scanning! - Reports and Notifications Review daily reports View detailed summary reports filtered by day, time, role, list, pass status, and check-in status. Drill down to evaluate successful or failed entries, and even revoke passes as necessary.
Wynd Sentry
This device detects cigarette, marijuana, and vape smoke, as well as loud parties in rental properties. Receive instant alerts for unwanted smoking, parties, and environmental issues. It offers powerful reporting to support reimbursement claims and notifies you of tampering.
- Detects cigarette, marijuana, and vape smoke
- Monitors noise levels to prevent parties
- Instant alerts for smoking and parties
- Reporting for reimbursement claims
- Tamper and disconnection notifications
- High accuracy smoke detection (>99%)
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What is Sentry? Sentry is the world's first non-intrusive device that protects your rental property by reliably detecting cigarette, marijuana, vape smoke*, and loud parties. • Be alerted instantly to unwanted smoking, parties, and other environment-related issues • Sentry airID™ technology detects cigarette, marijuana, and vape* smoke with > 99% accuracy* to prevent unwanted smoking before it starts • Monitor noise to prevent parties, damages, and neighbor complaints using industry-leading SiSonic™ MEMS technology • Powerful Reporting to Support Reimbursement Claims • Notified if device has been tampered with or is disconnected
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wynd Sentry at 4.1 against Sentry Pass's 3.9. Wynd Sentry also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 7). Sentry Pass's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wynd Sentry holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 23 respectively.
Sentry Pass ships an update every 2 months, Wynd Sentry every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sentry Pass | Wynd Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.1 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Punch Technologies, Inc. | Wynd Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sentry Pass
Wynd Sentry
In-app purchases
Sentry Pass
No in-app purchases
Wynd Sentry
No in-app purchases
