acre One vs MyESX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
acre One
Manage mobile credentials and engage with cardholders. This app provides two-factor authentication, password-less login, and the ability to unlock doors. Users can also audit their access history and receive security notifications.
- Mobile credential management
- Two-factor authentication
- Password-less login
- Door unlocking
- Access history audit
- Push notifications
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acre One is the premier mobile credentialing and cardholder engagement app. With acre One, cardholder credentials are managed directly within acre Security, including ID assignment and credential revocation. Additional functionality includes 2 factor authentication for access authorization at doors, password-less login capabilities to acre's cloud-based access control and visitor management applications, and the ability to momentarily unlock assigned doors. Plus, acre One allows employees to audit their own door access history and receive important push notifications directly to their phone from security administrators.
MyESX
Enhance your event participation by personalizing your schedule, arranging meetings with exhibitors, and accessing session materials. This tool facilitates networking with industry peers, fostering ongoing discussions.
- Customize event experience
- Flag important sessions
- Set meetings with exhibitors
- Download session content
- Connect with security professionals
- Keep conversations going
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Customize your event experience with the ESX - Electronic Security Expo - App. With MyESX, you're able to flag important sessions, set meetings with exhibitors and download session content. Connect with security professionals before and after the event to keep the conversations going! This is Security Connected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyESX at 4.8 against acre One's 1.7. MyESX also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 14). acre One's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 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.
MyESX holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 48 respectively.
acre One ships an update every 2 months, MyESX every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | acre One | MyESX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Feenics Inc. | Electronic Security Association |
Customer experience
acre One
MyESX
In-app purchases
acre One
No in-app purchases
MyESX
No in-app purchases
