VLink vs Phone As Key
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VLink
Manage your smart door locks remotely with this app. It offers live streaming, home management, and device control for a truly intelligent living experience. Integrate your home devices into an efficient system for enhanced security, convenience, and comfort.
- Remote smart door lock control
- Live streaming of home security
- Home and device management
- Integrated home device system
- Enhanced home security and convenience
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VLink 智能生活App 是一个智能设备门锁管理工具，通过VLink 智能生活App，你可以遥控家中智能设备门锁，远程直播、家庭管理、设备管理等功能服务，体验真正的智能生活。 VLink 智能生活App 将家居生活的设备集成，构建高效的住宅设施与家庭日程事务的管理系统，提升家居安全性、便利性、舒适性、艺术性，并实现环保节能的居住环境。
Phone As Key
This app transforms your smartphone into a smart car key, offering keyless entry and remote control for compatible vehicles. It also enables secure key sharing with customizable permissions and time limits.
- Keyless entry
- Remote vehicle control
- Smart key sharing
- Permission and time limit settings
- Vehicle access management
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Smart Vehicle Control, Keyless Entry, Smart Key Sharing The Mobile Key is an advanced car key application designed to provide a convenient and secure vehicle access and control experience. This app integrates the functions of a traditional vehicle key into a simple and user-friendly platform via a smartphone, offering users more flexibility and smarter ways to manage KGM vehicles. Remote Vehicle Control: Users can exercise comprehensive control over their vehicles using the mobile key. Keyless Entry System: Users can unlock the car doors automatically just by approaching the vehicle, without the need for a traditional physical key. Smart Key Sharing Feature: Supports smart vehicle sharing, allowing users to set permissions and time limits, enhancing vehicle utilization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phone As Key at 4.0 against VLink's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Phone As Key holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
VLink ships an update every 2 weeks, Phone As Key every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VLink | Phone As Key |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yimai Cloud (Shenzhen) Intelligent Technology Co., LTD | Shenzhen Ecartek Technology, Ltd. |
Customer experience
VLink
Phone As Key
In-app purchases
VLink
No in-app purchases
Phone As Key
No in-app purchases
