Philips Home Access vs Sifely Smart Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Philips Home Access
Manage your smart home devices and create a connected living experience. This application offers secure control over your smart devices, allowing for remote operation and simplified management of your smart life.
- Smart device management
- Build smart life automation
- Secure access control
- Convenient remote control
- Simple and intuitive interface
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All-New Philips Home Access App, manage your smart devices and build your smart life.
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 rating: Philips Home Access at 3.7 against Sifely Smart Lock's 2.6. Philips Home Access also leads on ratings volume (550 vs 88) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Philips Home Access holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Philips Home Access has 550 ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Philips Home Access's written reviews are positive against 23% of Sifely Smart Lock's.
Philips Home Access ships an update every 2 weeks, Sifely Smart Lock every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Philips Home Access | Sifely Smart Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (550 ratings) — better | 2.6 (88 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews — better | 22.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 550 — better | 88 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Conex Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | Sifely |
Customer experience
Philips Home Access
Sifely Smart Lock
Bugs and requests
Philips Home Access
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Constant log-out issues
- Bluetooth pairing problems
- Firmware update failures
Requested features
4 requests- Apple Watch app support
- Facial recognition login
- Customizable auto-lock settings
- Improved password management
Sifely Smart Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Philips Home Access
No in-app purchases
Sifely Smart Lock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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