Message Templates vs SentriKey Real Estate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message Templates
Save and quickly send frequently used text snippets via messaging and email. This app helps you reuse common phrases, saving time and effort in communication.
- Save text snippets
- Send via Messages
- Send via Mail
- Reuse common phrases
- Intuitive interface
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Message Templates is a simple and intuitive application that let's you save small snippets of text, that you can send (and resend) via Messages and Mail.
SentriKey Real Estate
This app streamlines real estate tasks by allowing direct management of lockboxes, including opening, assigning ownership, and accessing listing details. It offers convenient features like one-day codes and access log viewing, even offline via Bluetooth.
- Open and manage lockboxes
- Assign/unassign lockbox ownership
- Access property data
- View access logs
- Use offline via Bluetooth
- Get one-day codes
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SentriLock just made REALTORS® job a lot easier. The new SentriKey™ Real Estate app features a new look, clearer prompts, and an action-based layout so you can perform key tasks in just seconds. - Open and manage SentriLock lockboxes directly from the SentriKey™ Real Estate app - Use our Apple Watch App to open SentriLock lockboxes - Release the shackle - Take ownership of lockboxes - Assign or Unassign lockbox ownership - Open Bluetooth® lockboxes with SentriKey™ app via Bluetooth® even when Internet service is unavailable Additional functions include: - Instant access and showing notifications when Internet service is available - Uses your current location for easy selection of lockboxes assigned to a listing - Get one day codes, where applicable - View access logs - Assign to or Remove a lockbox from a listing - Property Data Integration feature allows you to access all the detailed listing information you need
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Message Templates at 4.8 against SentriKey Real Estate's 3.1. Message Templates also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 47%). SentriKey Real Estate's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (420 vs 14). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Message Templates holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SentriKey Real Estate has 420 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Message Templates's written reviews are positive against 47% of SentriKey Real Estate's.
Message Templates ships an update every 5 months, SentriKey Real Estate fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Message Templates | SentriKey Real Estate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better | 3.1 (420 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 46.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 420 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Square Bracket Software Ltd | SentriLock |
Customer experience
Message Templates
SentriKey Real Estate
User reviews
Message Templates
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Saves time and effort
- ✅ Works as expected
- 🌟 Highly recommended
- 💡 Fills a needed gap on iPhone
Room to improve
- 🐛 App deleted template
- ⚠️ Not integrated with native messaging
- ❌ Cannot reply to emails/conversations directly
- 📉 Can be slow sometimes
SentriKey Real Estate
From 420 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🔒 Secure lockboxes
- 👍 Convenient features
- 🚀 Flexible access
- 👍 User-friendly app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔍 Slow and sluggish performance
- 🤔 Missing basic features
- 🤔 Frustrating user experience
Bugs and requests
Message Templates
Reported bugs
3 issues- App deleted template
- Does not work on iOS 7
- Recipient not saved as part of template
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to name templates
- Picture support
- Message header/Subject Line for sorting
- Ability to write templates in CSV or Outlook and load
- Ability to group messages
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- Specify email subjects and recipients as part of a template
- Easier to use phone pad
- SMS a caller at the time of call
- Insert templates into reply texts
- Add titles for each template
- Group messages
SentriKey Real Estate
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes and crashes frequently
- Bluetooth option missing on some devices
- Lockbox communication issues and errors
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
- App updates causing more problems than fixes
Requested features
5 requests- Allow updating payment info in app
- Improve Bluetooth connectivity
- Faster and more reliable app performance
- Bring back ShowingTime integration
- Add ability to manage lockboxes from app
In-app purchases
Message Templates
No in-app purchases
SentriKey Real Estate
No in-app purchases
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