Supra eKEY vs RefBid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Supra eKEY
This app provides real estate professionals with secure and efficient access to properties. It allows for easy opening of keyboxes, customization of access, and access to valuable property information to enhance client service.
- Open keyboxes with PIN or biometrics
- Manage keybox settings and access hours
- Track keyboxes and view showing notifications
- Access MLS listing information offline
- Create and manage buyer profiles
- View property notes and agent contact info
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Use your phone as your lockbox key! The Supra eKEY app allows real estate professionals efficient, authorized access to listings. Open lockboxes easily using a PIN, biometrics. The eKEY app is part of the original Supra system and works alongside the SupraWEB tool. Use this app if your Association/MLS has not yet upgraded to Supra One. Are you looking for lockbox access with Supra Showings or Showing Management powered by BrokerBay? Search for Supra One in the App Store. The Supra eKEY app allows real estate professionals efficient, authorized access to properties for sale. Open lockboxes easily using a PIN, the phone’s biometric feature or the Apple Watch. The app also provides access to powerful information that opens the doors to a higher level of service for your clients. eKEY Basic Service provides the following features: • Obtain listing keys • Easily place lockboxes on properties • Keep track of lockboxes • View or change lockbox settings • Customize lockbox access hours, agent note, flyer, business card in lockbox • Sending showing notifications when showing starts and ends • Viewing showing details in app • View data at the door real-time property notes eKEY Professional Service provides all of the features in eKEY Basic plus: • Create data at the door real-time property notes • View MLS listing information even while offline • View agent roster contact information • Create and save buyer profiles • View hotsheet listings • View map and directions to listings at the tap of a button • Create and view list of buyers • Invite buyers to use the Supra Home Tour app for rating homes • Recommend listings for buyers to view and rate in Supra Home Tour app • View and compare buyer home ratings • View buyer feedback on properties and compare by buyer or listing The Supra eKEY app is designed for real estate professionals who belong to an association or MLS using the Supra system. Contact your association or MLS to subscribe to eKEY service or to upgrade from eKEY Basic to eKEY Professional. Search terms: Supra, supra key, supra ekey, lockbox access, supra real estate
RefBid
This platform facilitates real estate agent referrals through a unique auction system. Verified agents compete for leads, with the best fit chosen based on profile and history, not just bid amount. It streamlines the referral process with legally binding in-app agreements.
- Realtor verification via state commissions and Stripe
- Auction-based agent bidding for leads
- In-app, legally binding referral agreements
- Agent market rankings and verified transaction history
- Nationwide coverage across all 50 states
- Real-time notification system
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RefBid is the first - patent-pending - full auction marketplace built exclusively for Realtor-to-Realtor referrals. You post the lead. Verified agents compete for it. The winner isn't chosen by bid amount - they're chosen by fit at your discretion. The agent with the best profile, the strongest market history, and the most compelling case for your client. A legally binding referral agreement is signed inside the app, instantly, by both sides, the moment you reach an agreement. Every step that used to happen informally, chaotically, and on the faith of a stranger's recommendation now has structure, accountability, and enforcement. Instead of cold-calling 2-3 agents and hoping one clicks, or worse going off the name most listed on Facebook, you have a field of verified professionals coming to you - resume in hand, ready to compete. Review the top candidates, then do something no Facebook group ever let you do: bring your client into the decision. Show them the 3 or 4 best fits. Let them weigh in. Clients who help choose their agent are far less likely to walk - because they're committed to someone they helped select, not someone assigned to them. And when you explain it to your client upfront, it lands completely differently. "I'm going to find you a top agent in that market through a verified professional network where agents compete for your business" is a different conversation than "I'll ask around on Facebook." One builds trust. One erodes it. Receiving Agents - Bid on leads that match your market Browse referral listings in the markets you serve. Each listing gives you enough detail to know whether the opportunity is worth pursuing before you ever place a bid. If you're awarded the referral, you pay a $185 acceptance fee and receive a signed referral agreement - not a DM, not a handshake. A real contract, executed inside the app, the moment the deal is made, as well as all contact information for the realtor and their broker. Every agent on RefBid is verified through their state Real Estate Commission and/or ARELLO, as well as ID & facial verification through Stripe upon registration, before they can post or bid. License confirmed. Brokerage confirmed. Identity confirmed. No anonymous profiles. No guessing whether someone is actually active and in good standing. Just verified professionals, competing on merit. Key Features Real Estate Commission / ARELLO License Verification - Stripe identity verification - every agent confirmed before they can participate Auction-Based Bidding - best agent wins, not first to comment, not always the highest bid In-App Referral Agreements - signed, stored, enforceable Market Rankings - see which markets the agent considers their primary turf, ranked 1-10 Track Record - past 10 closed transactions verified and displayed on every profile All 50 States - post or bid anywhere in the country Email, SMS + Push Notifications - know the moment a bid comes in or your referral is awarded No Subscriptions - ever. Post free. Bid free. Pay only when you get business. The Fee Structure - Simple. Transparent. Fair. Posting a listing - Free (once a bid at or above your minimum is placed, a $45 charge will be applied once to the referring realtor) Placing a bid - Free Accepting a referral award if selected - $185 flat, one time No monthly fees. No setup fees. No percentage of your commission. You only pay when you win a referral - and by then, you've already seen exactly what you're getting. RefBid's complete referral auction model is patent-pending. There is no other platform like this. Built for Realtors. By those who saw the problem firsthand. The referral process in real estate has been broken for decades - running on handshakes, near blind trust, DMs, and Facebook comments. RefBid brings it into the open, gets the client as involved as they'd like, makes it competitive, and makes it enforceable. RefBid. The referral network Realtors have always needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RefBid at 5.0 against Supra eKEY's 2.3. RefBid also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Supra eKEY's advantage is ratings volume (968 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
RefBid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Supra eKEY has 968 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Supra eKEY ships an update every 2 months, RefBid every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Supra eKEY | RefBid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (968 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 968 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supra | Refbid LLC |
Customer experience
Supra eKEY
RefBid
Bugs and requests
Supra eKEY
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes on latest iPhone models
- Bluetooth connectivity issues preventing access to lockboxes
- Payment screen glitches and inability to update billing info
- Inconsistent performance across different devices and OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic updates without user intervention
- Offline functionality for areas with no cell service
- Apple Watch complications support
- Improved UI and UX for programming lockboxes
RefBid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Supra eKEY
No in-app purchases
RefBid
No in-app purchases







