Q vs Speco Access Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q
Control Q-SYS systems remotely from your iOS device. Design custom user interfaces in Q-SYS Designer software to manage various system elements like audio, video, and lighting. Offers extensive control capabilities for a seamless user experience.
- Remote system control
- Customizable user interfaces (UCIs)
- Source selection
- PTZ camera control with video preview
- Lighting dimmer control
- Volume faders
- Signal meters
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Control Q-SYS systems from your iOS device! Within Q-SYS Designer software, user control interfaces (UCIs) can be created, and nearly any element in the system can be placed in the UCIs for control and monitoring. This enables a near limitless array of control capability, all from your iOS device, including source selection buttons, Q-SYS PTZ camera controls (with video preview frames), lighting dimmer controls, projector on/off selector, signal meters, screen up/down, snapshot recall, volume control faders, and more. This app is designed for use with QSC's Q-SYS Platform only. Q-SYS UCI deployment onto a Core processor for use with TSC touch screens, UCI viewer for PC and iOS app requires license activation. Visit www.qsc.com/uci for more details.
Speco Access Control
Manage multiple access control systems remotely. View event logs with associated video, review door and cardholder information, and adjust threat levels as needed. Systems can be added via QR code or IP address.
- Remote access control management
- View event logs with video
- Review door and cardholder data
- Adjust threat levels
- Add systems via QR code or IP
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Speco Access allows iOS users to remotely work with access control systems now available from Speco Technologies. Users can work with multiple access control systems and with each system, view event logs with video, review doors and card holders along with view/change threat levels depending on circumstance. Access control systems can be added using a QR code scanned in at setup time as well as via IP addresses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speco Access Control at 3.8 against Q's 3.0. Speco Access Control also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Q's advantage is review sentiment (19% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). 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.
Speco Access Control holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Q has 53 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of Q's written reviews are positive against 0% of Speco Access Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Q ships an update every 3 months, Speco Access Control every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q | Speco Access Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (53 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QSC Audio Products, LLC. | Components Specialties, Inc |
Customer experience
Q
Speco Access Control
In-app purchases
Q
No in-app purchases
Speco Access Control
No in-app purchases
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