Virtual Keypad vs SmartBar Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Keypad
Control your home or business security system remotely. Arm/disarm, manage lights, locks, thermostats, and view live camera feeds. Automate actions and receive important notifications.
- Arm and disarm security system
- Control smart home devices
- View live and recorded camera footage
- Automate system actions
- Receive event notifications
- Manage user access
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The Virtual Keypad™ App gives you control of your security system on-the-go. Connect to your home or business system to arm or disarm, control lights, locks, thermostats and more, easily with your app. Even view and record video from your security cameras. With the Virtual Keypad App, you can: • Arm and disarm your system • View what’s happening at your home or business • Control Z-Wave-connected devices such as thermostats, lights, locks and garage doors individually or all at once • Set up Actions to automatically control your system throughout the day • View and control Z-Wave devices using a photo or a security camera • Receive notifications when doors are opened or closed • View security cameras and your recorded clips • Add users to your security system from your app • Search your complete system event history • Cancel or verify alarms with live video view The app requires a compatible control panel and connected service. For more information about upgrading your alarm system, contact your DMP installing alarm company today. All features may not come standard with your app. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
SmartBar Mobile
This app helps restaurant and bar operators manage draft beer inventory and reduce variances. It provides real-time monitoring of poured ounces, automatic reconciliation with POS data, and access to brand performance reports. Features include accurate inventory management, ordering, and automated alerts.
- Real-time draft beer monitoring
- Automatic POS reconciliation
- Brand performance reports
- Inventory management & ordering
- Web-based data access
- Automated alerts
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BeerBoard's unique beverage inventory management and control solution that helps restaurant and bar operators easily manage draft beer inventory and reduce variances (the difference between ounces poured and ounces sold). *Only for existing clients of BeerBoard. For more information about the product or to subscribe to the program please call us at 888-298-3641. Features + Accurate & real-time monitoring of every ounce of draft beer poured + Automatic reconciliation of Oz poured with Oz sold from the POS system + Real-time access to brand performance reports + Accurate inventory management, ordering, & receiving + Web-based access to data by day, shift, hour, or minute + Automated email and text alerts at the store, regional, & corporate levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartBar Mobile at 5.0 against Virtual Keypad's 4.3. SmartBar Mobile also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Virtual Keypad's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
SmartBar Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Keypad has 13K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Virtual Keypad's written reviews are positive against 100% of SmartBar Mobile's.
Virtual Keypad ships an update every 2 weeks, SmartBar Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Keypad | SmartBar Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 289 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Digital Monitoring Products, Inc. | US Beverage Net |
Customer experience
Virtual Keypad
SmartBar Mobile
Bugs and requests
Virtual Keypad
Reported bugs
5 issues- Timed out connections
- Unresponsive app controls
- Incorrect alarm status display
- Delayed push notifications
- Compatibility issues with updates
Requested features
6 requests- Improved scheduling options
- Customizable notifications
- Apple Watch app support
- Enhanced camera integration
- Geofencing automation
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- Streamlined user management
SmartBar Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Virtual Keypad
No in-app purchases
SmartBar Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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