Comparison

e vs Parakey

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

e

Securely access and manage all your digital mail from companies and public authorities in one place. Sign documents, pay bills, organize mail with a multi-level folder structure, and store important personal documents like an online bank vault.

Highlights
  • Digital mail access
  • Secure document signing
  • Bill payment
  • Multi-level folder organization
  • Mail management gestures
  • Shared mailbox access
  • Personal document storage
Features
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With e-Boks you can access your mail digitally and securely from both companies and public authorities, anywhere and anytime. Our app provides you with a range of options to organize your mail. But e-Boks is much more than just a digital mailbox: - Sign documents digitally. The documents are easily signed using MitID and saved in e-Boks. - Pay bills. Pay your bills directly in e-Boks. Pay with credit card or Betalingsservice. - e-Boks supports a multi-level folder structure unlike any other digital mailboxes out there, allowing you to organize your mail in a perfect tree structure. - Mail management at your fingertips. Just swipe right to mark a message as read, or swipe left to archive. - Read and manage mail that others have given you access to. - Upload important personal documents. e-Boks is like an online bank vault, which allows you to store everything from mortgage deeds and birth certificates to photographs of your valuables for insurance claims. We are also introducing e-Boks Plus. Here you can access a range of services which are designed to make your everyday life easier and more convenient. You decide which services you want to add, and you always have full control over the content. We are continuously adding new services and you are invited to share feedback and submit ideas to e-Boks Plus through the app. It is easy to get started. You simply log-on as you are used to. If you are new to e-Boks we recommend creating a user with your MitID to get access to all features of the app.

About

Parakey

Transform your smartphone into a digital key for various locked spaces like offices and parking garages. This app eliminates the need for physical keys, fobs, or cards, offering convenient access even without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Smartphone as a digital key
  • Access locked spaces without internet
  • Automatic door detection
  • NFC sticker unlocking
  • Lock screen widgets
Features
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Use your smartphone as a key to locked spaces, such as the office, parking garage or gym – even without internet access. No more physical keys, fobs or entry cards to keep track of! — Features — • Automatic detection of doors you are close to and have access to – no need to scroll through long lists of doors • Tap your phone on a Parakey NFC sticker to unlock • Add widgets to open the app or NFC reader from the lock screen • Access to many locked spaces? Your frequently unlocked ones are displayed at the top • ... and much more! — Requirements — • Parakey-devices installed in the locked areas • You need to be invited by an administrator in order to create an account and login as a user • iPhone 6s or greater • iOS 15.0 or greater

Screenshots

e4 screens
Parakey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: e at 4.7 against Parakey's 3.0. e also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). Parakey's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 36%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

e holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: e has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of e's written reviews are positive against 50% of Parakey's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 4 weeks, Parakey every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
e versus Parakey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereParakey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developere-BoksParakey AB

Customer experience

e

All ratings1,610 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative50.0%

Parakey

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

e

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes after 5.4.0 update
  • Login loop issue with multiple accounts
  • Unable to log in with NemID

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Biometric login (e.g., FaceID) support
  • Simplified login process

Parakey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

None

Parakey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parakey free?
Parakey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, e or Parakey?
e is rated higher. e averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Parakey averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do e or Parakey have ads?
Neither e nor Parakey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, e or Parakey?
e ships an update every 4 weeks, and Parakey every 5 weeks. Most recently, e was updated on September 25, 2026 and Parakey on September 24, 2026.

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