OpenPaths vs Communikey.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenPaths
Securely store and visualize your personal location history. Track your movements, upload data to a website for download in various formats, and control who can access your information. Offers API integration and runs with minimal battery drain.
- Location tracking
- Data visualization
- Data export (KML, JSON, CSV)
- Secure data locker
- API integration
- Background operation
- Minimal battery drain
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OpenPaths (https://openpaths.cc) is a secure data locker for personal location information. Using our iPhone app you can track your location, visualize where you've been, and upload your data to the OpenPaths website. You can then download your data from the website in a variety of friendly formats, including KML, JSON, and CSV. The OpenPaths API enables you to integrate your own software with the platform. You can keep your location history to yourself, or you can share it with specific research initiatives, art projects, or educational programs as you so choose. The OpenPaths online interface allows you to manage who has access to your data. Your data is secure on the encrypted OpenPaths servers and cannot be accessed by anyone without your express consent. OpenPaths is a new way for individuals to take ownership of, to work with, and to share the data that they generate in their daily lives. OpenPaths is a community project initiated by the Research and Development Lab at the New York Times Company. - Runs in the background - Minimal battery drain For more information, please visit https://openpaths.cc
Communikey.io
This application provides a comprehensive system for managing building access and permissions for individuals and companies. It allows for mobile control of door access, visitor communication, and access history tracking.
- Mobile door access control
- Visitor Unit Wi-Fi module
- Video/audio calls from Visitor Unit
- iOS app access control
- Event history access
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Сommunikey.io it's a product for private households, small and middle-companies with offices. It provides customers with a full cycle system for the whole control of people management who have access to their buildings and permissions for them at a reasonable price. Features: * using the mobile app to control door access; * Wi-Fi module on Visitor Unit; * video/audio calls from Visitor Unit to the required tenant; * enter access control from iOS app * own events history access from iOS app
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Verdict
OpenPaths and Communikey.io both sit at 2.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 44% of OpenPaths's written reviews are positive against 13% of Communikey.io's. OpenPaths also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). Communikey.io's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.3 for OpenPaths against 2.3 for Communikey.io. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Communikey.io has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of OpenPaths's written reviews are positive against 13% of Communikey.io's.
OpenPaths ships an update every 35 months, Communikey.io monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenPaths | Communikey.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 2.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, San Diego (Business Affairs) | Vantage Integration inc |
Customer experience
OpenPaths
Communikey.io
In-app purchases
OpenPaths
No in-app purchases
Communikey.io
No in-app purchases
