Q vs Access Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Q
Access tide data for 60 inland locations in 2025, featuring tide charts and real-time graphs for yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Plan your activities with detailed information including 25 bridge clearances.
- 2025 tide levels for 60 locations
- Tide charts based on RWS data
- Real-time graphs for planning
- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow data
- 25 bridge clearances included
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Q-Tide 2025: - hoog- en laagwaterstanden van 60 binnenlandse locaties voor 2025, inclusief getijdengrafiek, gebaseerd op RWS. - real-time grafieken voor gisteren, vandaag en morgen voor een nog betere planning - 25 bruggen
Access Control
Monitor your home's entrance remotely. Receive video calls from your doorbell, see visitors, and converse with them. Unlock your door and even peek outside at any time, all from your smartphone.
- Receive video calls from external unit
- See and converse with visitors
- Unlock electronic door locks remotely
- Peek outside functionality
- Easy QR-code setup
- Share with family members
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This app allows you to receive calls from your Niko access control external video unit, to see who is ringing the doorbell and to have a conversation with your visitor wherever you are. With the peek outside functionality you can see the visitor before unlocking the door. What do you need? Please make sure your access control system and smartphone are both connected to the internet. With this app you can immediately receive calls after completing the installation process. Niko Access Control is available in several European languages. Features: • Easy setup by scanning the QR-code on the external video unit • Receive video calls from your external video unit, wherever you are • Unlock your electronic doorlock by using the app, wherever you are • Peek outside at any time • Share the app with family members • Personalize the name of your external/internal video unit • Select ring tones and adjust volume By downloading the app for Niko Access Control, you accept the terms and conditions that you can find on https://www.niko.eu/enus/legal/privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Access Control at Free against Q's $1.99. Access Control also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (21% vs 0%). Q's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Access Control is free to download; Q costs $1.99 up front. Q sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Access Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Q ships an update every 4 months, Access Control every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Q | Access Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 21.2% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeroen van Vianen | Niko n.v. |
Customer experience
Q
Access Control
In-app purchases
Q
- Q-Tide 2023 updateFree
- Update 2024Free
- Update 2026Free
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- Update 2025Free
- Q-Tide 2023 update$1.99
- Update 2024$1.99
- Update 2026$2.99
- Update 2025$2.99
Access Control
No in-app purchases
