Centrios vs Private Security Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Centrios
Manage business access remotely with a smart lock system. Control locks, grant temporary access to staff and visitors, and monitor activity logs. Ideal for businesses needing secure and flexible entry management.
- Unlock and lock doors remotely
- Grant access to staff and visitors
- Create and edit access schedules
- View activity and access history
- Manage multiple locations
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Centrios is a smart access platform designed specifically for small and growing businesses just like yours. With our intuitive and easy-to-use app, you can connect your Centrios smart locks and smart readers to your business in the matter of seconds. With the Centrios app, you can: Unlock and lock your locks with the touch of your mobile phone. Grant access to staff and visitors to multiple devices. Create and edit access schedules. View recent activities including access history, low battery reports, and more. View system details including subscription level and user capacities. Manage and access multiple locations with a single sign on. Get started today!
Private Security Plus
Access and manage your video surveillance systems remotely. View live feeds, control pylon devices, playback recorded videos, and receive alarm notifications directly on your mobile device.
- Live video viewing
- Pylon device control
- Video playback
- Alarm notifications
- Cloud device management
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Private Security Plus can directly access video surveillance products through the network to meet your needs of viewing live events on your mobile phone, controlling the pylon, playing back videos, pushing alarms, managing cloud devices, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Private Security Plus at 5.0 against Centrios's 4.4. Private Security Plus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Centrios's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, 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.
Private Security Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Centrios has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Centrios ships an update every 6 weeks, Private Security Plus every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Centrios | Private Security Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 371 MB | 411 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Assa Abloy Of Canada Ltd | Private Security Plus LLC |
Customer experience
Centrios
Private Security Plus
In-app purchases
Centrios
No in-app purchases
Private Security Plus
No in-app purchases
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