Comparison

ButterflyMX vs Appointment King

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

Head to head
About

ButterflyMX

Control property access, including doors, gates, elevators, and garages, directly from your smartphone. Grant entry to visitors and deliveries remotely, and receive video calls for enhanced security. Manage all building access points seamlessly from one app.

Highlights
  • Open doors, gates, elevators, garages from smartphone
  • Grant visitor access remotely
  • Receive delivery notifications and grant access
  • Video calls with visitors before granting access
  • Manage all property access points
Features
Currently charting
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ButterflyMX makes property access simple. With the ButterflyMX mobile app, you can open doors, gates, elevators, and garages from your smartphone. Whether you’re coming home, welcoming a guest, or accepting a delivery, it’s all one tap away. Key mobile app features: - Property access from anywhere. Unlock any connected entry point on your property using your smartphone. - Visitor access made easy. Send Visitor Passes to friends, family, and trusted service workers so they can enter even when you’re not home. - Never miss another delivery. Share Delivery Passes and get notified when deliveries arrive to grant property access from anywhere. - Security you can see. Receive video calls and speak with your visitors before granting them property access. From front doors and garages to gates and elevators, ButterflyMX connects every access point in one secure, easy-to-use app, so property access is simple at your building.

About

Appointment King

Manage appointments, client history, and group schedules on the go. This mobile tool provides staff and management with insights into appointment performance and client engagement. Features include easy calendar views, availability color coding, and detailed reporting.

Highlights
  • Easy glance monthly view
  • Availability color coding
  • Intuitive day and month views
  • Appointment list view
  • Access to member history
  • Group class scheduling
Features
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The power of Appointment King in the palm of your hand but is only available only at participating licensed locations. Whether staff is checking schedules, adding or resolving appointments, viewing client history or more...it's now all possible using Appointment King Mobile. Logging in from a desktop browser provides front desk staff easy access to schedules and provides membership staff, fitness staff and management access to a robust set of tools. Easy to use tools keep everyone informed and provides management with deeper insight into appointment performance and the impact of staff to member engagement. Detailed reports include data on which staff is most effective at setting and completing appointments, how particular appointments affect retention, staff utilization and much more. Appointment King Mobile includes the following features: * 'Easy Glance' monthly view provides a quick way to check your availability * Availablity color coding makes it easy to determine when (and where) you can meet with members or clients * Intuitive month, and day views. * Appointment List View makes it easy to visualize upcoming appointments broken down by each day of the week * Access to member history * Group class scheduling * and more... If your facility isn't currently using Appointment King, contact us at info@appointmentking.com or (855) 703-5464.

Screenshots

ButterflyMX4 screens
Appointment King1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ButterflyMX at 51% against Appointment King's 0%. ButterflyMX also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months). Appointment King's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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

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

ButterflyMX holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ButterflyMX has 113K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of ButterflyMX's written reviews are positive against 0% of Appointment King's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ButterflyMX ships an update fortnightly, Appointment King every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ButterflyMX versus Appointment King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButterflyMXAppointment King
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (113K ratings) — better1.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews50.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113K — better14
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperButterflyMX, Inc.BGA Partners

Customer experience

ButterflyMX

All ratings112,895 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews397 reviews
Positive50.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative40.1%

Appointment King

All ratings14 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

ButterflyMX

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Missed notifications
  • Inconsistent door unlocking
  • Intercom call routing problems
  • Elevator access issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remote door opening option
  • Improved delivery workflow
  • Independent user controls
  • Accessibility improvements
  • Bluetooth/offline access

Appointment King

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ButterflyMX

No in-app purchases

None

Appointment King

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ButterflyMX free?
ButterflyMX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Appointment King free?
Appointment King is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ButterflyMX or Appointment King?
ButterflyMX is rated higher. ButterflyMX averages 4.9 out of 5 from 113K ratings, while Appointment King averages 1.9 from 14 ratings.
Do ButterflyMX or Appointment King have ads?
Neither ButterflyMX nor Appointment King shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ButterflyMX or Appointment King?
ButterflyMX ships an update fortnightly, and Appointment King every 10 months. Most recently, ButterflyMX was updated on October 25, 2026 and Appointment King on October 24, 2026.

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