LoungeKey vs BeforeBoarding
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LoungeKey
Access a global network of airport lounges and experiences with your payment card. Enjoy contactless entry, check visit entitlements, and discover dining, spa, and sleep pods in over 700 airports worldwide. Elevate your travel journey with additional services and benefits.
- Contactless entry with Digital Card
- Check visit entitlement and history
- Search and save lounges/experiences
- Access global airport lounges
- Discover dining, spa, and sleep pods
- Unlock additional travel services
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Download the LoungeKey™ app today - the must-have travel companion for LoungeKey cardholders. Register your account in the app with your payment card details to access a global network of airport lounges and experiences, including dining, spa and sleep pods in over 700 airports worldwide. •Enjoy contactless entry with your Digital Card •Stay up to date, check your current visit entitlement and history •Search for lounges and experiences, and save your favourites •Unlock more with access to additional Travel Services and benefits that elevate your travel journey Enhance your airport experience with the LoungeKey app.
BeforeBoarding
Manage airport VIP lounges and hotel services. This app provides access to lounge operations at multiple international airports in the Dominican Republic. It offers a streamlined way to oversee these hospitality services.
- Airport VIP lounge management
- Hotel management
- Concession operations
- Multiple airport locations
- Service oversight
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Before Boarding’s main line of business is the management of airport VIP Lounges and the management of the hotels. Before Boarding has held the concession to operate the VIP lounges at: ->Santo Domingo’s Las Américas International Airport. ->Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata ->International Airport from Santiago de Los Caballeros. ->Samaná International Airport. All of them located in the Dominican Republic, since 1 June 2013.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LoungeKey at 4.8 against BeforeBoarding's 3.3. LoungeKey also leads on ratings volume (17K vs 18) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
LoungeKey holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LoungeKey has 17K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of LoungeKey's written reviews are positive against 20% of BeforeBoarding's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LoungeKey | BeforeBoarding |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17K ratings) — better | 3.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lounge Key Ltd | Softimatic RD, S.R.L |
Customer experience
LoungeKey
BeforeBoarding
Bugs and requests
LoungeKey
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to register or create account
- App crashes on launch or login
- Validation errors when adding payment card
- Incorrect lounge information in the app
Requested features
4 requests- Add digital card to mobile wallet
- Display remaining free visits
- Improve lounge search and booking
- Provide better customer support
BeforeBoarding
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LoungeKey
No in-app purchases
BeforeBoarding
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LoungeKey free?
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