LoungeKey vs Loungepedia
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.
Loungepedia
Discover airport lounges worldwide with insights from fellow travelers. This community-driven platform offers up-to-date information on lounge locations, amenities, and entry requirements. Contribute your own experiences to help build the ultimate lounge guide.
- Community-powered insights
- Global lounge discovery
- Detailed lounge information
- Amenity and entry requirements
- Real guest experiences
- Contribute your own reviews
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Join the first-ever community-driven platform for airport lounge discovery. Loungepedia harnesses the collective knowledge of travellers worldwide to create the most authentic, up-to-date and easy-to-use lounge guide available. COMMUNITY-POWERED INSIGHTS - Real experiences shared by fellow travellers - Browse user-contributed information about airport lounges globally - Access detailed information with lounge locations - Learn about amenities, entry requirements, and real guest experiences Help us shape the future of Loungepedia! As an early release, we're actively improving the app based on community feedback. Join our growing network of contributors and be part of creating the ultimate resource for airport lounge information. Perfect for: - Frequent travelers who want to share their knowledge - Aviation enthusiasts eager to contribute - Anyone seeking authentic lounge information - Travelers looking to discover new lounges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loungepedia at 89% against LoungeKey's 21%. Loungepedia also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). LoungeKey's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 17) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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
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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LoungeKey has 17K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of LoungeKey's written reviews are positive against 89% of Loungepedia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LoungeKey ships an update fortnightly, Loungepedia every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LoungeKey | Loungepedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17K ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.4% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Lounge Key Ltd | Andrew Vilcsak |
Customer experience
LoungeKey
Loungepedia
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
Loungepedia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LoungeKey
No in-app purchases
Loungepedia
No in-app purchases
