HID Mobile Access vs Envoy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HID Mobile Access
Unlock doors and gates using your smartphone. This app securely grants access after your organization has been set up with compatible readers and your administrator issues Mobile IDs. It enhances the door opening experience by detecting readers even when the app is closed.
- Unlock doors and gates with smartphone
- Secure Mobile IDs
- Reader detection when app is closed
- Location services for reader detection
- Organization setup required
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HID Mobile Access® merges security with convenience by enabling a smartphone or other mobile device to securely open a door or gate. If you would like to start using HID Mobile Access® in your organization please visit http://www.hidglobal.com/services/mobile-access to learn more about the service and compatible readers. The App will only be useful to you once your organization has been setup with compatible readers and your security administrator can issue Mobile IDs. To improve the door opening experience, we detect readers when the app is not open. Location Services is used exclusively for this purpose.
Envoy
Streamline your office experience with tools for coordinating schedules, navigating workspaces, and booking desks or rooms. Manage visitor invitations, track deliveries, and report workplace issues efficiently.
- Coordinate office schedules
- Interactive workplace maps
- Book desks and rooms
- Invite and track visitors
- Package delivery notifications
- Report workplace issues
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Make your workplace work better for you with Envoy. Coordinate your office schedule with coworkers, see where to go with workplace maps, reserve the perfect desk, book a nearby conference room, invite visitors, see past visits, get notified about packages, report workplace issues, and more. COORDINATE YOUR OFFICE SCHEDULE Set your schedule for hybrid work. Easily see who plans to work onsite each day so you can plan to be there too. Invite coworkers to join you in person for collaborative work. NAVIGATE WITH INTERACTIVE WORKPLACE MAPS Know where to go and who to meet in the office. Find where your coworkers are sitting, book meeting rooms, see visitor details, and know where to pick up deliveries–all from the interactive workplace map. EASILY BOOK THE PERFECT DESK Book a desk by the hour, day, or week. Find a desk with the amenities you need to be comfortable and productive in the workplace. Save a spot by your team, favorite coworkers, or key collaborators to get things done. BOOK A ROOM FOR LAST-MINUTE MEETINGS Easily find the closest available meeting room on the interactive workplace map, so you can book a space, even when you’re on the go. Check in to your next meeting right from your phone, or free up the room for someone else. INVITE VISITORS & GET NOTIFIED WHEN THEY ARRIVE Invite guests to your office and keep track of who is scheduled to arrive and when, so you’re prepared for every visit. Receive a notification when your visitor arrives so your guest is never kept waiting. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR DELIVERIES Get notified as soon as your package arrives and easily confirm once you’ve picked it up, so you feel confident getting mail delivered to work. REPORT WORKPLACE ISSUES Create tickets right on your phone, including taking photos and noting the location of issues in the moment, so your facilities and IT teams can resolve them quickly. VIEW PAST VISITS Automatically maintain an up-to-date record of your workplace visits with Envoy Passport™.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Envoy at weekly against HID Mobile Access's every 3 months. HID Mobile Access's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for HID Mobile Access against 4.7 for Envoy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.5K and 18K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of HID Mobile Access's written reviews are positive against 18% of Envoy's.
HID Mobile Access ships an update every 3 months, Envoy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HID Mobile Access | Envoy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.5K ratings) | 4.7 (18K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.3% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.5K | 18K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HID Global | Envoy, Inc. |
Customer experience
HID Mobile Access
Envoy
User reviews
HID Mobile Access
From 8.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient and reliable
- 🔒 Secure mobile access
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🔑 Convenient alternative to physical keys
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🔍 Privacy concerns around location access
- ⏱️ Slow response times
- 🔒 Requires app to be open/unlocked
Envoy
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Seamless office integration
- 👍 Cools features
- 👍 Does everything it needs to do
- 👍 Excellent back to work app
- 👍 High quality app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Terrible functionality, constant glitches
- 🐛 Bad user experience
- 🐛 It got a lot worse
- 🐛 Buggy, barely usable
- 🐛 Buggy and laggy
Bugs and requests
HID Mobile Access
Reported bugs
4 issues- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- Conflicts with Apple Pay
- Unreliable unlock detection
- Disappearing widget functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Integration with Apple Wallet
- Standalone Apple Watch functionality
- Customizable settings (e.g. favorite readers)
- Improved background/locked-screen operation
Envoy
Reported bugs
6 issues- Notification toast covers over the functionality
- Randomly reallocated the desks booked
- Camera no longer works
- Crashes for entire company
- Booking desks in the future has some date issues
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- Your schedule feature not working
Requested features
5 requests- Make booking desks easier please
- Dark mode option
- Recurring schedules
- Recently visited office locations
- Can add to wallet
In-app purchases
HID Mobile Access
No in-app purchases
Envoy
No in-app purchases









