Comparison

ekey home app vs BlueBOLT Mobile

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

Head to head
About

ekey home app

Manage your ekey home finger scanner from your smartphone. Easily add or remove users, enroll fingerprints, and set access times for secure and convenient control of your property.

Highlights
  • User administration
  • Fingerprint enrollment
  • Access control settings
  • Security code management
  • User photo addition
  • System configuration
Features
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The ekey home app is a program for controlling and managing the ekey home finger scanner integra 2.0 Bluetooth. All of the key functions of the biometric ekey finger scanner access control system can be set in a flash via your smartphone. In just a few clicks, you can create new users or delete authorizations, enroll user fingers, or add photos to user records. Simple, convenient, and secure. The pairing and encryption of the data packages between the finger scanner and smartphone ensure maximum security. Thanks to the mandatory and freely selectable 4 to 6-digit app security code, your smartphone cannot be used as a key by unauthorized persons if it is stolen. MAIN FUNCTIONS Security and system: - Entering or changing security codes - Entering or changing security user coupling codes (since finger scanner version: 6.14.5.23) - Authorizing administrators - Resetting the system to default settings User administration: - Creating or deleting users - Enabling and disabling users - Adding user photos - Scanning in and assigning user fingers System settings: - Setting access and relay switch times - Setting LED brightness - Enabling/disabling Bluetooth of the finger scanner (since finger scanner version: 6.14.5.23)

About

BlueBOLT Mobile

Remotely control and monitor energy usage of electronic devices. Enables remote reboots, scheduled power cycles, and proactive troubleshooting for professional integrators. Manage all customer installations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time remote control and monitoring
  • Remote reboots of devices
  • Scheduled power conservation
  • Proactive issue notification
  • View all locations and devices
  • Tag high-priority items
  • Fast and simple installation
Features
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BlueBOLT® IP Power Management delivers real-time remote control and monitoring of the energy used by your electronic devices, enabling remote reboots, scheduled conservation & more. For professional audio/visual and smart home control integrators, BlueBOLT pairs with select Panamax and Furman branded power products, renown to deliver the best in power protection, performance and management for mission-critical projects world-wide. BlueBOLT reduces service calls by enabling remote reboots of problem devices; it maximizes network health with scheduled power cycles; and self-heals network devices to save time and money. Plus, BlueBOLT can be managed from anywhere with an internet connection. BlueBOLT lets you monitor and manage all your customers’ installations, with proactive notices that enable you to remotely troubleshoot and fix problems before your customer realizes that something is not working right. BlueBOLT Mobile puts this power right on your phone or mobile device, helping you deliver exceptional service to all your customers, with mobile support that eliminates unnecessary truck rolls. BlueBOLT Mobile works hand-in-hand with the more robust BlueBOLT desktop app, with visibility into all your locations, via either mobile or desktop. Locations and Devices View not only all your locations, but all devices within each location connected to BlueBOLT. Watchlist BlueBOLT Watchlist enables tagging of high priority locations & devices, those that deserve special attention. Combined with location and device filtering, BlueBOLT Mobile lets you quickly identify potential issues – again, before your customer even knows there’s an issue. Power-Cycle Often a problem can be fixed by turning the affected component off and then on. BlueBOLT Mobile enables this right from your phone. Fast, Simple Installation BlueBOLT makes it easy to add locations and devices. And if you already have a BlueBOLT desktop account, your locations and devices will be immediately available on BlueBOLT Mobile. Protection and Performance BlueBOLT provides the remote management, while the BlueBOLT-enabled Panamax and Furman power conditioners set the gold standard in protection and performance for connected electronic equipment. It’s a winning combination. Some of the icons used on this app are provided by SVG Icon Libraries and Custom Icon Font Organizer IcoMoon http://icomoon.io/ and it's designers. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Screenshots

ekey home app4 screens
BlueBOLT Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlueBOLT Mobile at 83% against ekey home app's 20%. BlueBOLT Mobile also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (31 vs 2). ekey home app's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

BlueBOLT Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlueBOLT Mobile has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of ekey home app's written reviews are positive against 83% of BlueBOLT Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ekey home app ships an update every 6 months, BlueBOLT Mobile every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ekey home app versus BlueBOLT Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterekey home appBlueBOLT Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.3 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerekey biometric systems GmbHCore Brands LLC

Customer experience

ekey home app

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

BlueBOLT Mobile

All ratings31 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

ekey home app

No in-app purchases

None

BlueBOLT Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ekey home app free?
ekey home app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueBOLT Mobile free?
BlueBOLT Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ekey home app or BlueBOLT Mobile?
BlueBOLT Mobile is rated higher. ekey home app averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BlueBOLT Mobile averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do ekey home app or BlueBOLT Mobile have ads?
Neither ekey home app nor BlueBOLT Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ekey home app or BlueBOLT Mobile?
ekey home app ships an update every 6 months, and BlueBOLT Mobile every 7 months. Most recently, ekey home app was updated on October 24, 2026 and BlueBOLT Mobile on October 24, 2026.

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