ekey home app vs iLOQ S50
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- User administration
- Fingerprint enrollment
- Access control settings
- Security code management
- User photo addition
- System configuration
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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)
iLOQ S50
Transform your NFC-enabled smartphone into a digital key. This app allows you to unlock iLOQ S50 locks and readers using your phone, provided you have been granted access rights by your system administrator. It offers a convenient and energy-harvesting method for secure access.
- Smartphone as a digital key
- NFC lock and reader access
- Energy harvesting from NFC
- Administrator-managed access rights
- Update access for physical keys/fobs
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With the iLOQ S50 app your smartphone becomes a key. By downloading the S50 app you can use your NFC-enabled phone to open iLOQ S50 locks and readers to which your locking system administrator has given you access rights. Opening locks is simple and convenient: Just place your phone’s NFC area close to the lock’s reader while the application is open and tap the lock icon on the screen. The reader harvests energy from the phone's NFC field and verifies your access rights for opening the lock. To use the S50 app as a key your phone number needs to be registered to a locking system by the administrator, after this you’ll receive a key registration message via SMS or email. Your access rights can also be updated at any time by the administrator, contact them for more info. The S50 app can also be used to update access rights to iLOQ K5 keys and K55S.2 Key Fobs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iLOQ S50 at 1.4 against ekey home app's 1.0. iLOQ S50 also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). ekey home app's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iLOQ S50 holds the better App Store score, 1.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLOQ S50 has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 20% and 20% positive.
ekey home app ships an update every 6 months, iLOQ S50 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ekey home app | iLOQ S50 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.4 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ekey biometric systems GmbH | iLOQ Ltd. |
Customer experience
ekey home app
iLOQ S50
In-app purchases
ekey home app
No in-app purchases
iLOQ S50
No in-app purchases









