Smart Alec @ Your Library vs Entry One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Alec @ Your Library
Access library services remotely from your smartphone or tablet. Print documents, reserve PCs, and pay fees without waiting in line. Streamline your library visits with convenient mobile access.
- Print emails, maps, and notes
- Sign up for library PCs
- Pay library charges
- Remote library service access
- Mobile printing
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Smart Alec enables convenient services from smart phones and tablets for participating libraries. Why wait in line when you can use Smart Alec to print email, maps, notes, graphics, etc. at the library; sign up to use a library-PC; or pay library charges whenever you like.
Entry One
Securely access gates and facilities using your smartphone. Grant temporary access to guests without the need for physical keys or codes, ensuring convenience and reliability.
- Secure gate and facility access
- Unlock doors with smartphone
- Send temporary guest passes
- Eliminate need for physical keys
- No more non-working access codes
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Thank you for choosing EntryOne, a free App created for you, the smartphone user to access gates and facilities securely and reliably. You can use the app to unlock the doors and send temporary pass to your guests. No more carrying hard and electronic keys! Never needing to worry about your guests waiting at the gate or having to punch a non-working code. Please leave a five star rating if you like the app. Contact us at support@entryone.com. Thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Entry One at 4.3 against Smart Alec @ Your Library's 1.7. Entry One also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 8%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months). Smart Alec @ Your Library's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 4). 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.
Entry One holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Alec @ Your Library has 52 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Smart Alec @ Your Library's written reviews are positive against 50% of Entry One's.
Smart Alec @ Your Library ships an update every 15 months, Entry One every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Alec @ Your Library | Entry One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (52 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Comprise Technologies, Inc. | ZENDACCESS, INC |
Customer experience
Smart Alec @ Your Library
Entry One
In-app purchases
Smart Alec @ Your Library
No in-app purchases
Entry One
No in-app purchases
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