Gate Sentry vs FixLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gate Sentry
Streamline visitor access for guarded properties using mobile software. Manage guest lists remotely, receive arrival notifications, and enable security personnel to grant access in seconds.
- Eliminates costly hardware
- Mobile and tablet software integration
- Remote guest list management
- Real-time security guard updates
- Arrival notifications
- Visitor history access
- Fast visitor lookup
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Gate Sentry is revolutionizing visitor access management for guarded properties by eliminating traditional and costly hardware, such as scanners and computers, which significantly slow down the visitor entry process. Our approach utilizes mobile and tablet software to establish a direct link between users and security personnel, ensuring the most accurate visitor lists. The app enables users to manage their guest lists from anywhere, at any time, on any device, providing real-time updates to the security guard software for a seamless and efficient access control process. Users receive arrival notifications and can access a visitor history entry list. Furthermore, our security tablet software consolidates all activities into a single, streamlined tool with advanced search capabilities, allowing security staff to quickly locate visitors based on various criteria and dramatically reducing visitor access time to 5 seconds or less.
FixLog
Track assets, service history, and maintenance schedules for your business. Record details, attach documents, and set reminders for equipment, tools, and more. Generate reports and use QR codes for quick access to asset information.
- Asset tracking
- Service history logging
- Maintenance reminders
- Document attachment
- QR code support
- Reporting
- Calendar view
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FixLog is a maintenance tracking app for small businesses that need a simple way to stay on top of assets, service history, reminders, warranties, costs, documents, and QR labels. Use FixLog to track equipment, tools, machines, systems, rooms, work areas, vehicles, appliances, and other assets your business depends on. Each asset can include details like place, location, status, vendor, model number, serial number, purchase date, cost, warranty information, custom fields, photos, documents, reminders, and maintenance history. FixLog helps you see what needs attention today, what is coming up next, and what has already been completed. Add recurring maintenance reminders for inspections, cleaning, filter changes, repairs, replacements, safety checks, or any other task you need to remember. When work is completed, FixLog can help keep that history attached to the right asset so future service, audits, handoffs, and troubleshooting are easier. The calendar view gives you a clear monthly look at upcoming maintenance, overdue tasks, and warranty dates. Reports help you review completed maintenance, cost trends, warranty coverage, and records that may be useful for planning, service calls, or business handoffs. FixLog also supports QR codes so you can print labels for equipment, rooms, shelves, or work areas. Scan a code to open the matching asset record and quickly view details, service notes, reminders, documents, and history. FixLog works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your records can sync privately through your own iCloud account, so your maintenance information stays available across your Apple devices. No FixLog account is required. FixLog is built for practical maintenance tracking without complicated work order software. It is useful for workshops, warehouses, offices, facilities, shops, kitchens, rental operations, small manufacturing spaces, service businesses, and anyone who needs a clearer record of what they own, what needs work, and what has already been done. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.fixlogapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gate Sentry at none against FixLog's 3. Gate Sentry also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). FixLog's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. FixLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Gate Sentry asks for nothing beyond the download.
FixLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gate Sentry has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gate Sentry ships an update every 3 weeks, FixLog every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gate Sentry | FixLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gate Sentry | Quiet Tools LLC |
Customer experience
Gate Sentry
FixLog
Bugs and requests
Gate Sentry
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not opening after recent update
- Login not working on new iPhones
- Notifications not displaying guest details
Requested features
4 requests- Allow special characters and spaces in names
- Implement calendar-based date selection
- Add support for company/vendor names
- Enable recurring visitor scheduling
FixLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gate Sentry
No in-app purchases
FixLog
- FixLog Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- FixLog Pro Lifetime$7.99
- FixLog Pro$39.99









