IIJ SmartKey vs PacePocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
IIJ SmartKey
This app generates one-time passwords for two-step verification, enhancing online security. It supports TOTP standards and offers slide authentication for convenient logins. Additional features include app locking and cross-device data backup.
- Generates TOTP one-time passwords
- Supports slide authentication
- App locking with Touch ID/passcode
- Cross-device data backup
- Compatible with Google Authenticator
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Only enterprise user needs to register your device. You can skip registering your device, if you don't need it. The IIJ SmartKey app produces one-time passwords that conform to TOTP (RFC 6238) standards and can be used in the 2-step verification processes of a variety of online services supporting TOTP. Strengthen your online service security by linking this app, installed to your smartphone device, with your ID/password verification processes. Slide authentication can be used (ver 2.0). When logging in to a service that supports slide authentication, you will receive a push notification on your smartphone. Then you can pull the service icon for 2-step verification. For details, please visit http://www.iij.ad.jp/biz/smartkey-m/ (Written in Japanese). * To use slide authentication, you must register your device. β Special Features * Protects against unauthorized access by allowing the user to lock the app using a Touch ID or passcode. * Supports device changes and data backups by handing over settings between devices. * Compatible with the Google Authenticator (TOTP authentication). * Supports slide authentication. * Easy to see and read, simple and refined design. β Confirmed Supported Services (TOTP authentications) * Amazon Web Services * Dropbox * Evernote * Facebook * GitHub * Google Accounts * Google Apps for Work * IIJ Omnibus * IIJ Secure MX Service * Microsoft Accounts * Slack * WordPress.com β Confirmed Supported Services (Slide authentications) * Additional details on available services is expected soon. β β Please make sure to read the information below before using the app. * When switching devices, please check the app help page (https://www1.auth.iij.jp/smartkey/en/help_v2.html) before transferring service settings from your old device to the new one. * Please ensure that you confirm service restoration procedures for the various online services you utilize in advance to protect yourself against cases in which you are unable to complete the 2-step verification process due to device loss or accidental deletion of service settings. * When backing up this app to iTunes, it is necessary to encrypt the backup files. This app does not support backups to the iCloud service. β User Agreement All users of this app must consent to the User Agreement found below before using the app. https://www1.auth.iij.jp/smartkey/en/agreement_v2.html ----- Mentioned company names and service names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
PacePocket
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Stop guessing your next workout. PacePocket is an AI running coach that builds your race roadmap, turns it into a weekly plan, and grades your runs, so you always know what to run next. AI COACH Ask about pacing, soreness, skipping a session, or race prep. Answers use your training profile and recent runs, practical guidance, not generic templates. WEEKLY PLANS A MondayβSunday schedule built around your preferred run days. Easy, long, tempo, and intervals with clear structure. RACE ROADMAP Training for a 5K, 10K, half, or marathon? Generate a week-by-week block from base through taper. Tweak the draft, lock it in, and weekly plans follow that roadmap. RUN ANALYSIS Grade any run on pacing, effort, and weather impact, plus what went well and what to focus on next. Past analyses stay free to reopen. CONNECT YOUR RUNS Sign in with Apple and link Strava to sync recent runs and unlock coaching, plans, and analysis. FREE PACE TOOLS Offline calculators for training paces, heat adjustments, race predictions, and km β mile conversion, no credits required. AI coaching, plans, roadmaps, and run analysis use credits. Pace tools stay free. Whether youβre building base or chasing a PR, PacePocket tells you what to run this week, and how the last one went.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IIJ SmartKey at none against PacePocket's 1. IIJ SmartKey also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). PacePocket's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PacePocket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IIJ SmartKey asks for nothing beyond the download.
IIJ SmartKey ships an update every 9 months, PacePocket weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IIJ SmartKey | PacePocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 β better | 16.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. | Hoi Hei Chow |
In-app purchases
IIJ SmartKey
No in-app purchases
PacePocket
- Remove Ads$1.99









