App Profile: Pure Mobile

eshekar

Rating: 4/5

If you have the Isonas RC access control system installed in your office, this a great way to gain access. No more need for fobs, keys, or cards. Load the app, tap, and you’re in. Just make sure you have Bluetooth turned on. The app requires Bluetooth to function. If Bluetooth is not turned on, the app shows “Inactive”, a rather confusing and not-too-intuitive message; I have to explain this to each new user at least 5 times, usually after they complain that the Isonas system is broken. It’s not. The system has never failed me. The apps HID is lacking this simplification. This is the only reason I give it 4/5. If Isonas changed the message to say “Please turn on Bluetooth”, or something more helpful, it’d be 5/5 the whole way. Isonas, please, please, please clear this up and save me the constant “The app is broken, it doesn’t work...”

ggaabe

Rating: 2/5

Don’t take this too personally, but it’s clear that minimal effort was put into this application. Something like this could be built in roughly 8 hours or less (including the Bluetooth subscription). When retrieving the device ID, (which you would need in order to register the phone with the system), it just shows an alert popup that you can’t copy and paste the ID from. An alert is the cheapest UI tool you can use in iOS. There’s even improper capitalization on the “close” dialogue, which makes it seem like minimal tests were performed with the app. The lack of an Apple Watch extension presents a lack of forethought toward the user experience. You can do better.

ryan653

Rating: 4/5

I love that I don’t need a card. Too many things to carry around so combining the access key with my phone is great. An Apple Watch app would make the product even better and I always have the watch on. I’m sure many others tend to leave the phone from time to time. Hope to see Apple Watch supported in the near future!