Lockly Home

Review by eFreeware

A smart lock is only as good as the app behind it. The hardware can be excellent, but if sharing a code with a dog sitter means a phone call and a walkthrough, the convenience argument collapses. Lockly Home exists to close that gap for owners of Lockly locks and safes.

It sits in the House & Home category on Google Play. The app is free to download, carries no ads, and offers in-app purchases. It has been installed more than 50,000 times and holds a 3.8 average from 226 ratings, with the current build updated on September 1, 2026.

Built for households already inside the Lockly ecosystem

This is a companion app, and that shapes everything about it. It is designed to control and monitor Lockly devices, so the people who get the most from it are those who already own a Lockly lock or safe, or who are planning a purchase and want to know how the software side works before committing. If your doors are already Lockly, the app is the natural place to manage them.

The multi-door angle is worth noting. The app is built to secure all your doors and manage them in one place, which matters in a house with a front entrance, a back door and a garage side door, each with its own lock and its own set of people who need access. Rather than juggling separate setups, everything sits in a single view.

There is also a professional track. The developer points multifamily buildings, schools and assisted living facilities toward Total Access Solutions at LocklyPRO. For a landlord or facility manager, that distinction is worth understanding early.

Everyday control, from the driveway to the other side of the country

The core of the app is straightforward: locking, unlocking and checking the status of your devices. That is the daily loop most owners will repeat, and it is the part that has to work without friction. The app also supports remote control, so a door can be managed from anywhere rather than only when you are standing in front of it.

Alerts come through live, by way of Matter Link, Secure Link or the Vision Connect Hub, based on how things are set up. That matters because a lock alert is only useful if it reaches you while the event is still relevant. Which of those three paths applies to your home depends on the Lockly hardware and hubs you have in place, so it is worth checking your own configuration before assuming a particular route.

The app also handles Offline Access Codes, which the developer positions as an advanced feature. A code-based fallback matters when power or signal fails.

Sharing access without handing over a physical key

Access management is where the app does its most interesting work. Fingerprints, access codes, eKeys and eBadges all serve as ways to give each household member and visitor their own entry. The idea is that each person gets their own credential rather than everyone sharing one code, which makes it easier to reason about who came in and when.

Welcome Mode is the other people-facing feature. It is designed for the moment a guest arrives and the door should behave differently than it does on an ordinary weekday. Combined with the sharing tools, it points to a household that regularly hosts visitors, whether that is family dropping by or a cleaner with a standing appointment.

The practical benefit is that access becomes something you grant and revoke rather than something you physically hand over. That is a genuine improvement over the spare key under the planter, and it is the sort of thing that makes a smart lock feel like more than a novelty.

Video and facial recognition, if your hardware supports them

The app is the control surface for Lockly's more advanced hardware. With Lockly Visage, it handles facial recognition setup. With Lockly Vision and Lockly Vision Elite, it supports live view, video recording and intercom calls. Those are the features that turn a lock into something closer to a front-door monitoring system.

It is worth being clear that these capabilities are tied to specific devices. The app enables them, but it does not create them out of nothing, so a household with a basic Lockly lock will see a simpler feature set than one with a Vision doorbell-style unit installed. Reading your own hardware model against the app's feature list is the sensible first step.

For anyone weighing a Lockly purchase, this is the part of the app that deserves the most attention. Live view and intercom are the features that change daily behavior, and they are also the ones most dependent on which device sits at your door.

What the app costs

Lockly Home is free to download. It carries no advertising, which is a point in its favor for an app that sits on your home screen and handles security-related tasks. There are in-app purchases available.

That last point is the one to keep in mind. The app is free and ad-free, but it is not purely free in every respect. If budget matters to you, it is worth checking the in-app purchase options once you have the app installed.

The latest version brings an optimized interface and bug fixes. That is a normal maintenance release rather than a feature drop, and it suggests the app is being kept current as the hardware line evolves.

How it compares with the alternatives

The obvious comparison is with the apps that ship alongside other lock brands. Most smart lock makers offer a companion app, and those apps are similarly tied to their own hardware. If you own a mix of brands, you will likely end up with more than one app on your phone, since Lockly Home is built for Lockly devices.

A second comparison is with broader smart home platforms. Those can often control locks alongside lights, thermostats and cameras. Lockly Home is where the deeper options live, including facial recognition setup, welcome behavior and the various access credential types.

A third option is the professional route. Organizations managing multiple units are pointed toward LocklyPRO and Total Access Solutions. For a single household, the consumer app is the relevant one.

A companion app worth having if Lockly hardware is already at your door

Lockly Home is a focused app that does one job: it puts Lockly locks and safes under one roof, with remote control, access sharing, notifications and support for the company's more advanced video and facial recognition hardware. It is free, it carries no ads, and it has in-app purchases.

The 3.8 average from 226 ratings suggests a mixed but generally positive reception, and more than 50,000 installs puts it in the range of a well-established companion app rather than an experiment. The September 2026 update, with its interface work and bug fixes, indicates ongoing attention.

If you already own Lockly devices, this is the app that makes them work together, and there is little reason to look past it. If you are shopping for a smart lock and the deeper features matter to you, the app is a fair preview of what the Lockly system offers once the hardware is installed.

What's new in version 1.5.9

1. Optimized UI 2. Fixed bugs