Smart Locks
Smart door locks compared on what actually differs: how you get in, whether the Wi-Fi is built in or needs a bridge, Matter support, rated battery life, and the security grade.
 Aqara Smart Lock U100 | 6.5 Good value with Home Key, except anything remote runs through an Aqara hub, and Aqara hubs shipped a CVSS 9.8 root backdoor in 2025. | Deadbolt replacement | 8 months | Grade 3 (claimed) | ||||
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 Aqara Smart Lock U200 | 7.9 The one Aqara lock that skips their hubs entirely, keypad included, but it is loud, bulky and the app misreports whether the door is locked. | Retrofit (interior only) | 6 months | Not graded | ||||
 Aqara Smart Lock U50 | 5.4 Rekeyable to your existing key, which is genuinely useful, but no fingerprint, Zigbee only, and routing through an Aqara hub kills Home Key. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months | Grade 3 (claimed) | ||||
 August Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Generation) | 6.2 Still the easiest install and healthiest app in the category, but three months per set of CR123s and no meaningful update since 2021. | Retrofit (interior only) | 3 months | Not graded | ||||
 Dreame Navo Smart Lock A10 | 6.0 | Deadbolt replacement | 8 months | Grade 2 | ||||
 eufy Security FamiLock S3 Max | 8.0 Genuine Grade 1 build and the smartest lock PCMag has tested, dragged down by $330 and Anker's proven record of lying about encryption. | Deadbolt replacement | 5 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 eufy Security Smart Lock C220 | 5.0 Nobody credible has ever put this on a door, so a Grade 3 body and eufy's patchy fingerprint reputation are all you are buying at the low price. | Deadbolt replacement | 8 months | Grade 3 | ||||
 Kwikset Halo Select Touchscreen Wi-Fi and Matter Smart Lock | 7.4 Includes the keypad and door sensor others charge for, but it runs Wi-Fi or Matter and never both, and SmartKey cylinders decode cheaply. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 Kwikset Halo Touch Fingerprint Wi-Fi Smart Lock | 4.2 A 2020 lock with seven-second app lag, no keypad at all, so you cannot give a guest access without them turning up in person. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 Level Lock Pro | 4.5 Beautiful and invisible, but a lockpicker raked its predecessor open in seconds, keypad and bridge cost $79 each, and Assa Abloy gutted Level in 2026. | Deadbolt replacement | 12 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 Lockly Visage Zeno Series Facial Recognition Deadbolt | 7.7 Every unlock method you could want and battery life that beats its rating, undercut by $349, an uncertified grade claim and a 2.9-star Android app. | Deadbolt replacement | 8 months | Grade 2 (claimed) Lockly states the lock is "built to meet ANSI Grade 2 standards", which is the manufacturer claiming a standard rather than a grade a testing lab issued. Lockly lists IP65, FCC and RoHS as its certifications. | ||||
 Lockly Vision Elite Video Smart Lock | 3.5 The Verge gave it 5 out of 10, it needs an Ethernet-wired hub, it is only splash resistant, and Lockly already replaced it. | Deadbolt replacement | 13 months | Not graded Lockly publishes no ANSI/BHMA grade for the Vision Elite. The only certification on its spec page is IP54. Earlier versions of this table listed it as Grade 2, which Lockly does not support. | ||||
 Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt | 8.3 Best hardware Schlage sells, but pairing it to both Apple Home and the Schlage app wrecks battery life, and warped battery packs are a known defect. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 Schlage Encode Smart WiFi Deadbolt | 9.0 Dull, dated and the safest bet here: real Grade 1 hardware, no bridge, and 16,000 owners rating it 4.3 after years on doors. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months | Grade 1 | ||||
 SwitchBot Lock Ultra | 5.6 Fixes the Pro's calibration and noise, but it can fall off the door if the adhesive lets go, and remote access still costs a hub. | Retrofit (interior only) | 12 months | Not graded | ||||
 SwitchBot Smart Lock Pro | 5.2 Bluetooth only, so the real price includes a hub and keypad, and jammed bolts make the app report locked when the door is open. | Retrofit (interior only) | 9 months | Not graded | ||||
 TP-Link Tapo DL110 Fingerprint Smart Wi-Fi Door Lock | 8.4 Grade 2, IP65, a rechargeable pack that actually lasts, and TP-Link's app is the most competent software in this field, for $150. | Deadbolt replacement | 12 months | Grade 2 | ||||
 ULTRALOQ Bolt Fingerprint Matter Smart Lock | 6.3 Long battery life on Thread at a fair price, spoiled by a motor reviewers compared to a dying animal and a Grade 1 claim nobody certified. | Deadbolt replacement | 12 months | Grade 1 (claimed) U-tec publishes no ANSI/BHMA grade for this lock either. The wording is that it is "designed to meet the highest possible standards" from BHMA and ANSI, which names no grade and is not a certification. | ||||
 ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission UWB Smart Lock | 3.2 No professional review of this lock exists anywhere, its security grade is unverified, and iPhone owners report the UWB unlocking is not ready. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months U-tec's product FAQ states the 8 AA alkaline batteries in the box "will power the unit for 6 months of everyday use", with no condition on connectivity mode. Its CES press release separately markets "up to one year", the same phrase it uses for the Bolt Fingerprint Matter, and the 1.5-year figure that circulates belongs to an optional USB-C lithium pack sold separately. No hands-on review has measured this lock, so we publish the shipped-configuration number. | Not graded | ||||
 ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro WiFi Smart Lock | 5.5 Cheap and widely owned, but U-tec's own spec admits three months and owners report weeks, and their cloud once allowed passwordless remote unlock. | Deadbolt replacement | 6 months U-tec's own spec table states a 3 to 6 month range for the WiFi model. The 6 shown here is the top of that range, matching how every other row in this column reports a manufacturer best case. The same page separately claims up to a year, which applies to the non-WiFi variants. | Grade 1 (claimed) U-tec publishes no ANSI/BHMA grade for this lock. Its wording is that the locks are "designed to meet the highest possible standards" from BHMA and ANSI, which names no grade and is not a certification. The only listed certification is IP65. | ||||
 Wyze Lock Bolt v2 | 6.4 Astonishing hardware for $79 with Grade 2 and built-in Wi-Fi, but Wyze leaked camera feeds across accounts in 2024 and lost Wirecutter's recommendation. | Deadbolt replacement | 8 months | Grade 2 | ||||
 Yale Assure Lock 2 Key-Free Touchscreen with Wi-Fi | 6.6 No keyhole means no picking, which is worth real money, but Wi-Fi drops it to roughly three months of battery with almost no warning. | Deadbolt replacement | 3 months | Grade 2 | ||||
 Yale Assure Lock 2 Touch with Wi-Fi | 5.8 The fingerprint reader is the reason to buy it and the reason owners rate it 3.5 stars, on top of the same three-month Wi-Fi battery. | Deadbolt replacement | 3 months | Grade 2 |
How the AI score works, and who wrote it
A language model rated these, not a test lab. Every score from 1 to 10 is an AI assessment of how good the product is against the other 23 in this comparison, formed from the specifications we verified plus the published lab reviews and owner reception found while researching each one. Nobody at Slopsheets listened to, wore or plugged in any of it.
It weighs the things a spec table cannot show: how a product is actually reviewed, how well the software works, build quality, and what you get for the money. That is deliberate. An earlier version of this column was pure arithmetic on the table and it ranked a bundle of cheap boxes above a class-leading single unit, because counting hardware is not the same as judging it.
Treat it as an informed starting point and read the sourced comparison, not as a verdict. The score is relative to this comparison only, so it means nothing across categories, and it carries no price, star rating or review count. Every specification behind it is sourced and checked; the score on top of them is opinion.