NewWiFi module, no SMS needed

Your gate opens with your phone. For one flat fee.

No more paying per opening. TapIsla opens your gate over the internet, from $50 a month, however often you open.

  • Any gate motor brand
  • Manage users yourself
  • On all six islands
  • From $50 per monthFlat fee, five plans
  • WiFi moduleSMS optional, 4G router if needed
  • Any motor brandWires into a dry contact
  • Six islandsThe ABC and the windward islands

Savings

Stop paying per opening.

An SMS opener charges per message. TapIsla charges one flat monthly fee. Work it out for your gate.

  • $3,720saved per year

    With 20 users opening four times a day.

  • 86%lower monthly cost

    From $360 in SMS to a flat $50 a month.

  • $0in SMS charges

    In the standard WiFi setup.

sets the indicative SMS rate
20 people with access
4 in and out counts as two
Indicative $0.15. Adjust to your own rate.

Your plan scales with the number of users: up to 20, 50, 100 or 200. More than 200? We will quote a custom price. All pricing

SMS gate opener$360
TapIsla Base$50
You save    
Text messages per month 
Cost per user per month 

Amounts in US dollars, WiFi-only solution, excluding one-off installation.

How it works

Three steps. Then everyone opens with one tap.

Your existing gate motor stays. Only the way it gets its signal changes.

  1. Step 1 · us

    We connect it

    The module goes next to your gate motor and joins your WiFi. Works with any brand that has a dry contact.

    One-off, on site
  2. Step 2 · you

    You invite people

    Enter a name and email in the portal. The invitation goes out automatically, in the user's language.

    ~10 seconds per person
  3. Step 3 · everyone

    Tap, and the gate opens

    At home over WiFi, on the go over mobile data. No remotes, no SMS, no cost per opening.

    Unlimited openings
More about the technology

Self-managed

Your gate. You're in control.

Your own administrator handles day-to-day management in the portal. No helpdesk to call, no waiting.

  • Add users. The invitation goes out by email automatically.
  • Reset passwords and set the language per user.
  • Revoke access or unlink a phone, instantly.
  • Activity log of who opened the gate and when.

You, as administrator

Day-to-day management of users and access.

TapIsla, in the background

Servers, security, updates and help when you need it.

Portal: overview of users with role, linked device and status. Names and email addresses are blurred.

Screenshots from the live portal (shown in Dutch). Names and email addresses are blurred.

Why it costs less

Internet instead of SMS.

Since 2G was switched off, gate openers can no longer place a free call. Their replacements fall back to SMS, and every SMS costs money. TapIsla uses the internet, so there is nothing to bill per opening.

The 2G years2G switched off4G without VoLTEToday A call opened it, freeOpeners went deadCalls no longer connect$0.15 per opening free paying per opening
Why calling used to be free and no longer works.

WiFi as the standard

The module stays connected to the WiFi network at your gate.

No WiFi at the gate?

We supply a MiFi hotspot or an industrial Teltonika 4G router.

SMS is optional

An extra safety net, discussed separately. Without SMS, nothing is billed per message.

All technology and specifications
Robbert at his workbench with electronics, with a whiteboard full of notes behind him.

About TapIsla

It started with one gate that stopped working.

Our own gate opener went dead when the mobile network on Bonaire changed. Every module we found had the same flaw. So we built one that works, and that does not charge you per opening.

Read the whole story

Our first clients are up next

TapIsla is new, so you will not find invented reviews here. As soon as the first installations are running, their experiences go in this space.

Curious what this means for your gate?

Tell us what kind of gate you have and how many people need to get through. We will work out what you spend now and what it would become, at no charge.