# Yale Approach Lock with Wi-Fi

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/yale-approach-lock-with-wi-fi
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/smart-locks
- Placement: #8 of 17 in Smart Locks, C tier
- Brand: Yale
- LP on this board: 446
- Last researched: 2026-08-18T19:03:42.054Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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## Verdict

A budget-friendly deadbolt that still offers Matter support and a reliable keyless entry system.

## For

- Budget-friendly
- The best retrofit option for renters
- Mounts over the existing deadbolt's interior thumbturn and installs in minutes
- Leaves exterior hardware untouched
- Includes Wi-Fi (with the Connect module) at a mid-range price

## Against

- Retrofit is a narrower use case than full deadbolt replacement

## Evidence

Consolidated from 2 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Best Buy | Best Buy | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiuWgvdVvWI | fetched and confirmed |
| Pipl Systems | Pipl Systems | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w8_Pre9pZM | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/schlage-encode-plus-smart-wifi-deadbolt |
| 4 | August Wi-Fi Smart Lock | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/august-wi-fi-smart-lock |
| 5 | Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ultraloq-bolt-fingerprint |
| 6 | Level Lock Pro | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/level-lock-pro |
| 7 | Aqara Smart Lock U100 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/aqara-smart-lock-u100 |
| 9 | Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro with Wi-Fi | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ultraloq-u-bolt-pro-with-wi-fi |
| 10 | Kwikset Halo Select | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/kwikset-halo-select |
| 11 | Eufy Video Smart Lock E330 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/eufy-video-smart-lock-e330 |
| 12 | Eufy Smart Lock C34 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/eufy-smart-lock-c34 |
| 13 | Wyze Lock Bolt | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/wyze-lock-bolt |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/smart-locks.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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