Starry Internet vs Vive LA Resident
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starry Internet
Manage your home WiFi network and internet account from your smartphone. Monitor performance, view billing details, and access customer support. Control advanced features of your WiFi hub remotely.
- Internet and WiFi performance monitoring
- Billing information access
- Around-the-clock support access
- Remote control for Starry Router features
- Account management
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The Starry app is your pocket guide to your Starry Internet account and a remote control for all of the advanced features included with your Starry Router home WiFi hub. The app brings the information you need most front and center, including your internet and WiFi network performance, your billing information, and access to our around-the-clock support. The Starry app is the best way to manage your Starry Internet subscription and access all of the advanced features that come with your Starry Router. Download it today and take Happy Interneting with you wherever you go.
Vive LA Resident
Manage your residency with ease. Update your profile, view financial balances, and make secure online payments. Submit maintenance requests and connect with your community effortlessly.
- Update resident profiles
- View account balances
- Make online payments
- Submit maintenance requests
- Engage with community
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The Vive LA Resident App provides instant access to the resident on the go. Residents can easily, securely, and instantly update their profiles, view balances, make online payments, submit maintenance requests, and engage with their communities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Starry Internet at every 2 months against Vive LA Resident's every 14 months. Starry Internet also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 84). Vive LA Resident's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 34%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Starry Internet against 4.3 for Vive LA Resident. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starry Internet has 3.3K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Starry Internet's written reviews are positive against 61% of Vive LA Resident's.
Starry Internet ships an update every 2 months, Vive LA Resident every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starry Internet | Vive LA Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starry, Inc. | Yardi Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Starry Internet
Vive LA Resident
Bugs and requests
Starry Internet
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Unreliable internet connectivity
- Billing and account management issues
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to manage network settings through app
- Improved app stability and features
- Better communication about service outages
Vive LA Resident
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Starry Internet
No in-app purchases
Vive LA Resident
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Starry Internet free?
Is Vive LA Resident free?
Which has better reviews, Starry Internet or Vive LA Resident?
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