HCPLC vs Sapphire Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HCPLC
Access library services from your mobile device. Manage your account, search the catalog, place holds, and discover new titles. Find library locations and view upcoming programs.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Place holds
- Renew books
- Find library locations
- View upcoming programs
- Access digital resources
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Enjoy the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalog, renew and reserve books. With the HCPLC app, you can find and discover titles, place holds, and manage your account. Plus, you can find your nearest library location, view upcoming programs at your local branch, and access featured digital resources.
Sapphire Connect
This app provides residents and property staff with a unified platform to manage smart devices within apartment communities. It offers features like smart lock access, thermostat control, garage and camera management, and direct community messaging.
- Smart lock access
- Thermostat control
- Garage and camera access
- Community messaging
- Support ticket system
- Property staff dashboard
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Sapphire is the resident and property-management app for connected apartment communities. It runs on a property's own smart-device ecosystem (locks, thermostats, cameras, and garage access) and gives residents and staff one app to manage all of it. This is provisioned software tied to a property account. Residents are invited by their property manager or added via their PMS integration; there is no public self-signup. WHAT RESIDENTS GET Smart lock access Unlock your front door, view lock status, and manage access codes for your unit without a physical key, through SmartThings, Brivo, Dormakaba, or RemoteLock integrations depending on what your property has installed. Thermostat control View and adjust your unit's thermostat, including scheduled automation your property manager has configured for vacant or move-in states. Garage and camera access Open myQ-connected garage doors and view Eagle Eye Networks camera feeds for common areas and access points your property has made available to residents. Community messaging and support Message your property team directly, browse a searchable knowledge base for common questions, and open a support ticket without leaving the app. WHAT PROPERTY STAFF GET A single dashboard across properties, units, and organizations, with role-based permissions, resident and lease management, device diagnostics, and PMS sync (RealPage, Yardi) so unit and resident data stays current automatically. REQUIREMENTS An active Sapphire account tied to a participating property. Residents cannot self-register; contact your property management office for access. Push notification, camera, and Bluetooth permissions may be requested depending on which integrations your property uses (e.g. photo attachments on support tickets, Bluetooth-paired locks). All are optional and the rest of the app works without them. ABOUT SAPPHIRE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES Sapphire builds a unified smart-access and property-management platform for multifamily housing, connecting locks, thermostats, cameras, and garage systems from multiple vendors into one resident and staff experience. Support: support@sapphireconnect.io Privacy: https://app.sapphireconnect.io/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HCPLC at 4.0 against Sapphire Connect's 1.0. HCPLC also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 0%). Sapphire Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
HCPLC holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of HCPLC's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sapphire Connect's.
HCPLC ships an update every 12 months, Sapphire Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HCPLC | Sapphire Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners | Sapphire Connected Communities |
Customer experience
HCPLC
Sapphire Connect
In-app purchases
HCPLC
No in-app purchases
Sapphire Connect
No in-app purchases
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