Community Lab vs OpenHubs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Community Lab
Explore and experiment with a platform designed to transform communities. Discover new ways to engage and build connections within your group.
- Community exploration
- Platform experimentation
- Community transformation tools
- Engagement features
- Discovery tools
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Hivebrite Community Lab is your dedicated space to explore, experiment, and discover how our platform can transform your community.
OpenHubs
Connect with your community, discover opportunities, and stay informed within your innovation ecosystem. Find events, jobs, projects, and mentors all in one organized platform.
- Discover and register for events
- Community live feed updates
- Connect with members
- Explore mentoring and jobs
- Join discussions and access knowledge
- Build professional profile
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Whether you are a student, founder, mentor, incubator manager, or innovation professional, OpenHubs brings everything together in one place. With OpenHubs, you can: • Discover events and register directly • Stay updated through your community’s live feed • Connect with members across programs and organizations • Explore mentoring, jobs, projects, and open opportunities • Join discussions and access shared knowledge • Build your profile and expand your network Your communities remain organized and easy to navigate, while still being connected to a broader ecosystem. OpenHubs makes it simple to stay informed, meet the right people, and actively participate in the networks you belong to — all in one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Community Lab at 3 against OpenHubs's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 5.0 for Community Lab against 5.0 for OpenHubs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Community Lab ships an update monthly, OpenHubs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Community Lab | OpenHubs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KIT UNITED | Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship gGmbH |
Customer experience
Community Lab
OpenHubs
In-app purchases
Community Lab
No in-app purchases
OpenHubs
No in-app purchases
