Customer Connections vs KickStart DLA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Customer Connections
Enable texting on your main business phone number to increase customer engagement and conversion. This app also features photo sharing for customer loyalty and social proof, and a system to consistently grow online reviews for better local SEO.
- Enable texting on main business number
- Increase prospect-to-customer conversion
- Photo with Purchase feature
- Automatic Facebook posting
- Encourage customer photo sharing
- Grow online reviews
- Improve Local SEO
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The rise in telemarketing and SPAM calls has lead to consumers rejecting more and more business calls. Both prospects and consumers prefer texting a business at their leisure instead of calling. Now you can enable texting on your main business phone number and increase prospect-to-customer conversion ratio. Customer Connections also includes a Photo with Purchase feature that texts customers a picture at time of purchase. A picture is worth a thousand words and preserving their happy moment with your business increases customer loyalty. We automatically post the photo to your business Facebook page, which adds great 'social proof' content. Then, we increase your reach to prospects by asking customers to share the happy photo of their purchase with friends and family. In addition, Customer Connections grows online reviews. 95% of shoppers read online reviews before buying, 93% of consumers use reviews to determine if a business is good or bad. Online reviews are a significant source of Local SEO. Therefore, your business must have a system to consistently grow reviews.
KickStart DLA
This business application streamlines demonstration registration, lead generation, and equipment scheduling. It offers robust CRM integration with over 30 popular platforms, enhancing sales and management processes.
- Demonstration Registration
- Lead Generation
- Equipment Scheduling
- CRM Integration
- Sales Management
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KickStart Suite includes capture and management modules for Demonstration Registration, Lead Generation, Dyno Rider and Photo Experience, OEM equipment Scheduling, plus a robust CRM integration engine that connects to over 30 of the most popular assists with CRM and ERP platforms such as CDK, Lightspeed, Reynolds and Reynolds, Salesforce.com, Lightspeed, eleads, Shift Digital and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Customer Connections at 100% against KickStart DLA's 0%. Customer Connections also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Customer Connections holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Customer Connections's written reviews are positive against 0% of KickStart DLA's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Customer Connections | KickStart DLA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.4 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 830 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dealership Elearning, Inc | Ncompass Marketing |
Customer experience
Customer Connections
KickStart DLA
In-app purchases
Customer Connections
No in-app purchases
KickStart DLA
No in-app purchases
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