Sluice vs Simply Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sluice
Streamline your business workflows with this custom-built application. It integrates cloud services and client back-end systems to automate processes, accelerate report delivery, and manage a network of contract professionals. Assign work efficiently and submit completed orders even without internet access.
- Customizable workflow management
- Cloud service integration
- Automated process workflows
- Contractor network management
- Offline order submission
- Data logging and verification
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Workflow Made Easy (Designed for use with integrated vendor management systems) Sluice is a custom-built commercial workflow application that incorporates cloud services and integrated client back end systems, which are easily customizable to meet a diverse set of customer workflow and work tracking requirements. Sluice allows localized expertise and automated process workflows to accelerate the delivery of more accurate reports. Designed to manage a large, diverse network of contract professionals, Sluice allows for the assignment of work directly to the right contractor at the right time in the field. Once an order has been accepted into Sluice, the contractor can complete the order in the field, even if Cell or Wi-Fi services are unavailable. Completed orders can be submitted when back online without any loss of work. Not being dependent on cellular coverage or Wi-Fi speeds up the delivery of assignments and more accurate data input while on site. All data collected is logged and verified including photo location in order to minimize fraud.
Simply Connect
This platform streamlines the closing process for consumers and vendors. It offers sophisticated tools for an enhanced experience and an efficient, simplified workflow for signing agents, inspectors, and appraisers. Users can track vendor movements and access closing details for quick reference and feedback.
- Enhanced closing experience
- Simplified vendor workflow
- Vendor tracking
- Closing details access
- Intuitive design
- Quick feedback mechanism
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Simply Connect is the new mobile web technology platform designed to exceed the ever-changing needs of our consumers. This new platform will deliver sophisticated tools to enhance the overall closing experience for our consumers and will provide an efficient simplified process for vendors such as signing agents, inspectors, and appraisers who conduct business with Mortgage Connect. The application enables tracking of the vendors to visit, as they travel to a closing destination, and thus reducing the need for constant communication between various stakeholders of the closing process. Further, the application provides closing details to the vendor, for ready reference, and also provide quick feedback regarding the closing. The intuitive design and user experience enable targeted users to easily understand and use all the functions of the application. Further functionality is planned for future releases, which will provide additional power to the vendor. The application is expected to help improve the accuracy and efficiency of the process. "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sluice at 3.8 against Simply Connect's 3.2. Sluice also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and ratings volume (44 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Sluice holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sluice has 44 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Sluice's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simply Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sluice | Simply Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (44 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClearValue Consulting Inc. | Mortgage Connect, LP |
Customer experience
Sluice
Simply Connect
In-app purchases
Sluice
No in-app purchases
Simply Connect
No in-app purchases
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