Community Base vs GateKey Resident
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Community Base
This app facilitates communication between community managers and residents. It offers features for both groups, including bill payments, maintenance requests, event updates, and push notifications for important information.
- Push notifications for important information
- Pay bills and HOA dues
- Submit maintenance requests
- Access community documents and events
- Photo gallery for managers
- In-app analytics reports
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The Community Base app increases effective communication between community management and residents by providing one-touch access to all community resources and push notification capability. This app is available for authorized property managers and the residents of the communities they manage. Features for Managers/Admins -Photo Gallery – allows property manager to upload photo to gallery for viewing by other managers and admins. -Access instructional videos and other content. -Easily communicate with the Innovia co-op headquarters. -Send important information to residents using push notifications. -Access in-app analytics reports Features for Residents -Pay bills and HOA Dues -Submit maintenance requests -Access community documents -Keep up with community events -Access resident benefits -Contact the community property manager -Receive “need to know” community information -Access your community website Who We Are Community Base from Innovia co-op, is a national community management cooperative that adds increasing value to management companies and their clients. Co-op members gain collective knowledge on emerging trends shaping the management and housing industry while leveraging significant buying power of hundreds of thousands of members from independently-owned companies across the country. Co-ops are similar to community associations in that they are run by the members for the benefit of the members.
GateKey Resident
Manage your guests and view their history with this official resident application. Add, edit, or delete guests, receive notifications, and communicate with community guards. New features are added regularly to enhance your community experience.
- Manage guests (add, edit, delete)
- View guest history
- Edit user information
- Receive push notifications
- Communicate with community guards
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GateKey is the very best visitor management solution for community associations, apartments and colleges. This is the official GateKey Resident app for residents in communities subscribing to GateKey. Easily manage your guests, contact information, and view guest history on your mobile device. Current Features Include: View visitor list, add, edit, and delete guests View guest history Edit user information Receive push notifications Communicate directly with community guards. New features added all the time! If you have suggestions on how to improve the app, please email us at: support@GateKey.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Community Base at monthly against GateKey Resident's every 4 months. Community Base also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). GateKey Resident's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 2.4 for Community Base against 2.3 for GateKey Resident. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Community Base's written reviews are positive against 13% of GateKey Resident's.
Community Base ships an update monthly, GateKey Resident every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Community Base | GateKey Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (25 ratings) — better | 2.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CMC Cooperative | GateKey, Inc. |
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Community Base
GateKey Resident
In-app purchases
Community Base
No in-app purchases
GateKey Resident
No in-app purchases
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