Community Base vs PIN Plus Mobile
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.
PIN Plus Mobile
Manage your waste and recycling services easily. Sign up for local events, track payments, and access curbside services for a cleaner community. This platform helps reduce costs and promote sustainability.
- Waste and recycling event sign-ups
- Community-oriented services
- Curbside service management
- Payment and bill management
- Sustainability program access
- Cost reduction initiatives
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Take control of your waste and recycling needs with our platform. Claim your address to sign up for a range of trash and recycling events hosted in your community for a cleaner neighborhood. We offer a wide variety of community-oriented and curbside services to make your waste experience easier. Don’t worry about missing bills or payments, manage and use different payment methods with ease, including Apple Pay (support for Apple Pay coming soon). At PIN Plus we use our waste and recycling expertise to help our communities benefit from reduced costs, sustainability programs, and community waste events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PIN Plus Mobile at 100% against Community Base's 0%. PIN Plus Mobile also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Community Base's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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.
PIN Plus Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Community Base's written reviews are positive against 100% of PIN Plus Mobile's.
Community Base ships an update monthly, PIN Plus Mobile every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Community Base | PIN Plus Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CMC Cooperative | Global Disposal Reduction Services, Inc. |
Customer experience
Community Base
PIN Plus Mobile
In-app purchases
Community Base
No in-app purchases
PIN Plus Mobile
No in-app purchases
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