Connect Resident vs Tap2Open Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect Resident
Manage your community with ease. Access important documents, view your account history, make payments, and connect with neighbors. This app provides convenient, 24/7 access to essential community services.
- Access Forms and Documents
- View Account History
- Make Payments
- Resident Directory
- 24/7 Community Access
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Stay connected to your community wherever you are with FirstService Residential Connect Mobile. Enjoy simple navigation and 24/7 access to manage your account, view documents, make payments, and stay informed. Need help? HODA, our built-in webchat assistant, is available anytime to answer questions and guide you every step of the way.
Tap2Open Dashboard
Grant temporary access to your community entrance for guests using their smartphones. Send invites via text or email, manage access schedules, and view access history.
- Create and send guest invites
- Invite via text or email
- Smartphone-based entry
- Manage access schedules
- View access history
- Invite multiple guests
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The Tap2Open Dashboard app allows you to create and send invites to your friends, family or even the plumber. Invites can be sent via text message or email. Once your guest receives their invite they can conveniently open the entrance of your community at the tap of a button once they arrive using only their smartphone. The Tap2Open Dashboard allows you to manage your invites, view history of access, invite multiple guests and even create schedules for your guests' access. System Requirements: *Tap2Open enabled entrance *Tap2Open account *iPhone, iPod, or iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tap2Open Dashboard at 3.9 against Connect Resident's 2.1. Tap2Open Dashboard also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 9%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). Connect Resident's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 16). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Tap2Open Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect Resident has 81 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Connect Resident's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tap2Open Dashboard's.
Connect Resident ships an update every 9 months, Tap2Open Dashboard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connect Resident | Tap2Open Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (81 ratings) | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FirstService Residential | Tap2Open |
Customer experience
Connect Resident
Tap2Open Dashboard
In-app purchases
Connect Resident
No in-app purchases
Tap2Open Dashboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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