STELLA Libraries vs Garden Communities Living
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STELLA Libraries
Easily search millions of library items, place holds, and manage your account. Access digital content, view event calendars, and connect with your library's community.
- Search millions of library items
- Place holds and choose pickup locations
- Manage library account (holds, checkouts, renewals)
- Store digital library card
- View library social media feeds
- Access event calendars
- Connect to digital content
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STELLA Libraries, the new name for the LMxPRESS PLUS app. Search and place holds on millions of items available in the STELLA catalog with our new and improved app! Search all STELLA member libraries for your favorite books, movies, music, and more. Download and connect to digital content, and stay in touch with your library's community through social media feeds and event calendars. Use the STELLA app to: * Place holds on items across all STELLA member libraries and choose your pickup location. * Manage your library account: view holds, checkouts, and renew items. * Store a digital copy of your library card on your device so you always have it with you. * Check your favorite library's social media feeds. * See upcoming library events on each member library's calendar. * Access digital content offered by individual libraries.
Garden Communities Living
Manage your rental community experience from your phone. Pay rent, submit maintenance requests, reserve amenities, and receive important community updates and alerts.
- Pay rent and schedule payments
- Submit maintenance requests with media
- Reserve community amenities
- Receive package notifications
- Get community alerts and messages
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With the Garden Communities Living app, everything in your community is at your fingertips. You can pay rent, communicate with staff, reserve amenities*, manage service requests, package management*, and more - anytime, anywhere. Find all of your community’s important information and receive messages and alerts from management on events and specials via text, voice, or e-mail. With all of its convenient features, the Garden Communities Living app can make living in your rental residence more seamless and enjoyable. KEY FEATURES: • Pay rent right from the app with your credit card, debit card, or e-check and set up scheduled payments to avoid late fees • Submit maintenance requests with photos and videos, and automatically receive status updates • Sign up for events and reserve amenities* • Receive package delivery notifications in-app, through e-mail or via text* *At select communities
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Garden Communities Living at 4.4 against STELLA Libraries's 3.7. Garden Communities Living also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (320 vs 22). STELLA Libraries's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 52%). 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.
Garden Communities Living holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garden Communities Living has 320 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of STELLA Libraries's written reviews are positive against 52% of Garden Communities Living's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
STELLA Libraries ships an update every 4 months, Garden Communities Living monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STELLA Libraries | Garden Communities Living |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (22 ratings) | 4.4 (320 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 320 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium | Yardi Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
STELLA Libraries
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In-app purchases
STELLA Libraries
No in-app purchases
Garden Communities Living
No in-app purchases
Questions
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