Comparison

Vestaboard vs NeighborlyEvents

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vestaboard

This app allows you to remotely connect and control a smart messaging display. Easily craft, send, schedule, and curate messages, or collaborate with others. It offers inspiration with templates and content picks, and helps manage your display's settings for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Visual message editor
  • Instant and scheduled sending
  • Inspiration with templates
  • Message history and drafts
  • Remote collaboration
  • Quiet hours and time zone settings
Features
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Connect and control your Vestaboard from anywhere with the Vestaboard mobile app. Whether you're sending a quick note or curating a moment of inspiration, the app makes it easy and fun to manage your Vestaboard. Key features: - Craft beautiful messages with the intuitive visual editor - Send instantly, schedule for later, or pin a message to display longer - Get inspired with daily content picks and ready-to-use templates - Browse, edit, and favorite past messages or start fresh with new drafts - Invite others to collaborate and manage your Vestaboard remotely - Set quiet hours and time zone preferences to fit your routine Vestaboard is a stunning smart messaging display, inspired by the classic split-flap signs of European train stations and reimagined for the modern home or workspace. Use it at home to share inspiration, stay organized, and connect with loved ones, or bring it to work to engage teams, welcome guests, and keep everyone in sync. Ideal for offices, retail spaces, hospitality, education, healthcare, and more. Learn more at vestaboard.com. Need support? Visit vestaboard.com/help

About

NeighborlyEvents

Discover and manage local community events, from block parties to book clubs. RSVP, get digital tickets, join clubs, and participate in contests. It also supports volunteers and organizers with event management tools.

Highlights
  • Discover local events
  • Digital ticketing
  • Club membership and voting
  • Contest participation
  • Volunteer shift management
  • AI event drafting
Features
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NeighborlyEvents puts everything happening in your neighborhood in one place — the block party, the chili cook-off, the book club's next meetup — with your ticket ready at the gate. FOR MEMBERS • See what's coming up across your community and your clubs • RSVP in a couple of taps and keep every ticket on your phone • Offline QR tickets — no signal at the gate, no problem • Add tickets to Apple Wallet • Join clubs, vote in polls, and never miss a meetup • Decorating and photo contests — enter with your camera, vote from your phone, and tour the contestant map • Reminders, updates, and team messages land in one inbox FOR VOLUNTEERS • Your shifts, with one-tap "I'm here" check-in • Shared to-dos and team broadcasts for event day • An opt-in live team map so you can find each other on the field FOR ORGANIZERS • Live check-in stats, capacity, and the waitlist, from the field • Promote from the waitlist and message registrants on the go • The AI assistant drafts events and answers registration questions — you approve every change NeighborlyEvents works with participating neighborhoods, HOAs, and community clubs. Sign in with your email — no password to remember. If your community isn't on NeighborlyEvents yet, visit neighborlyevents.org to get started. Registration and payments for paid events are completed on your community's secure NeighborlyEvents website; everything else happens right in the app.

Screenshots

Vestaboard3 screens
NeighborlyEvents4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NeighborlyEvents at none against Vestaboard's shown. NeighborlyEvents also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Vestaboard's advantage is ratings volume (141 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeighborlyEvents holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vestaboard has 141 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, NeighborlyEvents every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vestaboard versus NeighborlyEvents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVestaboardNeighborlyEvents
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (141 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings141 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVestaboard, Inc.Nicholas Schiavi

Customer experience

Vestaboard

All ratings141 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

NeighborlyEvents

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Vestaboard

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Mute for a period of time functionality is inoperable after update
  • Sending new messages to the board simply doesn’t work
  • App update forces updates when there aren’t any
  • Unable to set time zone or make changes to quiet hours
  • Device will not connect to internal WiFi
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  • App crashing upon opening
  • App takes at least a full minute to load or runs into an error
  • Bluetooth keyboard doesn't work in manual editor on Android
  • Pairing with WiFi issues out of the box

Requested features

9 requests
  • Option to switch off WiFi module for power saving
  • More specific controls for sending messages by time
  • Include Vestaboard+ in initial hardware purchase
  • Add iCal support
  • More basic tools for text editing (preview, alignment control)
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  • Improve manual editor for better text control
  • Support for French applications/language
  • Ability to center text
  • More creative control beyond limited templates

NeighborlyEvents

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vestaboard

No in-app purchases

None

NeighborlyEvents

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vestaboard free?
Vestaboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeighborlyEvents free?
NeighborlyEvents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vestaboard or NeighborlyEvents?
NeighborlyEvents is rated higher. Vestaboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 141 ratings, while NeighborlyEvents averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Vestaboard or NeighborlyEvents have ads?
Vestaboard shows ads; NeighborlyEvents does not.
Which is updated more often, Vestaboard or NeighborlyEvents?
Vestaboard ships an update every 2 months, and NeighborlyEvents every 3 days. Most recently, Vestaboard was updated on November 7, 2026 and NeighborlyEvents on October 31, 2026.

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