Comparison

HOAMago vs HOA Plus

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

Head to head
About

HOAMago

Features
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HOAMago is a unique application that allows small HOAs to self-manage by providing a rich set of management tools and collaboration services for all HOA constituents… the manager, the board of directors, homeowners and vendors of home services. HOAMago allows the association members to efficiently manage their own HOA business operation, and to communicate and collaborate with the homeowners through posted announcements, sharing of documents, interactive text chat, and even through audio/video calls. HOAMago empowers small HOAs to self-manage, reduce their management costs, improve homeowner satisfaction and increase reserve funds. 1. Facilitate the self management of the HOA: financial and board tools and templates; track all homeowner payments and unpaid bills; integrate bank transactions with QuickBooks; online board meetings. 2. Organize the HOA operational workload: establish your own HOA management team to easily respond to all homeowner Requests; manage and track maintenance issues. 3. Enhance the homeowner experience: easy access to the HOA board and management teams; convenient online payments; HOA announcements; HOA directory - chat and meet with any homeowner. Management Tools HOAMago provides the tools to… 1. Manage HOA members 2. Manage online payments 3. Bill the homeowners 4. Post announcements 5. Share HOA documents 6. Manage board meetings 7. Manage homeowner meetings 8. Manage HOA budgets 9. Manage a general ledger and journal 10. Generate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements 11. Establish teams and committees 12. Respond to homeowner requests 13. Manage homeowner profiles (emergency contacts) 14. Manage team project plans (Gantt charts) 15. Manage team project budgets Collaboration Services HOAMago provides the services to... 1. Allow all members to contact each other 2. See an online/busy state indication 3. Text chat with each other 4. Record messages to each other 5. Establish online audio/video calls 6. Schedule online audio/video meetings 7. Record meetings for future playback 8. Screen share within meetings 9. Post to an HOA message board 10. Whiteboard

About

HOA Plus

This platform allows customers to report issues with location and media, while vendors can respond directly, create service requests, or contact customers. It aims to build trust between service providers and clients.

Highlights
  • Report issues with location and media
  • Chat-style issue reporting
  • Direct vendor response to queries
  • Create service requests
  • Customer call feature
  • Builds vendor-customer trust
Features
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Alchemy is a Customer Engagement(CX) platform to showcase vendor work to customers. Customers are able to report issues via a chat style interface(with location and image or video). Vendors are able to respond to those queries directly or create a service request or call the customer for clarification of the request. This creates trust between vendors and customers.

Screenshots

HOAMago4 screens
HOA Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HOAMago at fortnightly against HOA Plus's every 2 months. HOAMago also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HOAMago ships an update fortnightly, HOA Plus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
HOAMago versus HOA Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHOAMagoHOA Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperG C RobinsonHOA Alchemy LLC

In-app purchases

None

HOAMago

No in-app purchases

None

HOA Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HOAMago free?
HOAMago is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HOA Plus free?
HOA Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HOAMago or HOA Plus have ads?
Neither HOAMago nor HOA Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HOAMago or HOA Plus?
HOAMago ships an update fortnightly, and HOA Plus every 2 months. Most recently, HOAMago was updated on September 19, 2026 and HOA Plus on June 8, 2026.

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