Comparison

EC Home vs Highgate Connect

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

Head to head
About

EC Home

Manage your residential services and stay informed about building announcements and promotions. This app allows residents to handle registrations, access important documents, and find emergency contacts.

Highlights
  • Profile management for family and tenants
  • Building announcements and maintenance notices
  • Paperless registration for parking and visitors
  • Access to resident handbook and guidelines
  • Emergency contact list
  • Exclusive resident promotions
Features
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Empire city LLC is a real estate developer invested by Keppel Land, Gaw Capital Partners and 2 local partners (Tien Phuoc & Tran Thai JSC). Our project is expected to provide 3,000 high-end condos for Ho Chi Minh City market. With a vision to take resident management service to the next level, we invest our effort to develop EC HOME mobile app exclusively for Empire city residents. The app includes below major modules • Profile management where residents can add family members or tenants to the app • Announcement to send out information such as lift maintenance schedule, notice on pest control, etc from property management team to residents • Register where residents can do paperless register for parking, visitors, delivery and related • Library to store import information such as resident handbook, fit-out guideline • Emergency where all important number is listed, such as local policeman, ambulance, hotline of management office • Promotion where all the promotions exclusively for residents are listed. Empire City have several retails shop at the ground floors. These shops plan some discount for residents only The App is developed for both English and Vietnamese users. Other features may be further developed over time, based on resident’s feedback. User group: Residents in Empire city and property management team. Estimated number of users: 12,000 users from 3,000 condos.

About

Highgate Connect

Features
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Highgate Connect App is designed by Highgate Property Management Company Limited. You can submit maintenance requests, contact your property manager, learn about your community, make payments, and more – with just a few taps. Features may vary depending on your property management company. Key features: • Don't stress if you have an issue that needs to be fixed! Easily submit a request right from the app and include photos so your property manager can get it resolved as soon as possible. • Stay informed about your building and unit. Your property manager can post announcements through the app to give you a heads up about things like parking bans, office hours, or even fun events in your neighborhood. • Never miss the payment deadline again! With autopay you can set up recurring payments through your bank account or credit card. You can also have a report of all your expenses and get alert if there is anything going off track.

Screenshots

EC Home4 screens
Highgate Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: EC Home at every 4 days against Highgate Connect's monthly. EC Home also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). 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

EC Home ships an update every 4 days, Highgate Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EC Home versus Highgate Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEC HomeHighgate Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMPIRE CITY LLCHighgate Property Management Company Limited

In-app purchases

None

EC Home

No in-app purchases

None

Highgate Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EC Home free?
EC Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Highgate Connect free?
Highgate Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EC Home or Highgate Connect have ads?
Neither EC Home nor Highgate Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EC Home or Highgate Connect?
EC Home ships an update every 4 days, and Highgate Connect monthly. Most recently, EC Home was updated on October 10, 2026 and Highgate Connect on September 23, 2026.

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