Connected Community vs FirstBlastit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connected Community
Connect with peers, find resources, and stay updated on community happenings. Engage in discussions, share content, and manage your profile from anywhere. Requires an organization subscription to use.
- Browse community feed
- Filter and search content
- Participate in discussions
- Upload photos and files
- Create one-on-one connections
- Read blog posts
- Manage user profile
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With Higher Logic's Connected Community mobile app, you can connect with your peers, ask questions, find resources, and see what’s happening in your community – no matter where you are. Jump into your community to see what’s new and get involved. You can: Browse the feed for latest content Filter and search for specific topics Participate in discussions by asking or answering questions Upload photos and files to the library Create one-on-one connections Read blog posts Manage your profile The use of the Connected Community app requires that your organization have a subscription. ABOUT HIGHER LOGIC Higher Logic, the industry-leading, human-focused engagement platform, delivers powerful online communities and communication tools to engage members and customers at every stage of their journey. Higher Logic provides a robust engagement platform and strategic services with over a decade of experience in building personalized and scalable community engagement programs. We serve more than 3,000 customers, representing over 350,000 online communities with greater than 200 million users in more than 42 countries worldwide. For more information, visit HigherLogic.com.
FirstBlastit
Share business knowledge and promote your brand with short, engaging audio clips. This platform allows professionals to create and share bite-sized content on the go, without needing to stare at a screen for extended periods. Connect with potential customers and suppliers through direct links.
- Bite-sized audio clips (under 2 minutes)
- On-the-go content creation and sharing
- Link to website and social profiles
- User-uploaded professional audio content
- Unlimited clicks for paid plans
- FB-Button for website integration
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Promote your business, educate customers, develop markets, share knowledge, pitch ideas, etc., on the go with bite sized audio clips on the newest mobile platform without staring at a screen for hours. FirstBlastit IS the mobile platform for busy Professionals in all walks of business, dealing with User Uploaded quality audio professional content only. Infuse life into your marketing efforts by voice, instead of dead text. Audio format takes out staring at a screen for hours and allows social presentation on the go! Bite-sized content less than 2 minutes long allows “to-the-point” content without long boring presentations. Vaporizing content ensures freshness of material. Who cares for yesterday’s posts? Only one audio clip by a user in the current track ensures clean platform with unique listening content every single time. Upload your clips on the fly with the on-screen record button OR upload from your Google Drive, etc. Link back to your website, social profiles and self promotional content by the GET SPC Button for potential customers to connect to you OR have suppliers and providers get back to you by the GET BTM button! Start off with a free plan that allows you to upload 3 audio clips and receive 3 clicks of combined Get SPC / GET BTM by listeners for your self-promotion per month. You can then upgrade to a Paid Plan. All Paid Plan Users get Unlimited Clicks of combined GET SPC / GET BTM per month so you can capture all clicks by listeners for your self-promotion per month. All Paid Plan Users get an FB-Button with all their uploaded content, that can be placed on their own website for better customer engagement! Standard Paid Plan Users are still limited to 3 audio uploads per month Premium and Premium Plus Paid Plan Users are allowed unlimited audio uploads per month, subject to slot availability in the Current Track. Content of Premium Plus Paid Plan users Automatically re-enters current track 3 times before dropping into their FB-Button! FirstBlastit is vaporizing mobile micro voice platform on overdrive! Download, Sign Up and Blast your audio content to the world NOW ! Drive Customers to your Business and Promote yourself with Bite-Sized Audio Clips NOW ! Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use & Privacy policy - https://firstblastit.com/tos-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FirstBlastit at 100% against Connected Community's 0%. FirstBlastit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Connected Community's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. FirstBlastit sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Connected Community asks for nothing beyond the download.
FirstBlastit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Connected Community's written reviews are positive against 100% of FirstBlastit's.
Connected Community ships an update every 4 months, FirstBlastit monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connected Community | FirstBlastit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Higher Logic, LLC | FIRST SOLUTIONS LLC |
Customer experience
Connected Community
FirstBlastit
In-app purchases
Connected Community
No in-app purchases
FirstBlastit
- Standard Membership - Monthly$5.001 Month
- Premium Membership - Monthly$10.001 Month
- Premium Plus Plan - Monthly$15.001 Month
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- Standard Membership - Yearly$50.001 Year
- Premium Membership - Yearly$100.001 Year
- Premium Plus Plan - Yearly$150.001 Year
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