MeckParkRec vs SAM HOA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeckParkRec
Manage park and recreation activities, including program registration and facility information. Participate in fitness challenges and track your progress using HealthKit integration. Store membership cards for easy scanning.
- Program registration
- Facility information
- Reservation viewing
- Fitness challenges
- HealthKit integration
- Membership card storage
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Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation customers can register for programs, view facility information, view upcoming reservations and programs, receive notifications from staff and store their membership cards for scanning. This app offers fitness challenges which users can join and integrates with Apple’s HealthKit to collect user's calories burned, distance walked/ran and steps climbed.
SAM HOA
Manage your homeowner association community with ease. Make payments, view your account details, and access important community information all within a single, convenient mobile application. Registration is simple for new users or existing website members.
- Make community payments
- View account details
- Access community information
- User registration
- Password reset functionality
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The SAM Homeowner and Board App is a mobile-friendly way to interface with your community association. You will be able to make payments, view your account, and access community information all in one place. If you already have a login to your association website, you can log in to the App using the same email address and password you use for your association website. If you do not have a current login to your association site, simply click the register button and submit your information. Once your registration is approved, you will receive an email with a link to set your password and then you will be able to log in to your account directly from this app. If you already have a login and do not remember your password, click the Forgot Password link, enter your email address to request a password reset and you will receive an email with a link to set your password. Once set, you can log in with your email address and new password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MeckParkRec at 3.4 against SAM HOA's 2.3. MeckParkRec also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MeckParkRec holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
MeckParkRec ships an update every 5 weeks, SAM HOA every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MeckParkRec | SAM HOA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mecklenburg County | CINC Systems |
Customer experience
MeckParkRec
SAM HOA
In-app purchases
MeckParkRec
No in-app purchases
SAM HOA
No in-app purchases
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