Comparison

Resident Experience vs Before Us

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

Head to head
About

Resident Experience

Manage your community living experience with this app. Access payments, submit maintenance requests with status updates, and reserve amenities. Stay connected with your neighbors and community events.

Highlights
  • Access payment portal
  • Submit maintenance requests 24/7
  • Receive maintenance status updates
  • Reserve community amenities
  • Connect with community
  • Stay updated on community events
Features
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Welcome home to the Resident Experience app, for residents of Greystar-managed communities. This new, cutting-edge platform provides residents with high-tech convenience at the touch of their fingertips. Through this app, residents will be able to: • Access payment portal • Submit maintenance requests 24/7 and automatically receive status updates • Reserve amenities easily, so you can enjoy them as soon as you’re ready • Connect with your community and stay up-to-date with what’s happening and much more! After downloading the app, residents will set up a profile to access their specific community.

About

Before Us

This app offers daily wisdom from influential Black voices, providing a single quote each day with context about the author. Save favorite quotes, discover curated collections, and share inspiring messages.

Highlights
  • Daily quote from Black voices
  • Author context and stories
  • Save and revisit quotes
  • Curated quote collections
  • Shareable quote cards
  • Daily reminder notifications
Features
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Before Us is a daily companion of wisdom from the Black voices who shaped our world — the writers, leaders, artists, athletes, and everyday visionaries whose words still carry us forward. Each day brings a single quote worth sitting with. No feed to scroll and no noise — just one voice, one truth, and room to reflect. WHAT'S INSIDE • A new quote every day, from a hand-curated library of Black American and Diaspora voices • The story behind each voice — short, respectful context on who they were and why their words matter • Save the quotes that move you and return to them anytime • Collections gathered around what you need — encouragement, focus, calm, and more • Turn any quote into a beautiful card to share with your circle or save to your Photos • A gentle daily reminder, so wisdom finds you at the right moment WHY BEFORE US Too much daily inspiration strips history down to anonymous one-liners. Before Us keeps the names, the context, and the dignity intact — a small, quiet practice of honoring the people whose courage and clarity came before us, and letting their words steady your day. Free to download. Sign in to keep your saved quotes synced, even if you switch phones or reinstall.

Screenshots

Resident Experience4 screens
Before Us4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Before Us at 5.0 against Resident Experience's 1.4. Resident Experience's advantage is ratings volume (756 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Before Us holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resident Experience has 756 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Resident Experience versus Before Us: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResident ExperienceBefore Us
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (756 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings756 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreystar Real Estate Partners LLCZaviaer Flowers

Customer experience

Resident Experience

All ratings754 ratings
Positive10.7%
Neutral0.1%
Negative89.1%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.7%

Before Us

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Resident Experience

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues and account verification problems
  • Inability to complete rent payments
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to view detailed payment history
  • Option to pay rent without using third-party services
  • Improved app stability and performance

Before Us

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Resident Experience

No in-app purchases

None

Before Us

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resident Experience free?
Resident Experience is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Before Us free?
Before Us is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Resident Experience or Before Us?
Before Us is rated higher. Resident Experience averages 1.4 out of 5 from 756 ratings, while Before Us averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Resident Experience or Before Us have ads?
Neither Resident Experience nor Before Us shows ads.

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