Resident Experience vs Before Us
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Access payment portal
- Submit maintenance requests 24/7
- Receive maintenance status updates
- Reserve community amenities
- Connect with community
- Stay updated on community events
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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.
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.
- Daily quote from Black voices
- Author context and stories
- Save and revisit quotes
- Curated quote collections
- Shareable quote cards
- Daily reminder notifications
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Resident Experience | Before Us |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (756 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC | Zaviaer Flowers |
Customer experience
Resident Experience
Before Us
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
Resident Experience
No in-app purchases
Before Us
No in-app purchases
Questions
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