ABDi GateAccess vs Dorm Mom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABDi GateAccess
Manage your gated community access from your mobile device. View and update your guest list, and review recent visitor logs. This app connects to the GateAccess.net website for seamless management of your residential access.
- Manage guest list
- View visitor logs
- Add and change guest entries
- Access residential file details
- iOS device compatibility
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The GateAccess app is a free mobile companion to your community's GateAccess.net subscription. With the app, you can securely access and manage your guest list, view recent visitor history, and modify your account information from anywhere, right from your mobile device.
Dorm Mom
This app connects college students with convenient laundry pickup and delivery, apartment cleaning, and grocery delivery services across the US. Users can view service offerings, place orders, manage their accounts, and track their usage.
- Laundry pickup and delivery
- Apartment cleaning services
- Grocery delivery
- View service offerings
- Order services
- Account management
- Usage tracking
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Dorm Mom provides Laundry Pick Up and Delivery, Apartment Cleaning and Grocery Delivery to College Students Across the United States. With this app, you can - View Service Offerings - Order Services - View Account Information and Pay Bills - Track Your Usage - Sign Up to Become a Provider - etc. If you have any questions, please call us at 1-877-478-5332
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABDi GateAccess at 64% against Dorm Mom's 0%. ABDi GateAccess also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (80K vs 5). Dorm Mom's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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.
ABDi GateAccess holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABDi GateAccess has 80K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of ABDi GateAccess's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dorm Mom's.
ABDi GateAccess ships an update every 3 weeks, Dorm Mom every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABDi GateAccess | Dorm Mom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (80K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applications by Design, Inc. | Dorm Mom LLC |
Customer experience
ABDi GateAccess
Dorm Mom
Bugs and requests
ABDi GateAccess
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not working after updates
- Inconsistent guest check-in/out
- Incorrect guest information displayed
Requested features
4 requests- Barcode/QR code guest access
- Customizable notification sounds
- Ability to edit/delete past guests
- Integration with smart home systems
Dorm Mom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ABDi GateAccess
No in-app purchases
Dorm Mom
No in-app purchases
Questions
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