Comparison

NAR Mobile vs The Palms Commons

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

Head to head
About

NAR Mobile

Access the latest real estate news, market updates, and industry trends. Connect with other professionals, discover member benefits, and access training and educational resources to grow your business.

Highlights
  • Latest real estate news and market updates
  • Personalized content feed and notifications
  • Member directory for networking
  • Access to membership benefits and discounts
  • Code of Ethics status and training
  • Professional education and continuing courses
  • Podcasts and video series
Features
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Grow your real estate business, be the first to know, and get ahead of the competition with the NAR App for REALTORS®: fresh insight backed by a century of real estate expertise! Benefits of the NAR App include: - Latest News and Information: Important insights you need at your fingertips, with reliable real estate news, current housing market updates, up-to-date industry trends, and valuable real estate marketing tools. Expertly navigate the residential and commercial real estate news that's most important to you (and your clients) so you're up to date and ahead of the game, all while you're on the go. - Personalized Content: Customize your feed based on your interests and get notified when new content is available. Everything you want, and nothing that you don't in an easy-to-navigate NAR app. Leverage what you learn, bookmark and share it with clients. - Member Directory: Find a member by name, location, field of business, language, and certifications & designations to expand your referral network. - Membership Benefits & Latest Discounts: Quickly access member benefits and member discounts to save money and make the most of special offers on technology, marketing products, and more. (NAR rental car discount, anyone?!) - Code of Ethics: The NAR real estate agent app allows you to check your REALTOR® Code of Ethics status and quickly access required training. - Professional Education: Build on your experience with comprehensive learning and development opportunities. Access a wide selection of real estate training options wherever you are, whenever you want. - Competitive Advantage: This app for REALTORS® helps you make informed decisions faster and with confidence. Read about the latest real estate trends and elevate your learning with real estate continuing education courses. - Listen & Watch: Stream videos series and listen to podcasts that elevate the conversation around the issues relevant to you and what you do. - Your Member Profile: Quickly access and manage your Member Profile on the go. The NAR real estate app, helps you, the REALTOR® elevate your business: - Showcase industry expertise - Provide insights and marketing resources that can be passed on to clients - Stay ahead of the competition - Grow your business As a REALTOR® you're always on the job, which means every moment matters! Whether you've got five minutes between meetings or two hours between showings, just tap into the app for important insights, invaluable stats, and personalized content. Get deal-making updates for your business while you're doing business with the NAR real estate agent app. Use of the NAR App and the services provided through the App are subject to the Terms of Use (https://www.nar.realtor/terms-of-use) and Privacy Policy (https://www.nar.realtor/data-privacy-security/privacy-policy) of the National Association of REALTORS®. REALTORS® are members of the National Association of REALTORS®.

About

The Palms Commons

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Keeping up with Indian Palms means checking a half dozen different places, and none of them talk to each other. Association notices go on one website. Events go somewhere else, or nowhere. The club posts its lineup and its menus as pictures, so the date and the band and Tuesday's special exist only as pixels and no search will ever find them. Half the time you hear about something days after it happened, from a neighbor, in a parking lot. The Palms Commons puts all of it in one list, in date order. WHAT'S IN IT Association notices, gathered as they're published, so you don't have to remember to go look. When more than one association posts about the same thing, such as a gate closure or a festival weekend, their notices arrive as one story, with each association's original a tap away. Events, including the ones that only ever existed as a poster. The app reads the picture and turns it into a real listing you can find by day. A single poster holding a week of specials and three bands becomes eight separate entries, each one searchable. Menus too, so Thursday night's post is still findable on Saturday when you're deciding where to eat. Severe weather, sent immediately and printed in the National Weather Service's own words, unedited. Local weather and air quality, and what's on nearby. A short read on what people around here are talking about this week: the subjects and the general mood, so you get the temperature of the place without scrolling through every post. No resident's name appears in it. The Commons Monthly. Once a month, the month written up: what the boards decided, what the paperwork said, and what neighbors spent the month talking about. THROUGH THE YEAR The Halloween Treats & Decor Map. See which homes are handing out treats or are decorated, get walking directions, and tick off the ones you've visited. Add your own home from your front door. Every pin is deleted the morning after Halloween. The holiday golf cart parade. In December, follow the parade on a map, see how long until it reaches you, and keep the countdown on your Lock Screen. For parade organizers: the phone leading the parade shares its location in the background, with the screen locked, until you tap Stop. Like any GPS running in the background, that uses more battery than usual. NOTIFICATIONS THAT RESPECT YOU Things don't arrive here one at a time, so nothing gets sent the instant it appears. Updates are gathered and sent together as one message. Severe weather is the exception and goes straight out. Spray schedules and pool hours don't count as alerts no matter how urgent they sound. WHAT THIS IS NOT This app is not official. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or connected to any homeowners association, board, management company, or the country club. It was built by a resident. Everything in it was already published publicly by the people who published it, and the app gathers it into one place. It is free. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no accounts. Nothing about you is sold, and nothing is used to track you. Very little leaves your phone, such as a notification token if you turn notifications on, or a pin if you add your home to the Halloween map. The privacy policy, linked in Settings, lists every one. COVERAGE IPMA and IPCCA, plus the club and local listings. More can be added. If your association publishes its notices somewhere reachable, get in touch and I'll look at including it.

Screenshots

NAR Mobile4 screens
The Palms Commons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Palms Commons at every 9 days against NAR Mobile's every 2 months. NAR Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NAR Mobile ships an update every 2 months, The Palms Commons every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NAR Mobile versus The Palms Commons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNAR MobileThe Palms Commons
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNational Association of REALTORSKyle Johnson

In-app purchases

None

NAR Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

The Palms Commons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NAR Mobile free?
NAR Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Palms Commons free?
The Palms Commons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NAR Mobile or The Palms Commons have ads?
Neither NAR Mobile nor The Palms Commons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NAR Mobile or The Palms Commons?
NAR Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and The Palms Commons every 9 days. Most recently, NAR Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Palms Commons on October 23, 2026.

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