Comparison

Paragon Connect vs BoldTrail

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

Head to head
About

Paragon Connect

Access MLS data and manage real estate tasks from your mobile device. Features include powerful search options, instant CMA generation, and listing maintenance. Collaborate with buyers and keep sellers informed with automated alerts.

Highlights
  • Power Search for listings, contacts, and agents
  • Near-Me Search for immediate field listings
  • Detailed mobile search functionality
  • 30-second CMA generation
  • Edit listings anytime, anywhere
  • Buyer collaboration centers
  • Automated seller alerts
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The Paragon Connect app helps you get work done on the go. This intuitive, feature-rich app provides the same seamless experience. Discover a simple communication dashboard where you can respond to your customers instantly. Enjoy search flexibility with: - Power Search – By entering just a few characters of a word, you can find listings, contacts, agents and more. - Near-Me Search – Instantly find listings while you’re in the field. - Detailed Search – Get the search features you experience on your desktop, now designed for your mobile device. Get a CMA in 30 seconds or less with EasyCMA, which delivers a fast and easy analysis of what a property is worth.* Edit any field at any time, anywhere with Listing Maintenance.* Enable buyers to search and review listings, request showings and more with personalized collaboration centers. Stay in constant communication with sellers about activity on their listing with automated alerts. Paragon Connect delivers a simple and easy-to-use system, helping you tackle any task with just a tap or click. It’s all EASIER with Paragon Connect. *available in select markets

About

BoldTrail

This app provides a personalized dialer for business professionals, automatically serving up daily calls based on lead importance. It allows for group outreach and hands-free calling, ensuring productivity on the go.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily dialer
  • Automated call serving
  • Group lead outreach
  • Hands-free calling
  • Mobile CRM connection
Features
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The BoldTrail app is your mobile connection to the most used CRM components of BoldTrail and the fastest way to make the calls that keep your business moving. You don’t have time to babysit your laptop. The BoldTrail app gives you a personalize dialer with calls served up automatically to you every day based on the leads and contacts most important for you to call today. You can also use it to reach out to groups of leads from your hashtags or any other set of people. Hit go, and talk on bluetooth while you run around town. We get it, you’re balancing a lot, so your tech needs to be mobile with you. Try it out, and you’ll never go back.

Screenshots

Paragon Connect4 screens
BoldTrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paragon Connect at 2.3 against BoldTrail's 1.6. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Paragon Connect holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Paragon Connect's written reviews are positive against 8% of BoldTrail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paragon Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, BoldTrail every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Paragon Connect versus BoldTrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParagon ConnectBoldTrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (54 ratings) — better1.6 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews14.0% of reviews — better7.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5475 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIntercontinentalExchange, IncKunversion, LLC

Customer experience

Paragon Connect

All ratings53 ratings
Positive32.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative67.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive14.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.0%

BoldTrail

All ratings74 ratings
Positive10.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.2%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.3%

User reviews

Paragon Connect

From 54 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Major improvements over time
  • 👍 Positive feedback on new app
  • 👍 Useful information available
  • 👍 Responsive and well-designed app
  • 👍 Easy to follow and highlights key info

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability
  • 🐛 Login issues and constant logouts
  • 🐛 Not user-friendly and cluttered interface
  • 🐛 Slow and inefficient performance
  • 🐛 Limited MLS coverage by state/area

BoldTrail

From 75 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Potential for improvement
  • 👍 Desktop version works well
  • 👍 Good for organizing leads
  • 👍 Can set reminders for calls/texts
  • 👍 Simplifies lead promotion and sending links

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App notifications not showing messages
  • 🐛 App is useless/worthless
  • 🐛 Non-intuitive and complicated
  • 🐛 Cannot locate info or communicate through app
  • 🐛 Wastes time instead of saving it

Bugs and requests

Paragon Connect

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Login fails after desktop login
  • App crashes frequently
  • Requires constant deletion and reinstallation
  • Login screen freezes or flashes
  • App does not open
Show 6 more
  • Search function errors
  • App logs out frequently
  • Password not auto-populating from Apple ID
  • Cannot select state or account
  • App stops opening after iOS update
  • Text listing function not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Fix login issues when using desktop version simultaneously
  • Improve user-friendliness for real estate professionals
  • Expand MLS coverage to include all states and local associations
  • Ensure app works after iOS updates
  • Provide accessible customer support
Show 3 more
  • Fix the text listing function
  • Improve search functionality
  • Make the browser version of Paragon Connect usable

BoldTrail

Reported bugs

93 issues
  • App notifications not showing messages
  • App is useless/worthless
  • Cannot locate info or communicate through app
  • Wastes time instead of saving it
  • Cannot access contacts or see messages
Show 88 more
  • Trash app
  • Blank screen/no notifications in app
  • Have to log on to browser for notifications
  • Annoying and costs valuable response time
  • Don't deliver on promises
  • Worst product and customer service
  • Misrepresented as single-agent friendly
  • Built for teams and brokerages
  • Convoluted CRM
  • Two websites created, compliance issue
  • Support is a joke
  • Slow responses, disorganization
  • Bot answering emails
  • Refused contract termination
  • Unethical, misleading
  • Mobile app misses/loses messages
  • Notifications fail
  • Cannot open/respond to inbound communication
  • Desktop glitches continuously
  • Page jumps, frozen screens, instability
  • Creates operational drag
  • Basic workflow management difficult
  • Regrettable decision for business
  • Old app vs new app confusion
  • Switching between three apps
  • Doesn't see contacts
  • Frustrating to delete/re-download
  • Buggiest CRM app
  • No support, rude support
  • Overpriced
  • Constant bugs
  • Rebranded app before features ready
  • Tired of 'Coming Soon'
  • Cannot change campaign from app
  • Cannot schedule appointments from app
  • Doesn't populate contacts
  • Worst experience with CRM conversion
  • Remove/download app weekly
  • Google spreadsheets more reliable
  • Desktop version better
  • Every lead disappears
  • No one gets back to you
  • No help from support
  • Features used to work, now 'coming soon'
  • No help on Facebook or customer service
  • App is complete garbage
  • Nothing loads
  • Things work one day, not the next
  • Delete/redownload almost weekly
  • Plenty of bugs
  • Doesn't work, doesn't do what it says
  • Cannot call from app
  • Cannot update/create searches from app
  • Call recording inconsistent
  • Notes not saving consistently
  • Clunky and difficult to use
  • Glitches all the time
  • Very slow
  • Logged out all the time
  • Functions differently each time
  • Extremely limited functionality
  • Doesn't list everything online
  • Predatory contracts
  • Cannot cancel subscription
  • Customer service strong arms you
  • App has never worked since rebranding
  • Spins and spins
  • Paying for a decent app
  • Never works or loads
  • Cannot use on the go
  • Doesn't load database information
  • Kicks user out of app
  • App never works
  • Makes keeping up with clients difficult
  • Cannot pull up client or do anything
  • App crashes when trying to put notes
  • Call scheduling feature doesn't work
  • Cannot start drip campaigns
  • Infinite loading screen for contacts
  • Absolute garbage app
  • Super duper buggy
  • Can't pull up contacts/notifications
  • Notifications not received
  • Text messages never populate
  • Impossible to stay connected
  • Not loading, keeps saying loading
  • Call recording skews data analytics
  • App doesn't do more than website (marketing, builder)

Requested features

8 requests
  • Consolidate apps into one
  • Update and consolidate apps
  • Mimic desktop version functionality in app
  • Add marketing website builder features to app
  • Allow changing campaigns from the app
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  • Allow scheduling appointments from the app
  • Add dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

In-app purchases

None

Paragon Connect

No in-app purchases

None

BoldTrail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paragon Connect free?
Paragon Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BoldTrail free?
BoldTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paragon Connect or BoldTrail?
Paragon Connect is rated higher. Paragon Connect averages 2.3 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while BoldTrail averages 1.6 from 75 ratings.
Do Paragon Connect or BoldTrail have ads?
Neither Paragon Connect nor BoldTrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paragon Connect or BoldTrail?
Paragon Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, and BoldTrail every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paragon Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and BoldTrail on October 20, 2026.

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