The Beacon Experience vs CMA Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Beacon Experience
This app fosters community connection by offering features like a shared feed, online voting, and amenity booking. Residents can also access a bulletin board, make payments, and view home statistics. It aims to enhance neighborhood interaction and management.
- Community feed
- Online voting
- Amenity reservation
- Bulletin board
- Payments
- Home stats
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The Beacon Experience enables community engagement and features that include: -Community feed -Online voting -Amenity reservation -Bulletin board -Payments -Home stats
CMA Home
Manage your community association from your mobile device. Access your account, make payments, view your balance and history, and submit service requests or amenity reservations. It offers a personalized dashboard and seamless management for multiple properties.
- Personalized dashboard
- Easy mobile payments
- Dues and payment history
- Service request submission
- Amenity reservations
- Multi-property account management
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CMA Home is a convenient and mobile-friendly way to interact with your community association. This app makes it easier than ever to access your community association portal. Simply log in using your existing portal credentials. Experience community anywhere, anytime. This app offers: A Personalized Dashboard: Personalized, up-to-date insights into your account. Easy Payments: Manage recurring or one-time payments with our convenient mobile payment options. Payment Information: Stay informed about your dues, view your current balance, review recent payments, and see your payment history. Convenient Requests: Submit a service request or reserve an amenity while you're out and about! CMA Home offers seamless switching between accounts. If you own multiple properties in a community, you can manage it all in a single login. Keep track of each property's dues, streamline payment processes, and enjoy the convenience of centralized management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Beacon Experience at 5.0 against CMA Home's 2.0. The Beacon Experience also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.4). CMA Home's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
The Beacon Experience holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CMA Home has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Beacon Experience | CMA Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONR Applications LLC | Community Management Associates , Inc. |
Customer experience
The Beacon Experience
CMA Home
In-app purchases
The Beacon Experience
No in-app purchases
CMA Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
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