Comparison

Making Places vs OpenSig

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

Head to head
About

Making Places

Easily manage your home and connect with your property management team and community. Access important property information, make payments, manage keys and parcels, and receive instant notifications.

Highlights
  • Manage property aspects
  • View key documents
  • Communicate with office teams
  • Pay service charges
  • Receive parcel alerts
  • Manage key access
  • Stay updated on announcements
Features
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Places enables owners and residents to easily manage their homes from one easy to use app. Effortlessly connect with their property management and on-site teams, as well as their community. Through Places they will be able to see important information about their property and the wider estate. Make service charge payments, manage access, keys and parcels, and receive instant news notifications or important massages from the office teams, helping to stay up to date with your home, the community and those things that matter to you the most. These are some of the highlights of Places: - Manage key aspects of your property - View key documents - Communicate with the office teams - Talk to your concierge - Pay your service charge - Get parcel delivery alerts - Manage key access - Keep updated on news announcements

About

OpenSig

Features
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A DIGITAL PEN ON YOUR PHONE OpenSig is the simple, private way to sign documents and create independently verifiable proofs for any file. No complex workflows and no file uploads. Sign PDFs, images, videos, design files, code, ZIPs and more directly with your device. Add optional encrypted notes to record purpose, intent or context. Use OpenSig to approve documents, lock in deliverables, protect your intellectual property, and timestamp important work. WHY OPENSIG? • Private by design – your documents never leave your device • Works with any file type and size • Create permanent, tamper-proof proofs • Add optional encrypted annotations such as purpose or message • No accounts, no uploads, no monthly subscription. Just verify your email and start signing • Independent verification: anyone with the file can verify your proof WHAT YOU CAN DO • Sign and approve documents • Prove authorship of creative work • Timestamp drafts, designs and revisions • Protect ideas, pitches and deliverables • Verify file integrity before handoff • Add short encrypted notes or URLs to your signature • Share proofs with clients, collaborators or auditors No uploads. No central storage. Just simple, verifiable signing you control.

Screenshots

Making Places4 screens
OpenSig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Making Places at none against OpenSig's 5. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. OpenSig sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Making Places asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Making Places ships an update monthly, OpenSig every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Making Places versus OpenSig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaking PlacesOpenSig
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDwellantDavid Potter

In-app purchases

None

Making Places

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

OpenSig

One-time5
  • 1 Signature$0.99
  • 5 Signatures$3.99
  • 25 Signatures$14.99
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  • 50 Signatures$24.99
  • 100 Signatures$49.99

Questions

Is Making Places free?
Making Places is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenSig free?
OpenSig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Making Places or OpenSig have ads?
Neither Making Places nor OpenSig shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Making Places or OpenSig?
Making Places ships an update monthly, and OpenSig every 3 weeks. Most recently, Making Places was updated on October 9, 2026 and OpenSig on September 23, 2026.

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