CAFS HOA vs Proptia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAFS HOA
Manage your community association with ease. Make payments, view your account details, and access important community information all within a single, user-friendly mobile application. Registration is simple for new users.
- Make payments
- View account details
- Access community information
- User registration
- Password reset functionality
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The Homeowner and Board App is a mobile-friendly way to interface with your community association. You will be able to make payments, view your account, and access community information all in one place. If you already have a login to your association website, you can log in to the App using the same email address and password you use for your association website. If you do not have a current login to your association site, simply click the register button and submit your information. Once your registration is approved, you will receive an email with a link to set your password and then you will be able to log in to your account directly from this app. If you already have a login and do not remember your password, click the Forgot Password link, enter your email address to request a password reset and you will receive an email with a link to set your password. Once set, you can log in with your email address and new password.
Proptia
Manage community access with this app. Features include visitor management for gatehouses and telephone entry, vehicle directories, and mobile credentials for seamless entry. You can also submit and view tickets, and access a directory of community staff contacts.
- Visitor management
- Event visitor management
- Vehicles directory
- Mobile credential access
- Ticket submission and viewing
- Community staff contacts
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Proptia gives residents a faster, simpler way to manage access to their community. Whether you're inviting guests, sending secure ePasses, managing vehicles, or using your phone as your credential, Proptia keeps everything you need in one beautifully designed app. Features include: • Invite guests and vendors in seconds • Send secure ePasses by text or email • Manage personal and family vehicles • License plate access for seamless community entry • Bluetooth mobile credentials for gates, doors, and amenities • View community contacts and directory information • Submit and track resident tickets • Access community credentials from your mobile device Available exclusively for communities powered by Proptia. Contact your community management team for access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Proptia at 4.5 against CAFS HOA's 2.3. Proptia also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (19% vs 0%). 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.
Proptia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proptia has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CAFS HOA's written reviews are positive against 19% of Proptia's.
CAFS HOA ships an update every 6 months, Proptia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAFS HOA | Proptia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 19.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CINC Systems | Proptia |
Customer experience
CAFS HOA
Proptia
In-app purchases
CAFS HOA
No in-app purchases
Proptia
No in-app purchases








