AvalonBay Living vs crowdCTRL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AvalonBay Living
Manage your apartment living experience with ease. This app allows residents to RSVP for events, pay rent, request maintenance, and book amenities directly from their mobile device.
- Community event RSVPs
- Rent payment
- Maintenance service requests
- Amenity booking
- Effortless apartment living
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The AvalonBay Living resident app has everything you need, right at your fingertips. From RSVPing for upcoming community events and paying rent to requesting maintenance services and booking amenities in seconds, our app lets you live effortlessly.
crowdCTRL
This app provides real-time insights into how busy places are, helping you make smarter decisions and avoid crowds. Plan your outings to the gym, coffee shops, or stores more effectively by knowing current crowd levels.
- Discover popular nearby places
- View real-time busyness levels
- Explore live heatmaps
- Quick Picks for instant suggestions
- Search any location
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crowdCTRL helps you avoid crowds and make smarter decisions by showing how busy places are before you go. Whether you’re heading to the gym, grabbing coffee, shopping, or going out, crowdCTRL gives you real-time insights so you can plan ahead and skip the crowds. Key Features: • Discover popular places near you • View real-time busyness levels • Explore live heatmaps of crowded areas • Use Quick Picks to find places instantly • Search any location in seconds No more guessing. No more wasted trips. Know before you go with crowdCTRL.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: crowdCTRL at 100% against AvalonBay Living's 11%. crowdCTRL also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). AvalonBay Living's advantage is ratings volume (165 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
crowdCTRL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AvalonBay Living has 165 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of AvalonBay Living's written reviews are positive against 100% of crowdCTRL's.
AvalonBay Living ships an update every 6 weeks, crowdCTRL weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AvalonBay Living | crowdCTRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (165 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | AvalonBay Communities, Inc | Medina |
Customer experience
AvalonBay Living
crowdCTRL
In-app purchases
AvalonBay Living
No in-app purchases
crowdCTRL
No in-app purchases
