Comparison

PassLink Pro vs BuiltNotBought

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

Head to head
About

PassLink Pro

Manage guest access and visit details for your community directly from your phone. This app allows residents to add, edit, and remove visitors, and open common area doors and gates. An active account with a participating community is required.

Highlights
  • Manage guest access
  • Update visit details
  • Add, edit, and remove visitors
  • Open community doors and gates
  • View account and community details
Features
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PassLink Pro is a resident app for communities that use PassLink Pro for visitor management. With PassLink Pro, residents can quickly manage guest access and keep visit details up to date—right from their phone. Key features: - Sign in with your PassLink Pro account - Add, edit, and remove visitors at any time - Manage visit details to help ensure a smooth check-in process - Open common area doors and gates throughout your community - View your account information and community/unit details Designed for communities: PassLink Pro is provided through participating communities. An active account is required to use the app. If you don’t have an account, please contact your community administrator.

About

BuiltNotBought

Features
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Built Not Bought is the maintenance logbook for the things you wrench on yourself. Whether you're keeping a daily driver tidy, building out an overland rig, or restoring a project, your build's history lives here — not on the back of a receipt that got soaked in oil six months ago. What you can do: • Log every job with title, date, mileage, category, notes, cost, part model, quantity, where you bought it, and who turned the wrench. • Track multiple vehicles — each with its own photo, profile, and history. • Use the eleven built-in categories (oil change, brakes, tires, suspension, electrical, drivetrain, fluids, filters, armor, wheels, other) or create your own with a custom icon and color. • Browse by date, mileage, or cost. Search anything. Records group by month so you can see how each year of ownership shook out. • A Summary tab with totals, an interactive donut of where your money went by category, and a 1M / 6M / 1Y / All time-range filter. • Export to CSV any time — your data, your file. • Sync across iPhone and iPad via iCloud. No accounts, no servers, no ads, no analytics. If you enjoy the app, there's a tip jar in About. No nags, no paywalls — pay once for the app, keep it forever.

Screenshots

PassLink Pro3 screens
BuiltNotBought4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PassLink Pro at 15.1 against BuiltNotBought's 17.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PassLink Pro versus BuiltNotBought: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassLink ProBuiltNotBought
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPassLink Pro, LLCSHYAM PATEL

In-app purchases

None

PassLink Pro

No in-app purchases

None

BuiltNotBought

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PassLink Pro free?
PassLink Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuiltNotBought free?
BuiltNotBought is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PassLink Pro or BuiltNotBought have ads?
Neither PassLink Pro nor BuiltNotBought shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PassLink Pro or BuiltNotBought?
PassLink Pro ships an update monthly, and BuiltNotBought monthly. Most recently, PassLink Pro was updated on October 8, 2026 and BuiltNotBought on October 7, 2026.

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