Carroll EMC vs dwellingLIVE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carroll EMC
Manage your utility account details, view bills and balances, and make payments on the go. Schedule alerts, find payment locations, and stay connected with the provider via social media.
- Account management
- View bills and balances
- Make payments
- Find payment locations
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- Social media connection
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Our mobile app is designed to give you fast, secure account access so you can easily manage your account details, view your bill and your account balance, make payments and find payment locations, schedule alerts and reminders, and stay connected with us via Facebook and Twitter. Nearly everything you can do from our “Member Service Portal” can now be handled instantly whether you’re at home or on the go.
dwellingLIVE
Manage your community's guest list and personal account information directly from your mobile device. This app allows residents to easily add, edit, and delete guests, view guest history, and update their profile details.
- Manage guest list
- Add, edit, and delete guests
- View guest history
- Edit user profile
- Manage notification settings
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dwellingLIVE is the #1 access control solution for residential community associations. This is the official dwellingLIVE Guest List app for residents in communities subscribing to dwellingLIVE. Easily manage your guest list and account information on your mobile device. Current Features Include: • View guest list • Add, edit, and delete guests • View guest history • Edit user profile (name, email, password, phone numbers, etc.) • Manage email & text message notification settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Carroll EMC at 1.9 against dwellingLIVE's 1.3. Carroll EMC also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (639 vs 26) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Carroll EMC holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 639 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Carroll EMC's written reviews are positive against 6% of dwellingLIVE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Carroll EMC ships an update every 6 months, dwellingLIVE every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carroll EMC | dwellingLIVE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (26 ratings) — better | 1.3 (639 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 6.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 639 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Carroll Electric Membership Corporation | Frontsteps |
Customer experience
Carroll EMC
dwellingLIVE
Bugs and requests
Carroll EMC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
dwellingLIVE
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not loading or showing blank screens
- Unable to access contacts
- Inability to save guest information
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
7 requests- Siri integration
- Quick add for temporary guests
- Ability to update guest information
- Notification to multiple contacts
- Ability to save contact information
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- Search function for guest list
- Ability to extend multiple guest passes at once
In-app purchases
Carroll EMC
No in-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Carroll EMC free?
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