dwellingLIVE vs Connect Resident
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Connect Resident
Manage your community with ease. Access important documents, view your account history, make payments, and connect with neighbors. This app provides convenient, 24/7 access to essential community services.
- Access Forms and Documents
- View Account History
- Make Payments
- Resident Directory
- 24/7 Community Access
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Stay connected to your community wherever you are with FirstService Residential Connect Mobile. Enjoy simple navigation and 24/7 access to manage your account, view documents, make payments, and stay informed. Need help? HODA, our built-in webchat assistant, is available anytime to answer questions and guide you every step of the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Connect Resident at 2.1 against dwellingLIVE's 1.3. Connect Resident also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). dwellingLIVE's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (641 vs 82). 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.
Connect Resident holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 641 ratings behind it against 82, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of dwellingLIVE's written reviews are positive against 9% of Connect Resident's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, Connect Resident every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | Connect Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (641 ratings) | 2.1 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 8.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 641 — better | 82 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | FirstService Residential |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
Connect Resident
Bugs and 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
Connect Resident
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
Connect Resident
No in-app purchases
Questions
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