dwellingLIVE vs Zuul Guard
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
Zuul Guard
This utility app allows security guards at manned gates to verify passes using a tablet as a scanner. It also facilitates communication with residents through phone calls or text messages.
- Pass verification scanner
- Resident communication
- Phone call integration
- Text messaging integration
- Tablet optimization
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The Zuul Systems Guard app is to be used by guards for manned gates to work seamlessly with the Zuul Systems app. Advanced features enable a tablet to be turned into a scanner for pass verification, as well as enable the guard to communicate with residents via a phone call or text message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zuul Guard at 100% against dwellingLIVE's 6%. Zuul Guard also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (641 vs 4). 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.
Zuul Guard holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 641 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Zuul Guard's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, Zuul Guard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | Zuul Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (641 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 641 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | ZUUL SYSTEMS, LLC |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
Zuul Guard
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
Zuul Guard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
Zuul Guard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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