dwellingLIVE vs Access Northpark
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
Access Northpark
Unlock doors and access facilities using your smartphone. This utility app provides convenient entry control through your mobile device.
- Smartphone access control
- Unlock doors
- Facility access
- Mobile entry
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Access Northpark with your smart phone!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Access Northpark at 100% against dwellingLIVE's 6%. Access Northpark also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (639 vs 8). 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.
Access Northpark holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 639 ratings behind it against 8, 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 Access Northpark's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, Access Northpark fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | Access Northpark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (639 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 639 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | ZENDACCESS, INC |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
Access Northpark
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
Access Northpark
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
Access Northpark
No in-app purchases
