dwellingLIVE vs Tap2Open Dashboard
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
Tap2Open Dashboard
Grant temporary access to your community entrance for guests using their smartphones. Send invites via text or email, manage access schedules, and view access history.
- Create and send guest invites
- Invite via text or email
- Smartphone-based entry
- Manage access schedules
- View access history
- Invite multiple guests
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The Tap2Open Dashboard app allows you to create and send invites to your friends, family or even the plumber. Invites can be sent via text message or email. Once your guest receives their invite they can conveniently open the entrance of your community at the tap of a button once they arrive using only their smartphone. The Tap2Open Dashboard allows you to manage your invites, view history of access, invite multiple guests and even create schedules for your guests' access. System Requirements: *Tap2Open enabled entrance *Tap2Open account *iPhone, iPod, or iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tap2Open Dashboard at 50% against dwellingLIVE's 6%. Tap2Open Dashboard also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (639 vs 16). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tap2Open Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 639 ratings behind it against 16, 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 50% of Tap2Open Dashboard's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, Tap2Open Dashboard every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | Tap2Open Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (639 ratings) | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 639 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | Tap2Open |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
Tap2Open Dashboard
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
Tap2Open Dashboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
Tap2Open Dashboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is dwellingLIVE free?
Is Tap2Open Dashboard free?
Which has better reviews, dwellingLIVE or Tap2Open Dashboard?
Do dwellingLIVE or Tap2Open Dashboard have ads?
Which is updated more often, dwellingLIVE or Tap2Open Dashboard?
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