dwellingLIVE vs SunStrong Connect
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
SunStrong Connect
Monitor and control your home solar power system with this app. View solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. Manage battery settings and receive system alerts for informed energy decisions.
- Monitor solar production
- Track home consumption
- View battery power flows
- Control battery settings
- Receive system alerts
- View historical performance
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mySunPower is now SunStrong Connect! SunStrong Connect™ offers convenient information about and control over your home solar power system. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your solar and battery storage solutions, SunStrong Connect puts the power to monitor system performance and control battery settings in the palm of your hand. Features include: • Views of solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. • Historical system performance, including energy consumption data for homes equipped with energy consumption meters. • SunVault™ Storage controls to change battery settings and view battery status. • Live weather data and system alerts to inform energy decisions. Copyright © 2025 SunStrong Management. All rights reserved. An official SunStrong Connect app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SunStrong Connect at 4.4 against dwellingLIVE's 1.3. SunStrong Connect also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (15K vs 641). 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.
SunStrong Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SunStrong Connect has 15K ratings behind it against 641, 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 12% of SunStrong Connect's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, SunStrong Connect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | SunStrong Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (641 ratings) | 4.4 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 11.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 641 | 15K — better |
| 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 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | SunStrong Management |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
SunStrong Connect
User reviews
dwellingLIVE
From 641 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Inconsistent performance
- 🔍 Unreliable notifications
- 👎 Poor user interface
- 🔍 Lack of innovation
SunStrong Connect
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good app for monitoring solar production
- 🚀 Provides real-time and historical data
- 🔍 Useful analytics and reporting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent data and inaccurate readings
- 🔍 Lacks detailed panel-level information
- 🔁 Frequent app crashes and login issues
- ⏱️ Slow data updates and refresh times
- 📱 Poor user interface and navigation
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
SunStrong Connect
Reported bugs
3 issues- App displaying incorrect power flow information
- Historical data disappearing or not updating
- Connectivity issues causing data loss
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view individual panel performance
- Integration with home energy consumption data
- Customizable data views and comparison tools
- Improved notification and alert system
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
SunStrong Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is dwellingLIVE free?
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