dwellingLIVE vs GoAccess
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
GoAccess
Streamline access control for gated communities. This application simplifies visitor management, enhancing security and efficiency for residents and administrators. Manage entries and exits with ease.
- Gated community access control
- Visitor management
- Entry and exit management
- Enhanced security
- Streamlined administration
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GoAccess gated community access control. Learn more at www.GoAccess.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GoAccess at 83% against dwellingLIVE's 6%. GoAccess also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (641 vs 44). 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.
GoAccess holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 641 ratings behind it against 44, 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 83% of GoAccess's.
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, GoAccess monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dwellingLIVE | GoAccess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (641 ratings) | 4.5 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 641 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — 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 | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Frontsteps | GoAccess LLC |
Customer experience
dwellingLIVE
GoAccess
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
GoAccess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dwellingLIVE
No in-app purchases
GoAccess
No in-app purchases
