Comparison

dwellingLIVE vs Sawnee EMC

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage guest list
  • Add, edit, and delete guests
  • View guest history
  • Edit user profile
  • Manage notification settings
Features
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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

About

Sawnee EMC

Manage your utility account on the go. View usage and billing, make payments, report service issues, and stay updated on important news. Access facility locations and payment dropboxes easily.

Highlights
  • View account balance and due date
  • Manage recurring payments
  • View energy usage graphs
  • Report service issues
  • Monitor news and outage information
  • Find facility and dropbox locations
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Sawnee EMC provides members account management at their fingertips. Members can view their usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from Sawnee. Additional Features: Bill & Pay - Quickly view your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments and modify payment methods. You can also view bill history including PDF versions of paper bills directly on your mobile device. My Usage - View energy usage graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact Sawnee by email or phone. You can also submit one of the many predefined messages, with the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. News - Provides a convenient way to monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Service Status - Displays service interruption and outage information. You can also report an outage directly to Sawnee. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.

Screenshots

dwellingLIVE3 screens
Sawnee EMC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sawnee EMC at 2.8 against dwellingLIVE's 1.3. Sawnee EMC also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 6%) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). dwellingLIVE's advantage is ratings volume (641 vs 59). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sawnee EMC holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dwellingLIVE has 641 ratings behind it against 59, 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 28% of Sawnee EMC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, Sawnee EMC every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
dwellingLIVE versus Sawnee EMC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdwellingLIVESawnee EMC
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.3 (641 ratings)2.8 (59 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.0% of reviews28.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings641 — better59
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFrontstepsSawnee EMC

Customer experience

dwellingLIVE

All ratings639 ratings
Positive6.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative90.5%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive6.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative85.8%

Sawnee EMC

All ratings58 ratings
Positive43.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative55.2%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.9%

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
Show 2 more
  • Search function for guest list
  • Ability to extend multiple guest passes at once

Sawnee EMC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

dwellingLIVE

No in-app purchases

None

Sawnee EMC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dwellingLIVE free?
dwellingLIVE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sawnee EMC free?
Sawnee EMC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, dwellingLIVE or Sawnee EMC?
Sawnee EMC is rated higher. dwellingLIVE averages 1.3 out of 5 from 641 ratings, while Sawnee EMC averages 2.8 from 59 ratings.
Do dwellingLIVE or Sawnee EMC have ads?
Neither dwellingLIVE nor Sawnee EMC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dwellingLIVE or Sawnee EMC?
dwellingLIVE ships an update every 3 months, and Sawnee EMC every 2 months. Most recently, dwellingLIVE was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sawnee EMC on October 23, 2026.

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