Hiring vs Things for better communities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hiring
This application provides recruiters and hiring managers with mobile access to an applicant tracking system. It allows for real-time updates on hiring activities, candidate communication, and pipeline management. Users can review candidates, manage job approvals, and leverage social networks for referrals.
- Communicate with candidates and teams
- Real-time hiring activity updates
- Access interview details
- View candidates by stage
- Manage active jobs and candidates
- Review and share candidate feedback
- Approve or reject job offers
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Recruiters and Hiring Managers only. Access the SmartRecruiters ATS on the go SmartRecruiters’ Hiring App allows our Recruiters and Hiring Managers to: • Communicate with their candidates and hiring teams on the go. • Get real time updates on your team's hiring activity. • Quick access to details on all upcoming interviews. • View your candidates by stage to see progress on your hire. • Access list of active jobs: job details, candidates and job ad. • Review, rate and share feedback on candidates with your hiring teams. • List, comment and accept or reject job and offer approvals. • Manage your pipeline by moving candidates to the latest hiring step. • Leverage your networks with social referrals to ask for the best candidates. Are you a job seeker? • Please access your Candidate Portal with a web browser at my.smartrecruiters.com. New to SmartRecruiters? • You'll need an existing company account to access the app.
Things for better communities
Connect with your local community to exchange services, goods, and companionship. This free app facilitates finding jobs, hiring individuals, and discovering local needs through map-based search and direct chat. It supports secure transactions with cryptocurrency and video resumes.
- Map-based local search
- Job postings for businesses and individuals
- Video resume functionality
- Service request posting
- Direct secure chat
- Cryptocurrency payment option
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- A free application for direct exchange of all services, accompanies, and commodities in your community. - Find the perfect match for your needs in your local community. - A map-based search to find the closest match in your community. - Find a job on the way, earn money on the go and make a better community. - As a business owner, post your jobs for free and find the perfect match in your community. - As an individual looking for a job, show your skills in a video resume and get hired in your community. - As an individual requiring services, post your needs as a taker for free and find the perfect giver in your community. - Find someone in your community to accompany you to various events. - Multiple payment options including secure payment with Things cryptocurrency as simple as scanning a QR code. - Secure direct chat between giver and taker. - Simple registration only with a phone number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Things for better communities at 100% against Hiring's 35%. Things for better communities also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Hiring's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Things for better communities sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. Hiring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Things for better communities holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Hiring's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things for better communities's.
Hiring ships an update monthly, Things for better communities every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiring | Things for better communities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartRecruiters, Inc | MOTECH SOFTWARE, LLC |
Customer experience
Hiring
Things for better communities
Bugs and requests
Hiring
Reported bugs
15 issues- Cannot log in on mobile
- App signs user out automatically
- Drop-outs and disconnections
- Login screen freezes
- App quits out frequently
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- Password not accepted on app
- Job applicants not loading
- Sharing icon only shows 'Cancel'
- App doesn't load any data
- Login error messages
- App is completely broken
- Has to sign in every time
- Screen shakes on incorrect login attempt
- No way to reset password in app
- Review pop-up is intrusive
Requested features
10 requests- Add LinkedIn profile integration
- Improve candidate filtering options
- Enable scheduling interviews directly
- Sync desktop and app features better
- Add ability to tag candidates
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- Show new messages from candidates
- Add ability to make small posting changes
- Add more features/reports/messaging
- Allow users to see hiring team members
- Allow users to see candidate activity
Things for better communities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hiring
No in-app purchases
Things for better communities
- goldsub$9.993 Months
- Limited Notifications$9.991 Year
- All Notifications$19.991 Year
Questions
Is Hiring free?
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