Membership Toolkit vs HOA Start
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Membership Toolkit
Manage and communicate with your organization on the go. Access your organization's directory, calendars, content, forms, stores, and fundraising tools. Stay updated and participate from anywhere.
- Organization directory access
- Event calendars
- Content management
- Product and data forms
- Volunteer forms
- Store access
- Fundraising tools
- Notifications
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NOTE: In order to use this app, you must be affiliated with an organization already using Membership Toolkit. Visit your organization to create your user account, then use that same account to log into the app. Membership Toolkit provides the tools you need to help manage and communicate with your organization. This app provides access to your organization's directory, calendars, content, product and data forms, volunteer forms, stores, fundraising, and notifications. Keep up to date with your organization and participate on-the-go!
HOA Start
Manage your homeowners association with ease. Pay dues, book amenities, participate in surveys, and communicate with neighbors. Receive timely notifications for important community updates.
- Pay dues
- Register for events
- Reserve amenities
- Vote on surveys
- Chat with neighbors
- Receive notifications
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Pay dues, register for events, reserve amenities, vote on surveys, and chat with neighbors wherever you are. Opt in to receive notifications of new chat messages, invoices, violation notices, community calendar or Newsfeed entries, or amenity-reservation approvals. Note that this app requires a community subscription to HOA Start homeowners association management software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HOA Start at 3.2 against Membership Toolkit's 2.5. Membership Toolkit's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (56 vs 6). 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.
HOA Start holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Membership Toolkit has 56 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Membership Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 0% of HOA Start's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Membership Toolkit ships an update every 3 months, HOA Start every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Membership Toolkit | HOA Start |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (56 ratings) | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Membership Toolkit, Inc. | Membershine |
Customer experience
Membership Toolkit
HOA Start
In-app purchases
Membership Toolkit
No in-app purchases
HOA Start
No in-app purchases
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