KindHOA vs SMPLR HOA

KindHOA is software for self-managed volunteer HOA boards, with browser access and native iPhone and Android apps. Residents can pay dues, submit home changes, report fixes, vote, and read community news. Board tools cover violation tracking, maintenance requests, association accounting, and document storage. The apps support push alerts, Face ID, payments, voting, maintenance reports, and community news. The Good Neighbor plan costs $0 forever and includes 5 GB of storage, up to 10 active violations, 10 calendar events per month, and five announcements per month. It also includes formal elections, sealed ballots, vote counting, and PDF certificates. Board Automation costs $300 per year prepaid and adds recurring dues, late-fee automation, email broadcasts, AI, vendor bid management, 25 GB of storage, and priority email support. Every new HOA receives a 60-day Board Automation trial without a card. Optional Bank Sync costs $9 monthly or $89 annually and supports up to eight live accounts. KindHOA charges no per-unit software fees and was made by Kind Tech LLC in Colorado Springs.

SMPLR HOA is a platform for managing association dues, accounting, homeowner requests and communications, vendors, violations and meetings. Its accounting tools include a general ledger, invoicing, online payments, bank reconciliation, budgets, reserve fund tracking and financial reports. Owners can pay by ACH, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or paper check through a lockbox. A shared inbox handles email, SMS, phone and USPS mail. Built-in video meetings support up to 200 people and include attendance, quorum, motion and vote tracking. Milo, the AI assistant, can draft meeting minutes and resident replies, flag overdue dues, answer routine questions and pass messages needing board attention to the board. SMPLR describes QuickBooks sync as nightly on its homepage and daily two-way on its platform page. The service runs on Android, iOS and the web. The Community plan costs $25 a month billed annually at a 25-home minimum, or $32 a month billed monthly. A 30-day trial is listed; white-glove migration is included with no setup fee.