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PLAY Connect — CONNECT.
ENGAGE.
THRIVE.

Every resident tells you what they’re into. PLAY Connect matches them to neighbors and programs — then runs the dues, bookings, violations and architectural review behind it.

Stronger communities
One place to run it
Never per-door
Residents tell you their sport, their level, and when they’re actually free. Neighbors get matched to neighbors — not dropped in a directory. Link-Ups start with residents. The board just gets told what’s working. Your budget report names the 58% and the 2%. Counted, not guessed. Dues, bookings, violations and architectural review — same login.
The Resident Experience

Step inside as a neighbor

Build a profile, meet your matches, message Mary about morning coffee, and turn it into a standing Link-Up. Every screen is real and clickable.

For Lifestyle Directors & Boards

See it as your community

Tell us what your community has and what you’d like to promote — in about two minutes we’ll assemble a PLAY Connect demo themed and populated for you.

Sixty seconds

See it before you build it.

What PLAY Connect looks like in a real community — the resident side, the board side, and what the two do for each other. Sound on.

What only we do

Everyone else starts with the paperwork.
We start with the people.

Four things your current platform structurally cannot do — because it never asked your residents anything.

A resident directory you scroll
Matched to the right neighbor

By sport, by playing level, and by the hours they’re actually free — not by street name. Opt-in, and off in one tap.

No one else does this
The board posts an event, hopes
Link-Ups: residents start it

Neighbors organize their own coffee, walk, or game. When the same one keeps happening, it surfaces to the board as ready to program.

Bottom-up, not top-down
An annual survey, 11% response
A board report, to the day

Pickleball 58%. Coffee & social 44%. Water aerobics 2%. Every number is counted residents you can name — not a guess from a clipboard.

Evidence, not opinion
Budget by whoever spoke loudest
FUND. KEEP. CUT.

“Fund pickleball, $150/mo, 58% of residents. Cut water aerobics, 2%.” Every recommendation arrives carrying its own evidence.

Defensible at the meeting

Then we run the paperwork too — and we run it better.

Why it works

Stronger communities
start with knowing them.

No other platform asks residents what they actually want — so no other platform can tell your board where the money should go.

111
interests a resident can claim
99
amenities the survey builds itself around
$0
of your dues or event revenue we keep
3
published size bands — that’s the whole price list
How we compare

See how we stack up

The HOA and condo software market is crowded with tools that run the business of a community — dues, violations, accounting — or its access — gates and cameras. A handful add a resident app. Only PLAY Connect turns what residents tell you into a living programming plan, and then delivers the programming. The highlighted rows are things no other platform does.

CapabilityPLAY ConnectAlosantTownSqFrontStepsCondo ControlMgmt & Accounting suites*Yardi
Branded resident mobile portalYESYESSOMESOMESOMESOMESOME
Announcements & communicationYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Amenity reservations & calendarYESYESYESYESYESSOMESOME
Events & RSVPsYESYESSOMESOMEYES
Paid bookings — classes, camps, lessons & servicesYESSOMESOMESOMEYES
Verified onboarding / roster importYESYESSOMESOMESOMESOMESOME
Dues billing, online payment & owner ledgerYESSOMEYESYESYESYESYES
Full GL accounting (AP, reserves, financials)SOMESOMEYESSOMEYESYES
Violations / architectural / complianceYESYESYESYESYESYES
Access control / gate / securityYESYESYES
Board, management & portfolio dashboardsYESSOMEYESYESYESYESYES
Resident interest-profile surveyYES
Interest-based neighbor matchingYES
Resident Link-Ups turned into standing eventsYES
Live programming-budget analytics (fund / cut)YES
Play staffs & runs the programming (camps, pros, events)YES
Payments routed directly to community & vendor accountsYES
Public, transparent pricingYESSOMESOME
Branded resident mobile portal
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant YES·TownSq SOME·FrontSteps SOME·Condo Control SOME·Suites SOME·Yardi SOME
Announcements & communication
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant YES·TownSq YES·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites YES·Yardi YES
Amenity reservations & calendar
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant YES·TownSq YES·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites SOME·Yardi SOME
Events & RSVPs
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant YES·TownSq SOME·FrontSteps SOME·Condo Control YES·Suites ·Yardi
Paid bookings — classes, camps, lessons & services
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant SOME·TownSq SOME·FrontSteps SOME·Condo Control YES·Suites ·Yardi
Verified onboarding / roster import
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant YES·TownSq SOME·FrontSteps SOME·Condo Control SOME·Suites SOME·Yardi SOME
Dues billing, online payment & owner ledger
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant SOME·TownSq YES·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites YES·Yardi YES
Full GL accounting (AP, reserves, financials)
PLAY Connect SOME
Alosant ·TownSq SOME·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control SOME·Suites YES·Yardi YES
Violations / architectural / compliance
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant ·TownSq YES·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites YES·Yardi YES
Access control / gate / security
PLAY Connect
Alosant YES·TownSq ·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites ·Yardi
Board, management & portfolio dashboards
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant SOME·TownSq YES·FrontSteps YES·Condo Control YES·Suites YES·Yardi YES
Resident interest-profile survey
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Interest-based neighbor matching
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Resident Link-Ups turned into standing events
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Live programming-budget analytics (fund / cut)
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Play staffs & runs the programming (camps, pros, events)
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Payments routed directly to community & vendor accounts
PLAY Connect YES
Only PLAY Connect
Public, transparent pricing
PLAY Connect YES
Alosant ·TownSq ·FrontSteps ·Condo Control ·Suites SOME·Yardi SOME

YES = built-in · SOME = partial · – = not offered. From vendors’ public materials, Aug 2026. Dues, violations, ARC & bookings run natively in PLAY Connect — money routes to the community’s own account; CSV export covers the GL. *Suites: Vantaca, CINC, PayHOA, AppFolio, Yardi (Breeze Premier · Voyager HOA).

One flat, published price — while the rest bill by the door or hide the number.

Most community software charges per unit, per month, so the bill climbs with every home. The premium “experience” platforms won’t show a price at all until you’re on a sales call. PLAY Connect is one flat rate per community, posted publicly by size.

PlatformPricing modelRoughly, for a 500-home community
PLAY ConnectFlat, per community — published$249–$999/mo flat · public by size, no per-door creep
AlosantQuote only — not publicUndisclosed (“Discuss Pricing”)
VantacaQuote only — not publicUndisclosed
TownSq~$1 / unit / mo (often bundled)~$500/mo, usually via the mgmt company
FrontStepsFlat + transaction fees~$150–300+/mo plus card/ACH fees
Condo Control~$1.50–4 / unit / mo~$750–2,000/mo
CINC · AppFolio · Buildium · PayHOA~$1.17–4 / unit / mo (min’s apply)~$585–2,000/mo
Yardi · Breeze Premier · Voyager HOA~$1 / unit / mo ($400 min) · Voyager quote only~$500+/mo and climbing per door · Voyager undisclosed
PLAY Connect
Pricing modelFlat, per community — published
For a 500-home community$249–$999/mo flat · public by size, no per-door creep
Alosant
Pricing modelQuote only — not public
For a 500-home communityUndisclosed (“Discuss Pricing”)
Vantaca
Pricing modelQuote only — not public
For a 500-home communityUndisclosed
TownSq
Pricing model~$1 / unit / mo (often bundled)
For a 500-home community~$500/mo, usually via the mgmt company
FrontSteps
Pricing modelFlat + transaction fees
For a 500-home community~$150–300+/mo plus card/ACH fees
Condo Control
Pricing model~$1.50–4 / unit / mo
For a 500-home community~$750–2,000/mo
CINC · AppFolio · Buildium · PayHOA
Pricing model~$1.17–4 / unit / mo (min’s apply)
For a 500-home community~$585–2,000/mo
Yardi · Breeze Premier · Voyager HOA
Pricing model~$1 / unit / mo ($400 min) · Voyager quote only
For a 500-home community~$500+/mo and climbing per door · Voyager undisclosed

Why it matters: a 500-home community on per-unit software pays four figures a month and climbs as it grows; PLAY Connect stays one predictable, published number — and it’s the only platform that also runs the programming that number buys. Estimates from vendors’ public materials, Aug 2026.

Last verified: August 2026

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Already running something?

Switching from another platform?

There's nothing to migrate. Start with your roster — one CSV — and your residents are live the same day. When your board is ready, Connect+ takes over the paperwork too.

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Start with your rosterExport your owners to a CSV from whatever you run today — Yardi, Vantaca, TownSq, CINC, FrontSteps, AppFolio, PayHOA. A few clicks, and it's the only file we need. We'll show you exactly where the button is in yours.
2
Upload it onceDrop the CSV in. Residents are matched by email, so re-uploading the same file never creates duplicates — it just updates what changed.
3
Residents join by QRThey scan the code on your newsletter, flyer or mailbox kiosk and build their profile in about a minute. No app store, no passwords to reset.
4
Move the paperwork when you're readyConnect+ runs dues and the owner ledger, violations, architectural review, and amenity bookings — with payments routed straight to the community's own account. Nothing has to be disconnected on day one: you can start with residents and bring the rest across at renewal.

No IT project. No integration to build. You can be live the same day you upload the roster.

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Simple, public pricing

One flat rate. No per-door math.

Priced by community size, not rooftops. Every plan is a 12-month agreement — billed monthly, or annually up front to save 10%. Dues and event revenue route straight to your community’s own account — PLAY takes no cut. Still building? Ask about the Founding Community plan.

Under 500 homes
500–999 homes
1,000+ homes
Monthly
Annual — save 10%
PLAY Connect
$249
per month

Resident profiles and interest matching, Link-Ups, messaging, the living feed, events and announcements — plus your live board dashboard and budget report.

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PLAY Connect+ · most popular
$399
per month

Everything in Connect, plus the operations suite: dues & owner ledger, bookings and payments with direct payouts, violations, and architectural review.

Start now

About three minutes to your exact quote — amenities, programming and all — then approve and pay through Stripe’s secure checkout. Prefer an invoice or ACH? Build your demo above and we’ll set it up. Concierge tier quoted individually.

Already running something?

Why communities switch to PLAY Connect.

Other platforms manage the community. PLAY Connect runs and connects it — the full ops suite plus the one thing nobody else has: residents who tell you what they actually want, and humans who show up to run it.

vs. TownSq, FrontSteps & ops portals

They run the paperwork. So do we now — dues and owner ledger, violations with a dated escalation trail, architectural review, bookings and payments. The difference is what they can’t add: residents who actually tell you what they want, and neighbors who meet because of it. You no longer choose between the ops portal and the one residents open.

vs. the Facebook group

Free, and worth it: the algorithm decides who sees the pool closure, complaints outrank events, and the board has zero visibility. Connect is verified neighbors only — everything seen, nothing public, and a live report for the board.

vs. the newsletter & flyers

Broadcast reaches the same twelve people every time. Connect matches by interest, ability and availability — so the pickleball ladder finds the pickleball players, and the calendar follows what residents actually tap.

The part nobody else has

Software shows demand. Play Academy also staffs it — certified instructors, lifeguards, event staff, recruited and managed by us, added to your plan only when you choose. Demand to programming, one vendor.

See what it costs for your community →

How the magic actually works

Four steps. Then the community compounds.

Every other platform starts at step three and guesses at step one.

1
Residents answer
PickleballMorning coffee WalkingBook club Mahjong
Required before the portal opens.
2
Neighbors match
By interest, level and free time.
3
The board sees demand
Pickleball58%
Coffee & social44%
Water aerobics2%
Counted residents, not a guess.
4
Dollars move
CUTWater aerobics−$400/mo
FUNDPickleball+$150/mo
$250/mo back to the community
Every recommendation carries its evidence.
Replay ↻
Flat vs. per-door

Their price grows with every door.
Ours stops.

$0$700 $1.4k$2.1k 300 homes600 1,2002,000 Per-door $2,000/mo PLAY Connect+ $999/mo Per-door $2,000/mo PLAY Connect+ $999/mo you keep the difference
Per-door platforms bill about $1 per home each month. PLAY Connect is one flat rate by size band — $249 / $399 / $649, and PLAY Connect+ is $399 / $649 / $999. Either way the number stops climbing.
What you replace

Five bills become one.

Resident appvendor #1
Dues portalvendor #2
Violations toolvendor #3
Booking systemvendor #4
Spreadsheetsomebody’s laptop
PLAY ConnectOne login. One invoice. One number to call.
And the rest, done better

Fifteen tools.
One login each way.

Nothing to assemble. Nothing to bolt on later.

Resident profilesRequired

Interests, level, availability. Data your board can spend against.

Neighbor matchingOpt-in

Shared interests, level, free time. One tap turns it off.

Link-UpsResident-run

Neighbors organize. Repeats surface as ready to program.

Live board reportTo the day

Demand and unmet interest, ranked. Not an annual survey.

Where to spendFund / keep / cut

“Fund pickleball — 58%. Cut water aerobics — 2%.”

Dues & owner ledgernew

Charge runs, auto late fees, online pay, clean CSV.

Bookings & paymentsnew

Camps, clinics, lessons, spa, events. Seats confirm themselves.

Direct payoutsnew

Community, vendor, or Play — each to their own account.

Violationsnew

Courtesy → warning → fine. Dated. Notice auto-generates.

Architectural reviewnew

Submit from a phone. Track status. Every decision on record.

Portal editornew

Switch off any question, add your own. Rebuilds instantly.

Roster importDay one

Paste or drop a CSV. Switching platforms is one paste.

AnnouncementsMeasured

Real read rate. Not a guess.

Role-based accessBuilt in

Board, manager, staff, vendor. Permanent audit trail.

Staffed programmingOurs alone

Instructors, camps, event staff. Software plus people.

Clear is kind: we track fines — liens and legal collection stay with your attorney. We bill and collect — your general ledger stays where it is.

Ready to connect your community?

Build a working demo of your own community in about two minutes — or see it live with our founder.

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Resident-verified. Opt-in only. No public directory. PLAY Connect embeds into the website your community already has — one line of code or a branded link. A Play Academy product.

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Step 1 of 5

Tell us about your community

A few basics so the demo feels like home.
One moment

Assembling your community’s PLAY Connect

Theming the experience in your colors
Placing your amenities on the map
Publishing your first happenings
Introducing your residents-to-be

Your community’s demo is ready — and two emails are on their way

Our team has your detailsWe follow up the same day — usually within hours — to tailor a proposal for your community.
Your shareable demo linkSend it to your board — it opens your themed demo on any device.
Sending…
PLAY Connect · Live demonstration — sample residents, every screen clickable
White-label:
YOU

Your profile New neighbor

The more you share, the better your matches. Only verified neighbors ever see it.
You’re flagged as a new neighbor for your first 90 days — matching and the welcome committee put you first.
What are you into?
Open a category to see what’s in it. Sports ask your level — choose it from the dropdown on the chip.
When are you usually free?
Pick every window that works — matching uses the overlap.
About you
You are
You’d like to meet
Used only to shape your matches — never shown on your profile.
Meet your neighbors
Make me public — match me with like-minded neighbors Matching is 100% opt-in. Turn this off anytime and you disappear from matching instantly. There is no public directory.
Refer a neighbor

Know someone four doors down who should be here? Invite them — they verify against the resident list and join the matching.

Save to unlock your matches, Link-Ups, and the community feed.

Your matches

Neighbors who share your interests, play near your level, and are free when you are.
Refer a neighbor

The more neighbors here, the better everyone’s matches. Invite one.

Link-Ups

Plans between neighbors — keep them private, or open them for the community to join.

Happenings

Everything going on in your community — matched to your profile. The newsletter, replaced.

Board dashboard

What your board sees with PLAY Connect+ — proof the community is connecting. The renewal slide writes itself.
Resident adoption
64%
▲ 9% this month
Connections made
312
▲ 41 this month
Link-Ups this month
87
28 open · 59 private
Event RSVPs
426
▲ 2.3× vs the newsletter era
Participation by activity — this quarter

Dashboard

Where the programming budget should go
Every line is computed from what residents actually said they want and what the calendar actually offers — not opinion. This is the board report your community gets.
Your community at a glance.
Needs your attention
Amenity usage — last 30 days
Engagement trend — last 6 months

Residents

Roster, verification queue, and the new neighbors worth a personal welcome.
Verification queue
Verification checks the name and address against the roster you import. Nobody enters matching until they clear.
New neighbors — first 90 days
Flagged automatically for 90 days after verification, so matching and your welcome committee prioritize them.
Roster

Link-Ups

What residents are organizing themselves — and where a nudge from you would help.
Filling fast
Needs a hand
Low sign-ups usually means the time slot, not the idea. One announcement generally fixes it.

Calendar & programming

Seeded from what you told us you promote.
Your programming categories
Every category becomes a channel residents can follow — they only get what they asked for.
This week

Announcements

Write once. It lands in the feed, the app, and email — and you can see who actually read it.
Compose
Recent — with read rates

Amenities & reservations

Built from the assets you selected.
Today’s reservations
Your amenities
Add, close, or set booking rules per amenity in the live platform.

Board report

The renewal slide, written for you. Export it and drop it straight into the board packet.
Quarter at a glance
Participation by activity

Settings

Branding, roster, and who else on your team gets access.
Branding
Community name
Logo & colorsMatched to your brand
Custom domainconnect.yourcommunity.com
Roster import
SourceCSV or your management system
RosterWeekly refresh reminders — import in one drop
Homes on file
Staff accounts
Staff see the admin side. Residents never do — the two are completely separate.
Preview the resident experience

Everything your residents see, exactly as they see it.

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