Buyer's Guide
The Best Property Management Apps
Apps for landlords who manage from a phone, not a back office. Kelpic® is one of the options below, so weigh this accordingly.
Three Questions That Decide It
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Is it actually an app? Plenty of "apps" are a mobile website in a wrapper — fine until you're uploading photos in a basement with one bar of signal. Native matters.
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Operations or leasing? Some apps are excellent at filling a vacancy and thin afterwards; others run rent and repairs but won't market a listing. Know which problem you're solving.
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Who pays? Free-to-landlord apps usually charge your tenants. That's fine until a good applicant balks at the fee.
The Shortlist
Kelpic
That's usBest for: Running everything from a native iPhone app
The only entry on this list built as a native iOS app first: set up the property, add tenants and leases, collect rent with autopay, and track maintenance with photos — all from the phone, with a web app on the same data when you want a desk. Flat banded pricing starts at the 1–4 unit band. Screening consent is collected in applications, but Kelpic doesn't pull the reports.
See the mobile app →RentRedi
Best for: Mobile-first landlords on Android
Built around a landlord mobile experience with rent collection and maintenance, available on both platforms. Commonly paired with separate accounting tools for the bookkeeping side.
Read our RentRedi review →TurboTenant
Best for: Filling vacancies from your phone
Strong on listing syndication and applications, with a free landlord tier funded largely by tenant-side fees. Best if your main pain is finding tenants rather than managing them.
Read our TurboTenant review →Avail
Best for: End-to-end DIY leasing
Purpose-built for self-managing landlords — listings, applications, state-specific lease building, and rent payments. The app leans toward the leasing workflow more than day-to-day operations.
Read our Avail review →Innago
Best for: Avoiding a monthly subscription
Free for landlords with costs generally shifted to tenants. A sensible pick if you're cost-sensitive and your tenants don't mind the fees.
Read our Innago review →Stessa
Best for: Tracking finances more than operations
An owner-finance app at heart — income, expenses, and reporting for rental portfolios. Excellent bookkeeping companion, but it isn't trying to run your maintenance queue or leasing pipeline.
Read our Stessa review →TenantCloud
Best for: A broad free-tier feature set
Covers a wide range of landlord needs with tiered plans. Tends to appear on shortlists for owners who want a lot of functionality without a management-company price.
Read our TenantCloud review →Positioning described as of August 2026 from publicly available information. Confirm current features and pricing with each vendor before deciding.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best property management app?
For self-managing landlords the realistic shortlist is Kelpic, RentRedi, TurboTenant, Avail, Innago, Stessa, and TenantCloud. The deciding questions are whether the app is truly native or a website in a shell, whether it covers operations (rent, maintenance, records) or mostly leasing, and who ends up paying — you or your tenants. Kelpic is the entry on this list built as a native iPhone app first.
What are the best apps for landlords with just a few rentals?
Prioritize apps designed for owners rather than management companies: Kelpic, RentRedi, Avail, and Innago all target self-managers. With a handful of units you want rent collection with autopay, maintenance tracking with photos, and tenant records — not enterprise accounting you'll never open.
Are free property management apps really free?
The free-to-landlord ones generally shift costs to your tenants through application fees, payment processing charges, or paid add-ons. That model is legitimate, but tenants notice the fees. Kelpic's iPhone app is a free download with a landlord subscription priced by unit band — tenants pay only standard payment processing on card or bank transfers.
Is there a property management app for iPhone that does everything?
Kelpic comes closest to everything-from-the-phone: you can set up properties and units, add tenants and leases, collect rent with autopay, and run maintenance entirely in the native iPhone app (iOS 26 or later). Most competitors treat the app as a companion to a desktop product.
Try the native one
Kelpic is a free iPhone download, free for your tenants, and priced by unit band so a duplex doesn't cost what fifty units do.
See the mobile app