Finding an apartment is a major stressor for most people. You have to figure out your budget, how much you can afford to pay in rent, and then find a place that has the amenities you want.
Fortunately, there are some apps out there that can help you find apartments in your price range that meet your needs. In this article, we’ll go over some of the best apartment-finding apps available so you can make sure you find the perfect place to live.
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Best Apps For Finding Apartments
- Realtor.com Rentals
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Realtor.com is one of the most popular websites to search when looking to buy a home. Many will be surprised to learn that it also has an exclusive app for apartment rentals. Cross-referenced with some of the most popular apartment rental sites, Realtor.com Rentals has properties listed that you might not find anywhere else.
Similar to its home site, Realtor.com Rentals has a great search function to sort by bedrooms, bathrooms, and price. You can also see nearby schools and the available amenities for each unit. However, unlike traditional apartment hunting websites, you will need to go through an agent to contact the person listing the unit. Unless, however, you search that building’s phone number and give them a call yourself.
Download: Realtor.com Rentals for iOS | Android (Free)
- Zillow Rentals
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Zillow, another popular home buying website, also has an exclusive app for those searching to rent. While Realtor.com Rentals has more apartments listed, Zillow Rentals is geared more towards house rentals. In fact, Zillow Rentals seems to have more house rentals than any other rental app.
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Like the traditional website, it also includes a sorting feature that shows nearby schools and amenities. So if the apartment life isn’t for you, but you are still only able to rent, give Zillow Rentals a try. After all, Zillow is one of the most recognizable names in searching for real estate, so you’ll be in good hands.
Download: Zillow Rentals for iOS | Android (Free)
- Apartments.com Rental Finder
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Apartments.com, to date, is one of the most popular apartment searching sites. It’s so popular that Realtor.com Rentals uses those listings to populate its own rental site. Most people start searching for apartments on this website. Thankfully, they have an exclusive iPhone and Android app to make searching for apartments even easier.
However, its popularity has a downside. Apartment.com is so popular that many units in larger cities are rented out quickly. Alternatively, if you live in a rural or suburban area this could be your best chance at finding a good unit, as those won’t get rented out as fast. Other apartment searching apps, while packed with more features, might not suit smaller areas.
Download: Apartments.com Rental Finder for iOS | Android (Free)
- Rent.com Apartments & Homes
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Another popular site, Rent.com has an app to make searching for rentals on your mobile device easier than ever. Whether you’re looking for an apartment or a house, Rent.com is the best choice.
The Rent.com app has the largest database of both houses and apartments for rent. While the previous websites we mentioned seem to cater to one or the other, Rent.com has a healthy balance of both. Its app is perfect for those who just want to rent and have no preference on building type, or those who want to see both options available.
Download: Rent.com Apartments & Homes for iOS | Android (Free)
- HotPads
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For those who live in busy metropolitan areas and can’t seem to get a place, HotPads would be the best choice for you. HotPads does what apartment agents do, or used to do, before the days of the internet. The HotPads app will alert you through a notification whenever new units are available. That way, no matter how busy your day is, you can stay up to date on your apartment search.
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Currently, HotPads is only available in select cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York, San Fransisco, and Washington DC.
Download: HotPads for iOS | Android (Free)
best apartment rental sites
Searching for an apartment to rent can be stressful, but we’re lucky we have so many online resources available. Can you imagine having to solely depend on newspapers to find listings? Forget filters or price comparison tools — it would be a struggle just to find postings, period.
These days, the biggest hurdle is perhaps having too much information at our fingertips. Fortunately, there’s an online rental platform for just about anyone — no matter where you live or what your level of experience is. Here are the best rental websites that offer a wide variety of tools, filters, and intel that will make your search a smoother (and more fun, we swear!) journey.
Zillow Rentals
I ended up using Zillow to find my house rental a couple years ago. It has the most listings and data out of any other real estate site, and even has an algorithm that caters to a users’ tastes and interests, with help from browsing data. While you can use Zillow to rent, buy, or sell, I liked using it to look for a house because it provides useful data on single-family dwellings. Additionally, the Zestimate tool lets you easily compare rentals so you can decipher what kind of deal you might be getting.
Trulia Rentals
Acquired by Zillow in 2014, Trulia is another OG online real estate resource. You can use Trulia to rent or buy a home, thanks to its useful buyer and renter guides. One of Trulia’s standout features is the site’s partnerships with crime-mapping tools like SpotCrime.com and CrimeReports.com. In 2018, Trulia added a new feature that aids members of the LGBTQ+ community around potentially discriminatory housing laws.
Realtor.com
Realtor.com is one of the most trusted rental resources out there. Operated by the National Association of Realtors, it only accepts listings from owners and property managers. It has a wide range of filters that help you curate what you’re looking for in terms of pricing, neighborhoods, and amenities, and its listing page gives you scores of of information about different neighborhoods, such as schools data and price comparisons.
Craigslist
Craigslist, a classic online classified ads resource, isn’t specifically for rentals — but it’s where I found four out of five of the homes I rented in California. You can find great deals here because landlords post directly to Craigslist, which usually bypasses broker fees. Plenty of landlords skip the bigger rental sites like Zillow and Zumper and instead opt for Craigslist, which means you can find gems you might not come across otherwise.
On the other hand, Craigslist isn’t as vigilant about vetting postings, so you have to be savvy about who you’re reaching out to. In my experience, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is — and if the photos of the apartment look like they’re taken from another rental site, the posting is probably fake. My rules of thumb are: The listing needs to have photos and an address, and the description needs to be professional.
StreetEasy
It’s hard finding an apartment in the city, and it’s especially hard in New York, where the market is extremely competitive and prices are sky high. StreetEasy, which can be used for both renting and selling, is perfect for New Yorkers with specific criteria. You can browse categories like no-fee apartments, trending homes, amenities you can or can’t live without, and more.
Nooklyn
Nooklyn is another New York City-based resource, and a great one at that. While the company is a full-service brokerage, its website acts as a neighborhood resource of sorts, advertising apartments for rent, rooms for rent, new residential buildings, and even job postings. Users can search for a new place on Nooklyn, or they can post their available sublets and more.
RadPad
RadPad is a rental marketplace app that corrals apartment listings in cities across the country, from San Diego to Washington, D.C. The app, downloadable on both iPhone and Android, allows users to map how far a new listing is from their current home, and has filters such as lease duration and “I need a roommate.” Users can connect their RadPad accounts to Facebook to see which of their friends are also using the app to find a new place or roommate.
Renthop
Renthop gives apartment hunters the standard map views and filters, but what’s unique about it is its “HopScore,” which rates every listing according to a variety of factors like value, the reputation of the management company, and more. “This website created a scoring system to score rental apartments based on their quality,” says Robert Rahmanian, principal and cofounder of REAL New York. “It’s very convenient.”
You can also use Renthop’s price comparison tool, which compares rent prices for similar homes in a neighborhood.
Apartments.com
Apartments.com is a go-to for many renters. It offers millions of listings, an impressive range of filters, and a trustworthy reputation. It also has a handy tool that lets you draw search area borders, as well as a keyword search for listings.
The site offers something called the Local Guide, which informs renters about specific areas, along with their latest market trends, top schools, most popular apartments, and more. Furthermore, each listing outlines not only details about the apartment itself, but characterizes the neighborhood it’s in, and what’s around in terms of schools, transportation options. It’s a great resource for people who are looking to move to a new city and need extra intel.
PadMapper
PadMapper is an aggregate rental listing resource, pulling postings from ForRent, PadList, and Airbnb. Its coolest feature is the interactive map, which shows you how many rentals are available the in the areas you’re interested in.
Rent Jungle
Rent Jungle provides all your basic rental-hunting needs, but what differentiates it from the rest of the pack is that it has a Rent Comparison Tool, which lets you know whether you’re getting a good deal, or if the landlord or managing company is asking for too high of a number.
Abodo
Abodo is another great rental site that provides some 3.5 million listings to users. The interface is super user-friendly, and right off the bat, it lets you choose what kind of living space you’re looking for, whether that’s a pet-friendly rental, a building with a pool or gym, and more. Abodo provides plenty of filters, as well as a handy mapping tool that shows you listings all over the city you’re searching in.
RentCafe
RentCafe gives you listings directly from top property managers in the area, so renters don’t need to worry about vetting the authenticity of each posting. Apartment hunters can use RentCafe’s tool that shows people a unit’s real-time availability (which is useful in competitive markets, where homes can be snatched up in hours). The site even serves as a management platform—you can use for things like communicating with your apartment manager and renewing your lease.
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