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Best Apartment Search Apps for iPhone (2026)

31 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Real Estate Search.

Zillow Real Estate & Rentals is the top-ranked of 31 apartment search apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 7,239,024 ratings.

  1. 1
    Zillow Real Estate & RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 7,239,024 ratings · score 99
  2. 2
    Zillow RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 388,692 ratings · score 98
  3. 3
    HotPads - Apartment RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 109,684 ratings · score 97
  4. 4
    idealistaS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 31,055 ratings · score 94
  5. 5
    StreetEasy NYC Rentals & SalesS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 132,959 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Find an apartment or flat to rent or buy in a chosen area.

Not here: a general real estate search covering only houses alone; vacation rental booking alone; a map app alone; a general classifieds listing alone; a mortgage or rent calculator alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Zillow RealZillow RentalsHotPadsidealistaStreetEasy NYC Rentals & SalesTrulia RealRedfin
A
Trulia RentalsRealtor.comApartments.c…Rently Toursعقار AqarStreetEasy NYC Rentals
B
ImmobiIiare.itZumperApartment ListRent. Apartm…PadMapperFurnished
C
ApartmentRoomsterKijijiRightmovePadSplitBayutFotocasa
D
SpareRoomRentlerWG-GesuchtOpeniglooSpitogatos
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Zillow Real Estate & RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 7,239,024 ratings · score 99 · best in class
  2. 2
    Zillow RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 388,692 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  3. 3
    HotPads - Apartment RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 109,684 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  4. 4
    idealistaS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 31,055 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  5. 5
    StreetEasy NYC Rentals & SalesS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 132,959 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  6. 6
    Trulia Real Estate & RentalsS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,415,213 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  7. 7
    Redfin: Buy, Sell & Rent HomesS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,645,682 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    Trulia RentalsA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 307,646 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  9. 9
    Realtor.com Real Estate & RentA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,083,617 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  10. 10
    Apartments.com Rental FinderA
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 483,649 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  11. 11
    Rently ToursA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 32,608 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  12. 12
    عقار Aqar | Saudi Real EstateA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 43,596 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  13. 13
    StreetEasy NYC RentalsA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 10,222 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  14. 14
    ImmobiIiare.it - IndomioB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,466 ratings · score 88 · good
  15. 15
    Zumper - Apartment FinderB
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 64,359 ratings · score 87 · good
  16. 16
    Apartment List: Apt rentalsB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 504,925 ratings · score 86 · good
  17. 17
    Rent. Apartments and HomesB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 220,418 ratings · score 85 · good
  18. 18
    PadMapper Apartment FinderB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,112 ratings · score 84 · good
  19. 19
    Furnished FinderB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 30,671 ratings · score 84 · good
  20. 20
    Apartment Guide Home RentalsC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 54,350 ratings · score 83 · situational
  21. 21
    RoomsterC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 21,812 ratings · score 82 · situational
  22. 22
    Kijiji: Buy & Sell, find dealsC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 7,948 ratings · score 73 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    Rightmove property searchC
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 3,751 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    PadSplit: Rooms for rentC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,869 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    Bayut - UAE Property SearchC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,663 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  26. 26
    Fotocasa: Houses & ApartmentsC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,365 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    SpareRoomD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,182 ratings · score 68 · weak · provisional
  28. 28
    RentlerD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,994 ratings · score 68 · weak · provisional
  29. 29
    WG-Gesucht - Flats & RoomsD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,497 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
  30. 30
    Openigloo NYC Apartment FinderD
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,373 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
  31. 31
    Spitogatos - Property SearchD
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,637 ratings · score 66 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best apartment search app for iPhone?
Zillow Real Estate & Rentals, S tier, ranked #1 of 31, rated 4.8 by 7,239,024 people.
Which apartment search apps are free?
31 of 31 are free to download: Zillow Real Estate & Rentals (S), Zillow Rentals (S), HotPads - Apartment Rentals (S), idealista (S) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases. 14 report no in-app purchases.
Which apartment search app has the best App Store rating?
Apartments.com Rental Finder at 4.9 from 483,649 ratings.
How many apartment search apps reach S or A tier?
13 of 31. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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