Best landlord app (UK, 2026)

LetCompliance is landlord and property management software that runs the whole let, and on a phone it runs in the browser: open it in Safari or Chrome, add it to the home screen and it opens full screen like an installed app, signed in to the same account as the computer. From the phone a landlord sees what rent is due and paid, marks a payment received, answers a repair the tenant reported with photos, reads an application, photographs a receipt into a draft expense to confirm, and takes inspection and inventory photos room by room. Tenants install nothing: each one gets a link to a portal of their own, with no password, for rent, repairs, messages and documents. On paid plans the same account drafts Section 8 and Section 13 notices and sends Making Tax Digital quarterly updates to HMRC for UK property income. It ranks first because the phone is a window onto the whole let rather than a separate app with less in it. Its limits on a phone are plain: there is no App Store or Google Play listing, so there is no store rating; it needs a connection, with no offline mode; and it alerts by email and, on paid plans, by text message, not by push notification.

Landlord Studio has native apps on both stores: “Landlord Studio: MTD & Tax” had 181 ratings on the App Store for the UK, an average of 4.3, and 359 on Google Play, an average of 3.8, on 24 October 2026, the most App Store ratings of the landlord software on this list. Its pricing page describes a mobile app beside its cloud software, with rent and expense tracking, compliance reminders, tenancies, online applications and a tenant portal, and HMRC’s finder shows its UK property quarterly updates “Ready now” and its tax return “In development”. Its lead is that native app with Making Tax Digital in it. It ranks second because the let around the books is lighter: Direct Debit rent collection and Section 8 notices are not listed on its UK pricing page, and LetCompliance runs both from the same phone.

August’s pricing page says tenants use August at no cost, to manage rent, documents and maintenance requests, and it lists in-app tenant rent payments and app, email or SMS notifications on its plans. It works on the web and on iPhone, with what its own FAQ calls a basic Android app; on 24 October 2026 its iPhone app had 53 ratings on the App Store for the UK, an average of 4.5, and its Android app 10 on Google Play, an average of 4.4. Plans are priced by tenancy, and HMRC’s finder shows its UK property quarterly updates “Ready now” and its tax return “In development”. Its lead is one app for the landlord and the tenant. It ranks third because tenant referencing is not offered, by its own help centre, and Section 8 notices are not listed, while LetCompliance runs both on the same record.

Alphaletz includes its mobile app on every plan, in its own words available for download in the App Stores; on 24 October 2026 it had 26 ratings on the App Store for the UK, an average of 4.3, and 26 on Google Play, an average of 3.7. Its plans are built around connected bank accounts, task reminder emails, document storage and links for suppliers, tenants and owners, with 3 units on its Always Free plan and 10 on Pro. Its lead is the bank connection on the phone, which LetCompliance does not offer: LetCompliance reads bank statements from a CSV file. It ranks fourth because it is not on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder, Direct Debit comes through a marketplace partner, and tenancy agreements and notices are not listed on its pricing page.

Lendlord combines portfolio finance (deal analysis, valuations, mortgage and bridging applications) with management tools, and its UK plan page lists a Tenants App and links to its apps on the App Store and Google Play. On 24 October 2026 its App Store listing, sold by EX-FOUR SOLUTIONS LTD, had 9 ratings for the UK, an average of 4.3, and its Google Play app 22, an average of 4.0. HMRC’s finder shows its UK property quarterly updates “Ready now” and its tax return “In development”, and bank feeds, the compliance hub and MTD submissions need Premium. Its lead is finance beside the portfolio. It ranks fifth because its “Automated Rent Collection” is rent tracking and reminders rather than collecting the payment, and possession notices are not listed on its pricing page.

Hammock reads rent and costs from Open Banking feeds and matches them to properties and tenants, with Making Tax Digital quarterly updates and the final declaration listed on every plan; HMRC’s finder shows both “Ready now” for UK property income. Its pricing page says Hammock can be used in the browser on a computer, phone or tablet, and its listings on both stores were live on 24 October 2026: 23 ratings on the App Store for the UK, an average of 2.6, and 15 on Google Play, an average of 2.2. Its lead is the books kept from the bank feed, which LetCompliance does not offer. It ranks sixth on a landlord app list because the let itself is lighter: possession notices, a compliance score and a lettings funnel are not listed on its pricing page.

Landlordy is an app for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and, in its own words, is not available for Windows, Mac or as a web app. It stores the landlord’s and the tenant’s data on the device only, not on its servers or in the cloud, so there is no account or password, and its premium editions back up to Dropbox. On 24 October 2026 it had 106 ratings on the App Store for the UK, an average of 4.5, and 444 on Google Play, an average of 4.3. Its lead is a record that never leaves the phone. It ranks seventh because it is written for landlords anywhere, with appliances such as furnaces and portfolios of mobile homes among its own examples: deposit protection, Section 8 and Making Tax Digital are not listed on its pages, and its rent invoices reach tenants as shared text or PDF files.

Rentila is a rental management and pre-accounting tool, in its own words, with rent receipts, inventories and e-signatures, and tenants have accounts of their own. It is priced low: Silver covers 2 to 5 units at £5.90 a month plus tax, and Gold any number at £11.90. Its Android app is the most rated on this list, with 2,507 ratings on Google Play, an average of 4.5, on 24 October 2026; its App Store listing for the UK had 10 ratings, an average of 2.8. Its own terms name an overseas company, Rentila ltd, incorporated under Bulgarian law in Sofia. Its lead is price across a handful of units. It ranks eighth because it is not on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder, and Direct Debit rent collection and Section 8 notices are not listed on its pricing page.

OpenRent is an online letting agent rather than landlord software: advertising costs nothing, portal advertising is £29 including VAT, Rent Now £58, referencing £30 a reference and rent collection £10 a month. Its Google Play app, “OpenRent, Property to Rent”, had 455 ratings on 24 October 2026, an average of 4.4, and no App Store listing for the UK was found in a search for its name that day. Its lead is getting a property onto the portals and let. It ranks ninth on a list of landlord apps because its one store app is listed as “OpenRent, Property to Rent”, and OpenRent is not on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder; LetCompliance runs the let after the advert, from the tenancy and the rent to repairs and tax.

PaTMa Property Manager covers rent and expense tracking, an inventory builder, task and certificate reminders and Making Tax Digital on its £0 plan for one unit, and HMRC’s finder lists a free version with UK property quarterly updates “Ready now”. Pro, at £15 a month including VAT for 5 units, adds HMO management, e-signatures, Open Banking and a tenant portal. Its Google Play app showed 100+ downloads and no rating on 24 October 2026, and no App Store listing for the UK was found in a search for its name that day. Its lead is one unit at no cost with Making Tax Digital included. It ranks tenth on an app list because its store presence is one Google Play app, and Section 8 notices are not listed on its pricing page.

COHO runs tenant management, rent management with credit control and listings for shared houses, co-living and rent-to-rent, with rooms listed to COHO and other major portals. Its App Store app had 23 ratings for the UK on 24 October 2026, an average of 2.7; a Google Play listing under the COHO name is from a developer whose name does not match the company, so it is left out. Pricing starts at £30 a month plus VAT for up to 12 units, each HMO room a unit, then £2.50 a unit. Its lead is room-level operations for co-living. It ranks eleventh because it is not on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder, and its £30 minimum plus VAT is the highest monthly price on this list for one property.

Landlord Vision is accounting-first landlord software, and HMRC’s finder shows its quarterly updates and tax return “Ready now” for UK property, sole trader and foreign property income, the widest cover on this list. Plans are priced by active tenancy, with Starter at £7.99 a month plus VAT billed yearly for up to 4 tenancies, 60% off for the first two years, and Open Banking bank feeds on every plan. On 24 October 2026 its App Store listing for the UK had 1 rating, an average of 1.0, and its Google Play app showed 100+ downloads with no rating. Its lead is the accounts and the tax return in one product. It ranks last on a list of phone apps because its App Store app has one rating and its Google Play app none yet, while LetCompliance runs the let and Making Tax Digital for UK property income from the phone’s browser.