The best home maintenance apps in 2026, compared honestly.
Some apps tell you what to do this season. Others are a filing cabinet for manuals and receipts.
Here's what each one actually does, what it costs, and who it's for.
Full disclosure: we make I am Home. We kept it fair the only way we know how:
every fact about another app comes from its own website or store listing, checked on November 8, 2026,
with the sources under each card — and every app, ours included, gets a weakness.
Partly: The FAQ mentions forecast alerts; the homepage says personal weather alerts are coming soon
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Yes: Photograph appliances to add them
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HomeBinder, New buyers, through inspectors, agents and lenders
Free, through partners only
Web
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Yes: Text and email reminders, plus recall alerts
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Partly: Recommended pros
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App by app
Who each one is for
I am HomeOur app
Best for: Homeowners who want to be told what to do this week, for their climate, with the how-to
Answer a few questions (ZIP, home type, what the house has) and I am Home lays out the season: up to three small jobs a week, each with a step-by-step how-to, plus trash-day and air-filter reminders, weather alerts and a bill tracker that reads PDFs and photos.
Your season's planThis week's jobsHank's how-to
Price
Free, every feature. Optional support from $3.99/mo unlocks nothing extra.
Platforms
Web, iPhone, Android
Store rating
App Store 5.0 (5 ratings, 2.0 is new)
Where it shinesTells you what to do this week for your climate, and how, and keeps track of what the house costs: all free.
Where it falls shortNo document vault, home-value tracking or contractor booking; US and Canada only; version 2.0 is new, so it has fewer reviews than older apps.
Best for: Owners who want a full home inventory and document library, and will pay for the maintenance and finance tools
The most complete home-records suite here: home inventory, documents, a maintenance plan with climate-based priorities and severe-weather alerts, plus home value, mortgage and equity tracking. The free Essentials plan covers inventory and documents; maintenance and finances are on Premium.
Price
Free Essentials; Premium $118/yr or $21.98/mo; Deluxe $218/yr (2 homes)
Platforms
Web (phone apps last updated 2022 on iOS, 2024 on Android)
Store rating
App Store 2.9 (44) · Google Play 2.4 (56)
Where it shinesThe most complete records suite: a home inventory and document library on the free plan, home value and mortgage tracking on Premium.
Where it falls shortMost maintenance tools need Premium, and the iPhone app hasn't been updated since May 2022 (rated 2.9).
Best for: Hippo insurance customers who want a simple to-do list
Hippo's free app: a personalized home to-do list with reminders, insurance quotes and product deals. Policy documents are there if you're insured with Hippo.
Price
Free, no in-app purchases
Platforms
iPhone, Android
Store rating
App Store 4.8 (1,595) · Google Play 4.6 (962)
Where it shinesBy far the most ratings of the group, and a simple personalized to-do list.
Where it falls shortIt's an insurer's app built around Hippo policies; reviewers say it can't handle multiple HVAC systems or tankless heaters, and its maintenance notifications can't be turned off.
Best for: Landlords and owners of a few properties
A maintenance tracker with an equipment inventory, documents, expense and receipt logging, and how-to guides for each task. The free plan covers one home; Pro adds up to three.
Price
Free for 1 home; Pro $9.99/mo or $95.90/yr (3 homes)
Platforms
iPhone, Android, web
Store rating
App Store 4.7 (21) · Google Play 4.2 (5)
Where it shinesThe most generous free plan of the paid apps, with how-to guides included.
Where it falls shortTasks follow a generic schedule rather than your climate, and one reviewer found the equipment lookups hit or miss.
Best for: Homeowners who like points and rewards as a nudge
Now "Dwellin: Home Rewards & Care". It builds your home profile from public property records, lays out a 10-year upkeep plan, stores manuals and warranties, tracks costs, and pays reward points for logging maintenance.
Price
Free; Premium Rewards (price not published)
Platforms
iPhone, Android
Store rating
App Store 4.4 (180) · Google Play 3.8 (153)
Where it shinesThe only app here that rewards you for doing the work.
Where it falls shortReviews report iPad screens cut off and bugs in the document binder; 3.8 on Google Play.
Best for: People who'd rather hire it out than do it themselves
A home management and savings app: reminders and seasonal checklists, "Ask Oply" (send a photo, get next steps), a home history with inspection-report upload, and matching with local pros for quotes. A paid deals membership is announced for December.
Price
Free; a $99/yr deals membership announced for December
Platforms
iPhone, Android
Store rating
App Store 4.6 (48) · Google Play 4.2 (11)
Where it shinesThe smoothest path from "something's wrong" to a quote from a local pro.
Where it falls shortIt earns from deals and pro commissions, and its plan isn't described as climate-based.
Best for: Owners happy to pay a small fee for a house-specific assistant
Photograph your appliances and Homekeepr builds a profile of the house, then gives location- and weather-aware guidance, step-by-step DIY help, a document vault and "Ask My House" answers about your own home.
Price
$50/yr, one plan; no free tier found
Platforms
iPhone, Android, web
Store rating
App Store 5.0 (10)
Where it shinesAnswers questions about your specific house, from the appliances you photograph.
Where it falls shortThere's no free tier, and it's very new: 10 ratings on the App Store.
Best for: Buyers whose inspector, agent or lender offers it at closing
A web portal that inspectors, agents and lenders give their clients at closing: text and email maintenance reminders, recall alerts, a home inventory, documents and recommended pros. It's now run by InspectionGo.
Price
Free to the homeowner, only through partners
Platforms
Web
Made for
New buyers, through inspectors, agents and lenders
Where it shinesFree for the homeowner, and handed over at closing by someone you already work with.
Where it falls shortYou can't sign up on your own, and there's no official phone app (an App Store app with a similar name is unrelated).
These still turn up in older "best app" lists, but you can't get them any more:
Centriq. Shut down in early 2026. Its old domain now points to unrelated sites, so don't follow old links to it.
Upkept (Consumer Reports). No longer available: the App Store listing and its Consumer Reports page were already gone by mid-2024.
If you used one of them, any app above can take over the reminders; I am Home builds a fresh plan from your ZIP in about a minute.
How to choose
Four questions before you download
Do you want a plan, or a filing cabinet?
Planning apps tell you what to do and when. Records apps store manuals, warranties and receipts. A few do both, usually on a paid plan.
Does it know where you live?
A Florida condo and a Minnesota farmhouse need different jobs at different times. A generic monthly list sends you to clean gutters in the wrong month.
What does the free version leave out?
Check whether reminders, more than one home, or document storage need a subscription before you spend an evening entering your appliances.
How much setup does it ask for?
The app you'll still open in March is the one that's useful on day one. Long inventory forms are where most people give up.
On November 8, 2026 we read each app's own website and its App Store or Google Play listing. We wrote down prices exactly as listed (US, before tax), the platforms each app runs on, and whether it does each of the nine things in the table.
Only what we could confirm. If a feature wasn't clearly described, the table says "couldn't confirm" rather than guessing.
No paid placements. No app paid to be listed, and there are no affiliate links on this page.
We list our own weaknesses. I am Home has gaps too, and they're in its card.
Prices change. Check the app's own page before you subscribe. If something here is out of date, email support@iamhome.app and we'll correct it.
Questions
Good to know
Is there a free home maintenance app?
Yes. I am Home is free with every feature — the seasonal plan, weekly jobs with how-tos, weather alerts and the bill tracker — on the web, iPhone and Android. Several other apps have free tiers with paid upgrades; the table above shows which features sit behind a paid plan.
What is the best app to keep track of home maintenance?
It depends on what you need. If you want to be told which jobs matter this season and how to do them, pick an app that builds a plan from your location. If you mainly want to store manuals, warranties and receipts, a home-records app is the better fit. The quick picks at the top match each app to the job it does best.
Which home app tracks expenses and reads bills?
I am Home has a free expense tracker that reads utility bills, receipts and PDF statements for you: it fills in the vendor, amount and date, keeps usage and rate history for each utility, and reminds you of regular payments. HomeBeacon and Dwellin also log expenses, and HomeZada does on Premium, but we couldn't confirm that any of them reads bills for you.
Do home maintenance apps work for renters?
Partly. Renters can use reminders for filters, smoke alarms and cleaning jobs, but most of a homeowner's plan (roof, gutters, water heater) is the landlord's job. I am Home lets you leave out what you don't have.
How did you compare the apps?
We read each app's own website and App Store or Google Play listing on November 8, 2026, and noted only what we could confirm. Where we couldn't confirm a feature, the table says so instead of guessing. Each card lists its sources.
Is this comparison biased?
We make I am Home, so we can't be neutral, and we say so at the top. To keep it fair, every claim about another app links to where we found it, and each app — ours included — has a weakness listed. If something here is out of date, email support@iamhome.app and we'll fix it.
Try the one that makes the plan for you.
Your ZIP, your house, about a minute. Free, every feature.
