Free iOS App

Your home search,
organized.

Not Zillow. Not Homes.com.
Real-Helper is for the homes you're actually considering — your short list, all in one place, with everything you know about each one.

⬇ Download on the App Store See How It Works Free to try  ·  iPhone and iPad
Real-Helper also runs on Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later), using the iPad version of the app.
Real-Helper My List screen
Why Real-Helper?

There's already Zillow. Why do you need this?

Zillow and Homes.com are discovery tools — great for browsing millions of listings. Real-Helper picks up where they leave off.

So keep using whichever search site you like best. Browse it right inside Real-Helper, tap once, and the listing becomes a link on that property's page — alongside your notes, your photos, and everything else you've found. Real-Helper is YOUR organizer.

🏠 Zillow / Homes.com

  • Millions of listings for browsing
  • Great for finding properties
  • Focused on search & discovery
  • Generic listing pages for everyone
  • No place for your own notes or photos
  • Doesn't know what matters to you

✦ Real-Helper

  • Your short list — homes you're seriously considering
  • Your notes, your photos, your observations
  • Browse any listing site inside the app — one tap to save it
  • Links to anything you've found online about each property
  • Score & rank properties against criteria you define
  • Drive times to your destinations — work, school, family
  • Property details pulled from public records
Getting Started

Up and running in seconds

No sign-up required. Download and start building your short list immediately.

1

Add a Property

Type an address, or tap "Use My Location" when you're standing outside. Or browse to the listing right inside the app and tap "Use This Page", and the address, beds, baths and price come straight off the page.

2

Build Your Page

Add notes, take photos, and save links — a public listing, a school district page, a neighborhood write-up — everything in one place for that property.

3

Evaluate & Decide

Use rankings, maps, drive times, and property data to make a confident, well-informed decision about which home is right for you.

What Real-Helper Does

Organize YOUR information about YOUR top contenders

Every home on your short list gets its own page. Build it up as you go.

Notes & Photos

Capture what you see — right then

At an open house, memories fade fast. Take photos and jot notes on the spot so you remember your personal impressions — not just what is highlighted in the listing.

  • Notes from showings and open houses
  • Photos from your visits
  • Apple LookAround street image
  • With Premium: Google StreetView image
  • Add to the notes anytime
Notes & Photos
Mortgage Calculator

Monthly payment in one tap

Found a price you like? Tap the calculator button right next to the offer price and it slides up instantly — no app-switching, no browser tab, no separate tool.

  • Choose 30, 20, or 15-year loan term
  • Adjust down payment — dollar amount updates as you type
  • Edit the interest rate, or leave the FRED average
  • See monthly payment, total interest, and total paid
  • Amortization chart shows balance vs. cumulative interest over time

Principal & interest only — excludes taxes, insurance, and HOA. Rates are nationwide averages from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED).

Mortgage Calculator
Web Links & Files

Browse without leaving the app

The browser is built in. Tap + next to Links, search for the listing, the school district, the HOA website — whatever you need — and tap Use This Page. The link is saved and named for you. No copying URLs, no bouncing between apps.

Better still, if it's a property listing, Real-Helper reads the address, beds, baths, square footage and list price off the page while it's open. You can add a whole property that way from the Add tab: browse to it, tap once, and its page is already waiting for you.

  • Browse and save in one tap — no copy and paste
  • Listing details fill themselves in
  • Links show as preview cards where the site offers one
  • Links to PDFs, inspection reports, documents on your device
  • Rename any link; swipe to remove it
How to save links →
Property links list Add a link Browse for a listing from the Add tab Share Extension
Included Free

Powerful tools, right out of the box

Maps, drive times, and Power Rankings are available to every Real-Helper user — no subscription required.

Mapping Features

See where your properties are — and what life from each one actually looks like.

FEMA Flood Zone Map

Flood Zone Overlay

See FEMA flood zone designations right on the map — high risk, moderate, and low risk areas color-coded at a glance.

School District Map

School District Boundaries

Tap the map to see which school district covers any address. District boundaries overlaid directly on your property map.

All Properties Map

Map Display

See all your properties on a map at once, alongside your saved points of interest — work, schools, family, wherever matters to you.

Drive Times

Drive Times

Enter your regular destinations and get real drive times from every property on your list, side by side.

Isochrone Map

Isochrone Maps

See exactly how far you can travel from a property in 10, 20, or 30 minutes. Understand a neighborhood's reach at a glance.

Rank Your Properties

Turn your gut feeling into a data-backed decision.

Weighted Criteria

Weighted Criteria

Define what matters — commute, schools, yard, price, neighborhood. Assign weights so the ranking reflects your real priorities.

Property Ratings

Property Ratings

Score each property on every criterion you've defined. Rate one at a time, at your own pace, as you learn more about each home.

Power Rankings

Power Rankings

Your ratings and weights combine into a clear, ranked leaderboard. See which property actually comes out on top — and why.

Premium Features

When your search gets serious

Premium unlocks unlimited properties, one-tap public record lookups, cross-device sync, and spreadsheet export and import (coming in version 1.1.2).

Unlimited Properties

Unlimited Properties

The free tier holds 5. Premium removes that limit entirely — track as many properties as your search demands.

Property Data

Property Data

One tap pulls assessed value, last sale, lot size, year built, and more from public records — right onto your property page. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Cross-Device Export & Import

Cross-Device Export & Import

Move your whole list to another device: properties, notes, links, photos, and ratings. Export uploads a temporary copy to Firebase, Google's cloud service, and you have 3 hours to import it on the other device.

Spreadsheet Export and Import

Spreadsheet Export & Import Coming in v1.1.2

Access from three-dots icon: Export your list to Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, with your scores, weights, and a Weighted Score that recalculates as you edit. Import a spreadsheet of houses, even one with nothing but listing links, and Real-Helper fills in the rest. How it works

Free vs Premium →
Free vs Premium

Try it free — upgrade when you're ready to get serious

The free version gives you a real taste of the app. When your search heats up, Premium gives you everything.

To Try It Out
Free
$0 forever

A real taste of Real-Helper — no commitment, no credit card.

  • ✓ Up to 5 properties on your list
  • ✓ Mortgage calculator
  • ✓ Notes and photos per property
  • ✓ Web links and file links per property
  • ✓ Built-in browser — save links in one tap
  • ✓ Save links via the Share Extension
  • ✓ Map view, drive times & isochrone maps
  • ✓ Power Rankings with weighted criteria
  • ✓ Add Apple LookAround street images
  • ✕ Property info from public records
  • ✕ Cross-device export & import
  • ✕ Spreadsheet export & import Coming in v1.1.2
Download
Best for Active Buyers
Premium
$9.99 / month

Cancel anytime. No annual plan — you won't need it that long.

  • ✓ Unlimited properties
  • ✓ Mortgage calculator
  • ✓ Notes and photos per property
  • ✓ Web links and file links per property
  • ✓ Built-in browser — save links in one tap
  • ✓ Save links via the Share Extension
  • ✓ Map view, drive times & isochrone maps
  • ✓ Power Rankings with weighted criteria
  • ✓ Add Apple LookAround AND Google StreetView images
  • ✓ Property info from public records
  • ✓ Cross-device export & import
  • ✓ Spreadsheet export & import Coming in v1.1.2
Download

You'll only need it for a couple of months.

Most people are in active house-hunting mode for 2–3 months. You subscribe, you find your home, you cancel. That's it.

There's no annual plan because we don't think you need one. Monthly only — pay for exactly as long as it's useful to you.

Available Now

Connect directly with your agent

Real-Helper now includes built-in chat with your buyer's agent — no texts, no email threads. Just invite your agent from inside the app, they download Real-Helper: Agent (free on the App Store), enter your connection code, and you're linked. Your agent's info appears throughout the app, and you can message each other directly.

For Agents →

Worth Reading

Longer pieces on some aspects of house hunting that you may find interesting.

Free Download

A House Hunting Spreadsheet, Free, No Email Required

Excel or Google Sheets to put all your house hunting information on one page, with weighted scoring that does the arithmetic.

Get the template ›
Organizing

Don't Use Zillow to Organize Your Home Search

Zillow is very good at finding houses. It just has nowhere to put your photos, your notes, or your reasons. What Saved Homes really does, and where it falls short.

Read the article ›
Maps

Maps Built for House Hunting

Drive times from every house to every place you actually go, travel-time zones, flood maps and school districts. How it compares with the maps in Zillow, Google and Apple.

Read the article ›
Flood Risk

How to Look Up a Property's FEMA Flood Zone

A step-by-step guide to FEMA's own maps, how to read the zone letters, and when flood insurance is actually required. Including the one link that skips the wandering.

Read the article ›

Start organizing your home search today.

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