# MilitaryByOwner — user reviews > 70 indexed App Store user reviews of MilitaryByOwner by Americaneagle.com Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 604 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/militarybyowner/id577249907/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/militarybyowner/id577249907.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 454 · 4★ 64 · 3★ 30 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of MilitaryByOwner? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 💯 Great way for Military Members to find great housing - 🏠 Helpful for finding homes near military bases - 🗺️ Useful map feature with satellite view - 👍 Good search functionality **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🔍 Inaccurate search results and listings - 🔧 Glitchy and buggy app - 💤 Outdated and lacking modern features - 🚫 Unable to complete basic functions like searching and contacting owners **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to email owners - Incorrect location results (e.g. showing homes in wrong state) - Saved searches not working properly - Login and account issues **Most requested features** - Save search preferences - More detailed search filters (e.g. price ranges, pet policies) - Improved user interface and navigation ## Newest reviews (15 of 70) ### 3/5 — Not Great *2026-03-06, version 1.9.1* The website, in my opinion, is more useful than this app. It does not allow the selection of a range of values, nor can you adjust the date of availability. ### 3/5 — Too Glitchy *2023-08-30, version 1.8.3* Can’t search properties when you can’t select a state ### 2/5 — App works sometimes *2023-08-21, version 1.8.3* App works sometimes ### 4/5 — Best APP for veterans! *2020-10-04, version 1.8.2* While searching for a new home or need to sell, download and use this app! It will show your options near bases, and every preferred detail of a home you would like. The communication between buyer/seller/renter is simple and worth it. Totally recommend using this app. I’ve listed and rented so far from other vets! ### 2/5 — Bugs *2020-07-04, version 1.8.1* Something has gone wrong with the algorithms. Putting in Ohio and Wright-Patterson AFB brings up only properties in Tennessee... ### 2/5 — Search Fields Need More Detail *2019-06-29, version 1.6* The price ranges need more selections (they go by $500 increments), and there are no search options regarding pets. ### 1/5 — Updates *2019-06-26, version 1.6* The idea behind this app is great but the lack of updates on the homes is a bit annoying. ### 2/5 — Can’t find my own house *2019-06-10, version 1.6* Other than using my MBO number, I can’t find my own listing in MBO on their iPhone application. How is someone else going to ever find it? Answer: Never. ### 1/5 — Update *2019-04-04, version 1.6* Updated app and now it won’t open. Keeps crashing. ### 3/5 — Very bare bones; almost not functional *2019-03-03, version 1.6* For some reason it allows you to sign in, but then your saved searches aren’t there. So you have to plug in the state and installation. Every. Single. Time. No notifications, no way of mapping things. The website isn’t great, but this has about half the functionality of the site. Way too basic. Take a look at Zillow, MBO, and try to emulate. ### 1/5 — Home on the rental market - 2 months *2018-11-19, version 1.5* Our home in San Antonio, TX has been on the market in this website for over 2 months, and we have not received one email or call from any potential tenants. We have a 3400 square foot 4 bedroom home in a desirable cul-de-sac near Sea World. No HOA. Plus our home is a rare steel framed house with brick...and nothing. I paid the $80 package hoping I could attract more interest. Nope. We have received more traffic on Zillow rental manager for free, and have a tenant lined up for the end of this month. Will not be using this website again (Currently keep our house on this website to get our money’s worth) and unfortunately will not recommend to our friends. We are an Army family of active duty service over 20 years. We know a lot of service members and DOD civilians and contractors all over the world that are constantly moving and need good housing. Extremely disappointed to say the least. ### 2/5 — Ughhh... when will they update this??? *2018-05-22, version 1.5* Just like the website, the app is stuck far in the past. No easy way like Zillow or trulia to have default searches without looking in, user defined price searches, or a modern looking app. Listings do get updated so it is used... but no effort from the owners to bring it to a state of technology today. ### 4/5 — Works Well *2018-04-27, version 1.5* This is a really good app. I have found a room for rent on here and I feel like because it is geared towards military or even utilized by military/government property owners, it is more trust worthy. One recommendation I have though is to be able to save your search. It is a pain in the butt having to put in a specific state, base, beds, baths, sq ft, etc. every time I open the app to check for updated housing in my area. ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing when using saved search *2017-06-24, version 1.4.1* When I try to view my saved search, it crashes. I'm using the latest version, iPhone 7+, and iOS 10.3.2. Hopefully there will be a bug fix soon ### 3/5 — Love MBO, but *2016-12-18, version 1.4.1* I use MBO every time we move. I could not add a Saved Search on the app, so I did it on a laptop. Then the app would close every time I tried to access the Saved Search in the app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Use website. This app is useless *2023-07-13, version 1.8.3* The app gives absolutely no results for the same filters on the website that yield pages of results. Why even have this up, American Eagle? You’re giving the site a bad name with this waste of time. ### 1/5 — Unable to do search w/o base * *2023-07-10, version 1.8.3* It asks for a base* and when you click on “Base*“ it pops up a list of states not bases. If you click on any of the states and then next it doesn’t add or give options for a base and the state doesn’t show you’ve selected anything and won’t allow for any searches. If you skip that portion it also doesn’t allow for you to enter the section of time available. Either way no search is able to be completed or even started without a Base* selection yet I am unable to do this. ### 1/5 — Filter tools don’t work *2022-07-07, version 1.8.2* Nice concept but once you add a filter, nothing shows up. Makes it cumbersome to go through. The website isn’t much better. Both needs lots of improvement. ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2021-03-09, version 1.8.2* Every time you leave and come back it does not keep any of your info! Ridiculous ### 1/5 — Fix your listings!!! *2020-09-05, version 1.8.2* This app is terrible. The listings never match the state/base selected. ### 1/5 — Not a modern property search app *2020-07-23, version 1.8.2* This app has not been updated in years. Setting search parameters is conversion and not up to par with other sites. Things like setting a range takes multiple steps. It’s unfortunately annoying to the point that I’d rather not use it. ### 1/5 — Wrong area *2020-04-19, version 1.8* Anytime I search within the app by location it shows me houses hundreds of miles away. ### 1/5 — USELESS! *2020-04-09, version 1.8* As soon as I click on “my account” the app shuts down!! Can’t even log on!!!! What kind of useless crap is this? I’ve deleted and reliaded the app, so I know it’s not me. Using iphone 11pro... ### 1/5 — Error when looking for JBLE housing *2019-12-16, version 1.8* App is error-ridden. When looking for housing at JBLE in VA, it displays houses in Washington state. ### 1/5 — Where’s my listing *2019-08-04, version 1.8* Super frustrated and angry. Years ago I was very happy with MBO, BUT this is a terrible app that doesn’t show accurate information!!! When you search for homes near our base no homes are listed including mine. In fact the only homes listed are in another part of the state!!! I’ll never rent when no one will ever see it. I paid to list my home for rent and you are not listing it. You’re app is useless and I won’t use it again! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great way for Military Members to find great housing *2023-12-12, version 1.8.3* Military helping military. ### 5/5 — LOVE THIS TOOL!!!! *2018-10-01, version 1.5* MilitaryByOwner is such a resourceful tool when looking for a home near any U.S. military base! So many different search options and easy to navigate! Thank you MBO for helping so many people easily find a home during what COULD have been such a stressful and blindly done process! Keep doing what your doing!!!! ### 5/5 — Helped us find our home! *2018-09-28, version 1.5* So thankful for this resource for military families! It helped us narrow down our choices when we bought our home. ### 5/5 — Great search functionality *2016-08-17, version 1.4.1* This app has great search functionalities, whether you're looking to buy or to rent a home. It gives you the options to easily filter out the results based on the specifications of a home you're looking for. I'd definitely recommend this app, especially for anyone looking to relocate around a military base. ### 5/5 — The rental property app I've been waiting for! *2016-08-17, version 1.4.1* Flawless operations on both iPhone and iPad. I especially appreciate search features and the image display of our photos. I'll list my Hawaii rental property on MBO because I get quick contact from the best tenants. ### 5/5 — Amazing Pcs Tool *2016-08-11, version 1.4.1* Militarybyowner is a great app to use while house hunting. As a military family time is always an issue. The app allows you to pull up all homes in the area where you are looking. Easy to use! ### 5/5 — Nice app *2016-08-10, version 1.4.1* Found our next home close to base, great app ### 5/5 — Great App for Buying/Renting a Home *2016-07-18, version 1.4.1* MilitaryByOwner did a great job with their app! It's easy to use and has all the information as their website. I like that you can still search by military base. But I love the added feature of being able to search based on your current location as well! I definitely recommend this to anyone looking for their next home. ### 5/5 — Great mobile real estate app *2016-06-25, version 1.4* I like the search features and usability of this app. The drop downs and spin selectors make it nice to enter selections without toggling around too much. The selections options help negate the ambiguity with some search tools. ### 5/5 — Good App *2013-10-30, version 1.3* I like the proximity feature. I'm not having any of the problems identified by some of the other reviews. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*