Comparison

Properly Visual Checklists vs PacWest Cleans

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Properly Visual Checklists

Streamline vacation rental turnovers with visual checklists and automated scheduling. Communicate cleaning instructions clearly with photo-based guides and get real-time updates. Find trusted local cleaners when needed.

Highlights
  • Visual cleaning checklists with photos
  • Automated scheduling from booking calendars
  • Photo and damage reporting from cleaners
  • Multi-language support for instructions
  • Find and hire community cleaners
  • Real-time job status notifications
Features
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Are you a vacation rental owner, home-sharing host, or property manager? Need a tool to manage your turnover cleanings? Properly is a mobile app to schedule cleanings, show cleaners how to stage and clean a listing, get photos and damage reports, and find great cleaners used by other hosts when your cleaner is not available (in select countries). Features for Hosts / Owners / Managers • Schedule cleanings from your Airbnb or HomeAway booking calendar. (All hosts and owners can use Properly whether you list on these platforms or not). • Create and send visual, interactive checklists for turnovers with listing photos. • Receive photos of cleaners' finished work, problem reports, and updates on the job. • Find great cleaners used by other hosts in your area (in select countries). SYNC WITH LISTING PLATFORMS Properly seamlessly integrates with Airbnb and HomeAway (more platforms on the way) so you can sync your bookings and schedule turnover cleanings directly inside the app. You can also connect multiple accounts to manage all of your clients’ rentals from one login. COMMUNICATE BETTER Properly checklists let you use photos and text to explain things like: where supplies are located; how to fold and present linens; what welcome gifts to put out; where to put the keys when they are finished, etc. Cleaners can translate all of your text notes into their preferred language. SAVE TIME Send your checklists as customized job requests to one or multiple cleaners at once without negotiating back and forth for hours. The first to accept the request gets your job. GET PEACE OF MIND Receive notifications when your cleaner started and finished the job at your listing. You can also get photos of finished work, problem reports, and updates on completed tasks as if you were there yourself! FIND COMMUNITY CLEANERS TRUSTED BY OTHER HOSTS (in select countries) Properly lets you send job requests to cleaners who have used the app with other hosts in your area. Current countries where the Community Cleaner program is available are: USA, New Zealand, Australia. Features for Cleaners / Housekeepers • Receive job requests with checklists from clients that you can preview before accepting the job. • Know exactly what your client wants in a complex job by seeing the details. • Have your client's instructions translated to your preferred language in the app. • Get more hospitality jobs from new clients in your area if you choose to opt into the Community Cleaner program. This is only available in: USA, New Zealand, and Australia. Having technical issues or have a question? Contact us at support@getproperly.com

About

PacWest Cleans

Features
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PacWest Cleans is the operations app for short-term rental cleaning teams. It connects property owners, co-hosts, and cleaners in one place so every turnover gets scheduled, completed, documented, and paid for - without spreadsheets or group texts. BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK Cleaners see only the jobs assigned to them, with property details, checkout and check-in times, access notes, and pay for each clean. Start and pause a job from your phone, work through the property's checklist, and capture photos as you go. Clock in and out for hourly work and track your earnings across the pay period. BUILT FOR OWNERS AND CO-HOSTS The owner portal shows upcoming and completed cleans for every property you own or co-host, with photo documentation from each turnover. Review invoices, see exactly which cleans and supplies you're being billed for, and pay securely online. SCHEDULING THAT KEEPS UP - Automatic reservation sync from Hostaway and any iCal calendar - Turnovers created automatically from guest checkouts - Recurring shifts for regular maintenance work - Open shifts your team can claim - Guest extension detection, so a stay change doesn't strand a cleaner - Day-off requests with approval routing DOCUMENTATION YOU CAN STAND BEHIND - Property-specific checklists with photo capture - Issue reporting with photos, routed to the right person immediately - Cleaning inspections and quality scoring - Optional on-site check-in confirmation using your device location TEAM COMMUNICATION Direct messages and group chats scoped to properties and jobs, with mentions and push notifications so urgent issues actually get seen. INVOICING, PAYROLL, AND TRUST ACCOUNTING - Owner invoices generated from completed cleans and supply orders - Secure card payment - Payroll reports covering per-clean and hourly pay - Trust accounting with owner disbursements, tax set-asides, and balances - Supply ordering and inventory tracking PacWest Cleans requires an account provided by your property management organization.

Screenshots

Properly Visual Checklists4 screens
PacWest Cleans4 screens

Verdict

The call

Properly Visual Checklists and PacWest Cleans are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Properly Visual Checklists versus PacWest Cleans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProperly Visual ChecklistsPacWest Cleans
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (93 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings93 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProperly IncLeslie Vipond

In-app purchases

None

Properly Visual Checklists

No in-app purchases

None

PacWest Cleans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Properly Visual Checklists free?
Properly Visual Checklists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PacWest Cleans free?
PacWest Cleans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Properly Visual Checklists or PacWest Cleans have ads?
Neither Properly Visual Checklists nor PacWest Cleans shows ads.

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