PadMapper Apartment Finder vs Stoop NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PadMapper Apartment Finder
Discover millions of apartments and rooms for rent. Easily filter by price, size, amenities, and pet-friendliness. Connect directly with landlords and avoid scams with a robust anti-spam system.
- Millions of apartment listings
- Roommate and sublet listings
- Anti-scam protection
- Filter by price, bedrooms, amenities
- Pet-friendly filters
- Save favorite listings
- Direct landlord contact
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With over a million listings available each month, PadMapper has something for everyone. Whether you're a recent college grad on a budget looking for your first cheap place or a seasoned renter searching for a penthouse in the big city, you’ll be able to hunt apartments that fit your budget. Using PadMapper is pretty awesome: • Find listings for roommates and sublets: Now anyone can reach our network of millions of renters on PadMapper or Zumper to list their room, apartment, or other shared accommodations for free. • Avoid scams and shenanigans: Kiss questionable listings goodbye because we protect you with a anti-spam algorithm to make sure only high-quality, legitimate listings are posted. We'll help you hunt apartments with ease. • Find the perfect place: We make it easy to find exactly what you want. Ballin' on a budget? Filter your apartment search by price, so you don't exceed your monthly rent budget. Hunting for apartments with a big family? Specify the number of bedrooms & bathrooms you need. Looking for an upscale apartment? Tap filters for doorman, a pool, a roof deck, and many more amenities. Bringing Fido or Fluffy? We can help you find a pet friendly place for them too. • Save your favorites for later. Once you’ve narrowed down your top choices, simply save and come back to them later. • Contact PadMapper and Zumper landlords quickly. One tap connects you to landlords once you find the place you want. No broker fees. Search for no fee apartments for rent in NYC, Chicago, Boston, LA, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, and anywhere else in the U.S. and Canada! • Reach PadMapper's network of millions of renters by listing your room, apartment, or other shared accommodations for free. Confidently post and search listings for roommates and sublets on PadMapper knowing we protect you from spam and scams. We've been receiving some great reviews: "I was feeling very discouraged about finding an apartment, until a friend told me about PadMapper. It's been extremely helpful in seeing a LOT more availability in one place, rather than trying to seek out multiple websites and/or spending hours on end driving up and down streets to see if I see any signs." — HogFanMich ***** "I've been using PadMapper for the past several years, and am so glad that they've released this new iPhone app. It's a lot faster than any other app at searching for apartments and always my go to for when my lease is up." — EdwardStarcraft ***** "Don't know what I'd do without it! Thank you for your service. I LOVE this app! Thank you." — Li-n-Luv-n ***** Connect with us online! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/padmapper Twitter: https://twitter.com/padmapper Usage of the PadMapper app is bound by the PadMapper terms of service - https://www.padmapper.com/tos. Privacy Policy: https://www.padmapper.com/privacy Notice of Collection: https://www.padmapper.com/privacy#ccpa-notice-of-collection Do Not Sell My Info: https://www.padmapper.com/privacy#ccpa-do-not-sell We love to hear from you! Reach out to us with feedback or questions about PadMapper or Zumper at hello@padmapper.com.
Stoop NYC
Streamline your NYC apartment search by consolidating listings from multiple sites. Collaborate with housemates to score and compare properties based on individual priorities and dealbreakers, ensuring the best fit wins.
- Consolidate listings from multiple sites
- Score apartments based on personal priorities
- Collaborate with housemates
- Compare top picks side-by-side
- Track application status
- Calculate door-to-door commute times
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Keep your search organized. Stoop gives your household one shared place to collect listings, agree on what matters, and decide together. Someone drops a StreetEasy link in the group chat. Someone else finds a place on Zillow. Three days later nobody remembers which one had laundry. Stoop keeps every listing, every opinion, and every trade-off in one place, so deciding feels easy instead of exhausting. HOW IT WORKS 1. Paste a listing. Drop a URL from StreetEasy, Zillow, Apartments.com, RentHop, or Craigslist and Stoop pulls the details onto one clean card: price, beds, baths, square footage, address, and photos linked straight from the source. 2. Agree on what matters. Set your criteria together, up front — weight the ones you care about most, and mark your dealbreakers. 3. Everyone weighs in. Rate each place privately before you see anyone else's take, so every voice counts — not just the loudest one. 4. See it clearly. Stoop blends everyone's input, ranks your list, and lays the trade-offs out side by side. BUILT FOR DECIDING TOGETHER - Shared priorities set once, up front, before anyone falls in love with a place. - Rate privately, then reveal: honest input without the pressure. - A compare table that highlights the best rent and the best overall fit. - A map with every place pinned and color-coded by how it ranks, plus door-to-door commute times to the destinations you choose. - Threaded comments with @mentions and a live activity feed, visible only to the people you invite. - A simple status pipeline that tracks the search: interested, toured, applied, got it. - Notifications when your people add or rate a place. - Full-screen photo viewing and an offline mode that works on the subway. Score, edit, and update listings, and your changes sync when you're back online. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - We only ingest listings you paste. No scraping, no crawling. - Listing photos are linked from the source, never re-hosted. - Analytics are configured to mask what you type: names, emails, addresses, notes. - No ads. No data brokers. We never sell your data. Stoop is free. Starting with NYC rentals and for-sale listings, expanding to more cities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PadMapper Apartment Finder at 4.8 against Stoop NYC's 4.0. PadMapper Apartment Finder also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and ratings volume (7.1K vs 4). Stoop NYC's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PadMapper Apartment Finder holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PadMapper Apartment Finder has 7.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of PadMapper Apartment Finder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stoop NYC's.
PadMapper Apartment Finder ships an update every 5 weeks, Stoop NYC every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PadMapper Apartment Finder | Stoop NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.1K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PadMapper, Inc. | Victor Lepri |
Customer experience
PadMapper Apartment Finder
Stoop NYC
Bugs and requests
PadMapper Apartment Finder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Listings not showing up in search
- Inability to delete account or change email
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Incorrect rent information
Requested features
4 requests- Price range filter below $3000
- Option to exclude 'tech dorm' listings
- Ability to post from desktop
- More detailed property information
Stoop NYC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PadMapper Apartment Finder
No in-app purchases
Stoop NYC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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