Preferred Lending Services vs LoanChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Preferred Lending Services
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Welcome to your mobile loan portal! This is a quick, easy and secure way to interact with your application and loan. Through the portal, you can access your loan application: - Check the status of your loan - Securely upload documents - View a task list to complete your application - Sign documents digitally - we call it “eSigning” Easily manage your accounts: - View details - View statements - Schedule payments
LoanChat
Streamline communication for private lenders of real estate investment loans. Connect with your back office team, manage loan conversations through stage-based threads, and view loan details on the go.
- View submitted loans
- Connect with back office team
- Stage-based communication threads
- Loan summary details
- Searchable message queue
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Take your loan conversations anywhere. LoanChat is the app that lets you take your origination conversations with you. - View all your submitted loans - Connect to the entire back office of underwriters, processors, loan coordinators and more. - Use stage-based threads to communicate with the right people at the right time (Underwriting Room, Closing Room, Draws Room, etc.) - Get to know your team - put a role to the name and build relationships with your underwriters, coordinators, etc. - View all messages about your loans with the latest messages moving to the top of your queue - Filter through your threads by searching for any specific loan - View pertinent loan details for any loan via the Loan Summary screen. LoanChat is a tool designed to help private lenders of business purpose residential real estate investment loans connect their back offices and streamline their teams’ communication. LoanChat is designed and developed by Private Lender Portal LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LoanChat at fortnightly against Preferred Lending Services's every 2 months. LoanChat also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Preferred Lending Services ships an update every 2 months, LoanChat fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Preferred Lending Services | LoanChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Newrez LLC | Private Lender Portal LLC |
In-app purchases
Preferred Lending Services
No in-app purchases
LoanChat
No in-app purchases
