HouseKeeper vs Cleaners for Hire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HouseKeeper
This app connects short-term rental owners with vetted cleaning professionals. It integrates with major booking platforms, allowing hosts to book cleaners, upload protocols, and track their arrival in real-time. Features include on-demand booking, recurring assignments, and cleaning confirmation for efficient turnovers.
- Integrates with Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway
- Book cleaners on-demand
- Assign cleaners to recurring properties
- Upload cleaning checklists and protocols
- Live geo-tracking of cleaner ETAs
- Time tracking and cleaning confirmation
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For Hosts: HouseKeeper is the all-in-one cleaning solution for short term rental and vacation rental business owners and operators. We created an app that allows seamless integration with Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and HomeAway to provide a streamlined and efficient solution for dealing with cleaning turnovers between guests. Our comprehensive app allows hosts to book cleaners on-demand in their location, assign cleaners to recurring properties, upload checklists and cleaning protocols and more. Our live-geo tracking feature allows short term rental owners and operators the ability to see real-time, their cleaners ETA and current location as they near the property for a turnover. The time tracking and cleaning confirmation functionalities allow hosts to rest-assured that their cleaning turnover was completed thoroughly and up-to-par with their cleaning requirements and protocols. The HouseKeeper marketplace serves as a medium to connect vetted and qualified cleaners with short term rental operators and business owners across the world. No matter your location, the HouseKeeper marketplace has a vetted cleaning professional equipped with the necessary skill-set to complete your STR turnover.
Cleaners for Hire
This app connects customers with local cleaning professionals, allowing users to browse by rating and rate, and cleaners to build reputations. Secure in-app payments are processed after job completion and photo verification, fostering a transparent and trustworthy community.
- Browse local cleaners by rating
- Secure in-app payments
- Cleaner profiles and reviews
- Photo proof of job completion
- Build cleaner reputation
- Transparent community
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Cleaners for Hire is where accountability and local opportunities meet. We make it easy for customers to book reliable cleaners and just as easy for cleaners to build real reputations that earn repeat work. FOR CUSTOMERS: *Browse local cleaners by rating, reviews, and hourly rate. *Choose who you hire, no subscriptions, no hidden fees. * Pay securely through the app once the job is complete and pictures are loaded, cleaner is paid. * Every cleaner is reviewed after each job, keeping the community transparent and trustworthy. FOR CLEANERS: * Create a profile that highlights your skills, rates, and availability. * Build your reputation through verified customer reviews. *Upload photo proof when jobs are done, payments are only released after completion. * The better your reviews, the more visibility you can earn with new customers. WHY IT MATTERS! Cleaners for Hire isn't another gig app; it's a movement to bring trust and accountability back to the cleaning industry. Every cleaner is reviewed after each job, and every customer plays a part in creating a fair, transparent community where great work shines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cleaners for Hire at every 2 months against HouseKeeper's every 11 months. HouseKeeper's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for HouseKeeper against 3.4 for Cleaners for Hire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively.
HouseKeeper ships an update every 11 months, Cleaners for Hire every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HouseKeeper | Cleaners for Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (21 ratings) | 3.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Housekeeper LLC | Cleaners for Hire |
Customer experience
HouseKeeper
Cleaners for Hire
In-app purchases
HouseKeeper
No in-app purchases
Cleaners for Hire
No in-app purchases
Questions
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