ShowingSmart vs ECI Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShowingSmart
Streamline property showing management with this intuitive tool designed for real estate professionals. Efficiently schedule appointments, gather client feedback, and optimize tour routes. Integrates with MLS data and offers a client portal for enhanced engagement.
- Property showing scheduling
- Business workflow improvement
- Route optimization for tours
- MLS data integration
- Client portal for engagement
- Showing notifications
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ShowingSmart is an enhanced tool to improve scheduling and management of property showings. Designed by agents for agents to efficiently improve your business workflow for managing showings on your listings, scheduling appointments, gathering feedback, and presenting showing information to clients. •Turnkey Solution for managing showings on your listings •Sleek, user-friendly & intuitive interface no learning curve. •Build by agents for agents to improve business workflow •Dedicated call center works - 7 Days a Week •Build route optimization showing tours for buyers •Integrations with MLS data (Updated every 5 minutes) •Client Portal - Engagement for Buyers and Sellers •Showing notifications to owners and occupants
ECI Events
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ECI Events is your all-in-one destination for ECI event experiences. Download one app to access all ECI conferences, user groups, customer events, and partner programs. Stay connected with personalized agendas, session details, speaker information, venue maps, networking opportunities, real-time updates, and event resources. Whether you're attending ECI Connect or another ECI event, the ECI Events app keeps everything you need in one convenient place before, during, and after the event.
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Verdict
ShowingSmart and ECI Events are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShowingSmart ships an update every 2 weeks, ECI Events every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShowingSmart | ECI Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (843 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 843 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Houston Association of Realtors® | ECi Software Solutions |
Bugs and requests
ShowingSmart
Reported bugs
28 issues- App glitches out often
- Cannot login on app
- Incorrect email/password message
- Tour date rolls to next day
- Logs me out all the time
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- Doesn't recognize me as an agent
- Cannot log out and back in
- Says 'we are sorry' when trying to log out
- Cannot see listings through iOS
- Select 'Sign In' and nothing happens
- Different error codes or nothing happens when adding listing
- Feedback attempts not posted
- Everything is delayed
- Showings for current day show in archive/report
- App is very slow to refresh
- No manual refresh without relaunch
- Upcoming showings do not reliably appear
- Numbers on appointments are misleading
- Numbers of feedback do not match responses
- Missed appointments due to no notifications
- Does not accurately display number of showings
- Unable to schedule tour, goes to black screen
- Scheduled tour online doesn't show on app
- Quarter hour selection is irritating
- Listings are not updated
- App constantly says update available but no update exists
- App opens and spins
- App constantly crashes
Requested features
13 requests- Easier to log showings on own listings
- Fix tour date selection bug
- Implement auto sign-in feature
- Make tours auto-generate relative to showings
- Auto calendar integration with routes
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- Showings scheduled start at beginning of month
- Push notification settings
- FAQ section on app
- Filtering options and customization
- Implement way for requested showings to show on tours
- Sellers should see realtor and leave feedback
- Allow clients to confirm/propose new showing times
- Schedule inspections for more than an hour
ECI Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShowingSmart
No in-app purchases
ECI Events
No in-app purchases
