OBT Remote vs myRent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OBT Remote
This companion app allows users to monitor metrics and alarm events from OB Tools devices. It provides real-time notifications, historical data review, and team collaboration features for managing facility issues.
- View metrics and alarm events
- Review historic data on line charts
- Compare current values on bar charts
- Receive real-time push notifications
- Acknowledge alarms and change severity
- View detailed event logs
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OBT Remote is the companion app for OB Tools Use this app to view metrics and alarm events from all OB Tools monitored devices on your iPhone. Key features: - Review historic data on a customisable line chart. - Compare current values on a bar chart. - Receive push notifications that keep you aware of events in your facility in real time. - Work as a team by acknowledging alarms or changing their severity as problems are resolved. - View detailed event logs.
myRent
This platform helps self-managing landlords in New Zealand manage their rental properties on the go. It allows users to track rent, agreements, and communicate with tenants, as well as manage listings and tenant checks. Tenants can use it to track payments, access documents, and log maintenance issues.
- Manage tenancies and track rent
- Manage property listings and applications
- Conduct tenant checks
- Build compliant tenancy agreements
- Lodge bonds with Tenancy Services
- Track expenses
- Track rent and bill payments for tenants
- Access tenancy and inspection reports
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myRent is the all-in-one platform empowering self-managing NZ landlords. The new myRent app gives landlords full access to your myRent portfolio on the go: - manage your tenancies: track rent, agreements and keep in touch with tenants, - manage your listings: sort through enquiries and applications, and - manage your tenant checks: review information and communicate with applicants. That's not all - all the features you love from myRent have been shrunk down to work in your pocket. Build compliant tenancy agreements, lodge bonds with Tenancy Services and track your expenses. It's also perfectly suited for tenants renting properties managed through myRent: - keep on top of rent and bill payments, - safely access tenancy agreements, inspection reports and bond documents, and - log maintenance issues and keep up to date on progress. You can also use myRent to keep up to date on any listing enquiries or applications you have open. Sign in with your myRent account today and start managing on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OBT Remote at 100% against myRent's 50%. myRent's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
OBT Remote ships an update every 2 months, myRent weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OBT Remote | myRent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Woodgate | myRent Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
OBT Remote
myRent
In-app purchases
OBT Remote
No in-app purchases
myRent
No in-app purchases









