Comparison

Rentila vs Pennylane

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rentila

This cloud-based property management software simplifies landlord responsibilities, from tenancy and accounting to maintenance tracking and rent increases. It offers a secure online portal for managing your property portfolio, generating receipts, and communicating with tenants.

Highlights
  • Tenancy management
  • Accounting and expense tracking
  • Electronic rent receipts
  • Maintenance and repair tracking
  • Pre-filled tenancy agreements
  • Online booking system
  • Messaging system
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Rentila is your easy to use, free, cloud-based property management software. Key features like tenancy management, accounting, tasks, landlord responsibilities and much more on your fingertips. Stay on top of your business and maximize ROI with our end-to-end solution. Secure account Wherever you are, 24/7, easily access your online property portfolio. Accounts management We offer you a simple tool to manage your property expenses and revenues. You can get a snapshot of the financial performance to help you with your tax return. Electronic rent receipts No more paper. Enjoy right now all the advantage of the e-receipt service: view your last receipts online, print, store, download them or look through your archives. Maintenance and repairs tracking Keep track of all your maintenance and repair requests and follow-ups. Pre-filled tenancy agreement Create your tenancy and get a pre-filled tenancy agreement template ready to be signed. Rent increase Online tool helping you with the rent update. Expense reconciliation Reconciliation of recoverable expenses and creation of a summary document to send to the tenant. Digital Archive Store your scanned documents (photos, invoices, certificated...) and share them with your tenant (landlord). Booking system Rentila helps you manage all your reservations for short tenancies in one place and keep everything organised. Messaging system Simplify the communication between landlords and tenants via our messaging system. Forum Discuss with other landlords. Ask your questions and find answers on Rentila’s forum dedicated to our users. Extra tools Useful letter templates, address book, maintenance requests, reminders, notes…

About

Pennylane

This app offers an integrated solution for managing business finances, accounting, and banking. It provides tools for purchase and sales management, performance analysis, and a business account with features like free cards and unlimited transfers.

Highlights
  • Integrated business finances and accounting
  • Purchase and sales management
  • Performance analysis
  • Pro Account with free cards and transfers
  • Invoice management (FacturX format)
  • Collaboration with accountants
  • Over 300 integrations
Features
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Pennylane is the tool that brings together your finances, your accounting, and your Business Account! Discover the all-in-one solution for your business that includes purchase and sales management tools, performance analysis, and a Pro Account 100% integrated with your accounting. Pennylane is PDP certified! Receive and send your invoices in the FacturX format even before the reform is applied. Over 180,000 French companies and 2,500 accounting firms have already joined Pennylane. What changes with Pennylane: - Manage your activity from a single space: the purchase and sales modules allow you a complete management of your activity. Quotes, invoices, subscriptions, sales reminders... manage all your finances in one place! - Make better decisions: Pennylane allows you to access all the data of your activity and analyze it from a single platform. - Collaborate more effectively with your accountant: keep your accounting up-to-date in real-time. Pennylane suggests reconciliations to carry out and actions to perform. - Over 300 integrations available: simplify the retrieval of your flows and the management of your activity by connecting to your business tools directly from Pennylane. Get the Pennylane Pro Account including: - Free cards and unlimited free transfers: Enjoy customizable virtual or physical Mastercard cards and pay easily via SEPA transfer. - French IBAN, secured funds: Entrust your funds to a secured institution approved by the Banque de France (ACPR). - Payment of supplier invoices: Settle up to 400 invoices in one click, reconciliation and lettering are automatic. - Simplified collection of receipts: No more hunting for receipts! Receive a mobile notification with every transaction made with the Business Account card. Included in the mobile app: - Business Account: Initiate transfers, manage your bank cards and receive a mobile notification with every transaction made with your Pennylane Business Account. - Invoice management: Upload your purchase invoices, expense reports and follow their validation - Categorization: Categorize all your transactions and expense reports at the right time, without delay - Customer billing management: Create your sales quotes and invoices and send them to your clients - Accounting requests: Collaborate with your team and your accountant via comments and notifications - Track your cash flow and other key indicators

Screenshots

Rentila4 screens
Pennylane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pennylane at none against Rentila's 2. Pennylane also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (35 vs 6). Rentila's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rentila sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.00 per year. Pennylane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rentila holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pennylane has 35 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Rentila's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pennylane's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rentila ships an update every 3 weeks, Pennylane weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rentila versus Pennylane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRentilaPennylane
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.6 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews67.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings635 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRENTILA LTDPennylane

Customer experience

Rentila

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral13.0%
Negative21.7%

Pennylane

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral17.2%
Negative15.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rentila

Subscriptions2
  • Silver annual subscription$49.001 Year
  • Gold annual subscription$119.991 Year
None

Pennylane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rentila free?
Rentila is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pennylane free?
Pennylane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rentila or Pennylane?
Rentila is rated higher. Rentila averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Pennylane averages 4.6 from 35 ratings.
Do Rentila or Pennylane have ads?
Neither Rentila nor Pennylane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rentila or Pennylane?
Rentila ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pennylane weekly. Most recently, Rentila was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pennylane on November 7, 2026.

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