Maintenance Mobile vs SMRT Operations Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maintenance Mobile
This app extends property maintenance management capabilities for technicians in the field. It allows them to access and update work orders, record labor and inventory, and create new tasks in real-time, even offline. Data syncs automatically when a connection is restored.
- Access assigned work orders in the field
- Add labor and inventory to work orders
- Record time and notes
- Complete work orders in real-time
- Create new work orders
- Offline operation and data synchronization
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Yardi Maintenance Mobile augments the functionality of Yardi Maintenance. Yardi Maintenance Mobile allows maintenance techs to access their assigned work orders from the field. They can add technician labor and inventory to work orders and record time, notes, and complete work orders in real-time. They also have the ability to create new work orders as needed. Yardi Maintenance Mobile requires that clients install Yardi Maintenance Plug-in 10.1 (for Voyager™ 60) or Yardi Maintenance Plug-in 3.0 (for Voyager™ 7S) or greater. • Assigned work orders appear on the maintenance technician’s device instantly • Completed results update the Yardi Voyager™ record automatically • Yardi Maintenance Mobile can operate in areas without a cellular or wireless connection • Yardi Maintenance Mobile will synchronize data once the connection is reestablished ABOUT YARDI MAINTENANCE Yardi Voyager Maintenance Management provides the tools you need to perform and track daily maintenance for your properties with unparalleled ease and efficiency. Streamlined, user-friendly workflows employ intuitive dashboards, calendars, and alerts to speed the maintenance process and ensure that you provide consistently outstanding service to your tenants. Voyager Maintenance Management also provides seamless integration between resident data and Yardi’s powerful GAAP-based accounting system. Accurate, up-to-date financial information, as well as a complete audit trail, is always at your fingertips.
SMRT Operations Manager
This app streamlines multifamily community management by integrating work orders, inspections, and preventive maintenance. It enhances team efficiency and resident satisfaction through improved communication and operational insights.
- Integrated work orders, inspections, and maintenance
- Streamlined resident communication
- Real-time operational insights
- Empowers leasing and maintenance teams
- Boosts resident loyalty
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SMRT Operations Manager is the companion app to the SmartRent Work Management and Answer Automation platforms. SmartRent’s Smart Operations Solutions product suite provides software for building and managing multifamily communities. We believe that Great Teams = Great Communities, so we’re empowering leasing, resident service and maintenance team members with easy-to-use solutions to deliver exceptional service. Our award-winning Smart Operations platform helps: • Make Best Practices Common Practice - By combining work orders, inspections and preventive maintenance into one solution. • Boost Resident Loyalty – With status updates and streamlined communications, residents stay in-the-know. • Deliver Insights for Better Decision Making – Through a verified view into the actions that unlock portfolio value.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMRT Operations Manager at 3.1 against Maintenance Mobile's 1.9. SMRT Operations Manager also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (27% vs 5%). Maintenance Mobile's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.4). On price, ratings volume, 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.
SMRT Operations Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 223 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Maintenance Mobile's written reviews are positive against 27% of SMRT Operations Manager's.
Maintenance Mobile ships an update every 3 months, SMRT Operations Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maintenance Mobile | SMRT Operations Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (101 ratings) | 3.1 (223 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.9% of reviews | 26.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 | 223 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yardi Systems, Inc. | SightPlan |
Customer experience
Maintenance Mobile
SMRT Operations Manager
User reviews
Maintenance Mobile
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient and easy to use
- 👍 Works well for licensed users
- 👍 Great tool for mobile users
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Constantly logs out users
- 🐛 Freezes and glitches often
- 🐛 Difficult to get in and access work orders
- 🐛 Never syncs attachments reliably
SMRT Operations Manager
From 223 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and sleek user interface design
- 🚀 Efficient work order organization and management
- 📱 Easy task creation with photo capture
- 🔄 Good integration with other software systems
- 💬 Facilitates communication between teams and residents
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashes and freezing, especially during photo uploads
- 🔄 Persistent syncing issues between app and web version
- ⏱️ Extremely slow performance and lag
- 🔐 Frequent unexpected logouts requiring re-authentication
- 📵 App stops updating without manual reinstallation
Bugs and requests
Maintenance Mobile
Reported bugs
38 issues- App crashes when sliding through pictures
- App freezes all the time
- Two-factor authentication 'remember for 30 days' doesn't work
- Confirmation code time runs out
- Never syncs attachments
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- Constantly logging out
- Pulling up work orders from other people
- Glitching
- Refusing to connect to server
- Does not allow login
- Keep getting signed out
- Not able to access maintenance notes
- Lost data locally
- Data lost on restart
- Inconsistent login
- No notifications
- Won't let me enter technician notes
- No facial recognition
- Sync issues
- Fails constantly
- Poorly implemented sync
- Issues closing work orders
- Cannot enter time out
- Section automatically prefilled with date and cannot be changed
- Cannot enter username
- Camera on in background
- Latest update broke time selector
- Slow loading or uploading
- Cannot type in password field
- Stuck on sync screen
- Notes and time logs deleted on restart
- Dark mode makes app unreadable
- Cannot see work orders correctly
- Signature is deleted when closing work order
- Cannot upload photos
- Cannot save login
- App crashes when trying to login on iPad Pro
- Formatting for cell phone on iPad
Requested features
14 requests- Bring back camera and save icons
- Use AI for scripting to fix bugs
- Update app regularly
- Re-write the app for bottom-to-top utilization
- Add facial recognition
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- Sync in the background
- Push notifications for new work orders
- Tablet version needed
- Ability to sort work orders
- Ability to assign work orders
- Ability to upload videos
- Change status to 'in progress' when clocked in
- Direct support email to developer
- Preserve local storage when offline
SMRT Operations Manager
Reported bugs
15 issues- App requires daily or every-other-day reinstallation to function
- Tasks fail to sync or appear in assignee lists
- Assignee list takes 45+ seconds to load
- App freezes when taking photos during inspections
- Photos and comments disappear or fail to sync
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- Closed tasks reappear unexpectedly
- Activity section stuck in infinite loading loop
- Text input freezes and skips letters while typing
- Grey loading screen that never resolves without restart
- Work orders fail to load or appear hours late
- Resident list crashes the app when selected
- App logs out when phone screen turns off
- Syncing fails even on strong WiFi connections
- Work order status not updating in real-time across devices
- Push notifications for new tasks don't trigger app updates
Requested features
7 requests- Refresh button or pull-to-refresh functionality
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Persistent login sessions without constant re-authentication
- Ability to add multiple photos to tasks after creation
- Better do-not-disturb notification handling
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- Improved activity section loading
- Offline mode capability
In-app purchases
Maintenance Mobile
No in-app purchases
SMRT Operations Manager
No in-app purchases
Questions
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