ValueChek vs ShowingSmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ValueChek
This app helps HomeVestors of America franchisees assess property repair needs and costs. It provides repair estimates, market price evaluations, and allows for price adjustments based on local labor and product costs.
- Repair cost estimation
- Market price evaluation
- Adjustable product and labor prices
- Square footage-based repair calculation
- Shareable repair reports
- Integrated with HomeVestors training
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ValueChek is a proprietary app for franchisees of HomeVestors of America. It allows them to determine the repairs needed to a house, estimate the cost to make those repairs, evaluate properties similar to the subject, and estimate a price to pay for a house. If you would like to learn more about how you can get access to ValueChek and the system that has bought more houses than any other system ever developed go to HomeVestorsFranchise.com. Features include: - Allows you to adjust product and labor prices to your market. - Provides product and estimated labor prices for over 80 different repairs. - Simple to use since it uses square footage to determine the amount of the repair. - Allows you to share the finished product to an associate. - HomeVestors training teaches you how to use this app as part of our house buying system.
ShowingSmart
Streamline property showing management with this intuitive tool. Designed by real estate agents, it offers efficient scheduling, feedback collection, and client presentation features. Integrates with MLS data and provides route optimization for tours.
- Property showing scheduling
- Feedback collection
- Client portal
- Route optimization
- MLS data integration
- 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShowingSmart at 4.8 against ValueChek's 3.0. ShowingSmart also leads on ratings volume (842 vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). ValueChek's advantage is iOS requirement (11.3 vs 16.0). 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.
ShowingSmart holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowingSmart has 842 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ValueChek ships an update every 2 months, ShowingSmart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ValueChek | ShowingSmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (842 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 11.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 842 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomeVestors of America, Inc | Houston Association of Realtors® |
Customer experience
ValueChek
ShowingSmart
Bugs and requests
ValueChek
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
ValueChek
No in-app purchases
ShowingSmart
No in-app purchases
