Comparison

Total Expert vs HousingWire Intelligence

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

Head to head
About

Total Expert

This app provides loan officers with a secure mobile platform for real-time SMS messaging, contact management, and task organization. It helps financial professionals build trust and grow relationships with borrowers through seamless communication and efficient workflow management, even when away from their desks.

Highlights
  • Real-time SMS messaging
  • Contact search
  • Task management
  • Note logging
  • Push notifications
  • Secure login with biometrics
Features
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Messaging Built for Loan Officers Stay connected to your borrowers anywhere you go. Total Expert empowers modern financial professionals with a secure, purpose-built mobile experience designed to help you build trust and grow relationships through real conversations. Whether you're coordinating follow-up meetings, managing contact tasks, or checking in with borrowers, Total Expert's mobile app keeps you at the center of the conversation — no desk required. Real-Time SMS Messaging – Seamlessly send and receive text messages with opted-in contacts. Use emojis, maintain conversation history, and stay in sync across devices. Contact Search – Instantly find your contacts by name, email, or phone number. Task Management – Create, edit, complete, and delete one-time tasks directly at the contact level. View tasks organized by due date — overdue, due today, due this week, and beyond — so nothing slips through the cracks. Notes – Log important details and outcomes on the go, right from your phone. Notifications – Never miss a message. Push notifications bring you back into the conversation the moment a borrower replies. Secure Login – Sign in faster with Face ID or biometrics after your first SSO login — no need to repeat the full authentication flow every time. Stay productive, stay personal, and stay compliant — with a mobile experience purpose-built for loan originators. Download now and keep your conversations moving, wherever you are.

About

HousingWire Intelligence

Access housing market news, analysis, and data-driven insights on the go. Stay informed with real-time market signals and trends designed to help professionals make faster, better decisions.

Highlights
  • Mobile-optimized newsroom access
  • Uninterrupted podcast streaming
  • Real-time market signals
  • Data-driven insights
  • Housing market analysis
Features
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Make better decisions, faster — wherever you are. HousingWire brings together the industry’s most trusted newsroom and the data-driven intelligence platform professionals rely on to navigate the housing market. Built for our subscribers, the app gives you direct access to HousingWire Intelligence, the latest reporting and podcasts in a mobile-first experience designed for quick, informed consumption. What you get: • Newsroom access, optimized for mobile  Read the latest reporting, analysis and exclusive coverage shaping housing, formatted for speed and clarity on the go. • Listen without interruption  Stream HousingWire podcasts while using other apps so you can stay informed without breaking your workflow. • HousingWire Intelligence  Access the data behind the headlines. Real-time market signals, trends and insights designed to inform decisions, not just headlines.

Screenshots

Total Expert4 screens
HousingWire Intelligence4 screens

Verdict

The call

Total Expert and HousingWire Intelligence are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Total Expert against 5.0 for HousingWire Intelligence. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Total Expert ships an update fortnightly, HousingWire Intelligence every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Total Expert versus HousingWire Intelligence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTotal ExpertHousingWire Intelligence
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTotal Expert, Inc.HW Media, LLC

Customer experience

Total Expert

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HousingWire Intelligence

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Total Expert

No in-app purchases

None

HousingWire Intelligence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Total Expert free?
Total Expert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HousingWire Intelligence free?
HousingWire Intelligence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Total Expert or HousingWire Intelligence?
Total Expert and HousingWire Intelligence are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Total Expert or HousingWire Intelligence have ads?
Neither Total Expert nor HousingWire Intelligence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Total Expert or HousingWire Intelligence?
Total Expert ships an update fortnightly, and HousingWire Intelligence every 3 weeks. Most recently, Total Expert was updated on November 7, 2026 and HousingWire Intelligence on November 5, 2026.

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