RentalHelm
Smart control for rental homes
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Guest door codes, pool heating and alerts for your vacation rental — handled automatically. Connect OwnerRez, Hostaway, Ciirus or Lodgix and your Home Assistant hub.
RentalHelm is the control room for your short-term rental — the smart-home tools, booking sync, and team coordination that vacation rental owners actually need, all in one calm, fast app.
Whether you manage one villa or twenty, RentalHelm turns every booking into an automated sequence: the guest's lock code goes live the moment they check in, expires the moment they check out, and nobody has to remember a thing.
— KEY FEATURES —
• AUTOMATIC GUEST LOCK CODES
Sync bookings from OwnerRez, Hostaway, Lodgix and other PMSs. Every reservation gets its own time-boxed door code, sent to the lock on check-in day and wiped on checkout day. No more forgetting. No more old codes floating around.
• HOME ASSISTANT INTEGRATION
Connect to your existing Home Assistant setup and control Z-Wave locks, thermostats, pool heaters, and pumps directly from your phone. Works with the hardware you already own.
• POOL & SPA CONTROL
Turn the heater on from the beach. Schedule the filter pump. Track temperature over time. Protect against freeze events automatically when overnight lows drop.
• SMART ALERTS & AUTOMATIONS
Get push notifications when a door is left unlocked, a lock battery drops below threshold, the pool temperature falls out of range, or a guest is about to arrive. Create custom automations that trigger on booking tags, time of day, or sensor readings.
• GUEST & CLEANER ACCESS PROFILES
Create reusable access profiles for housekeeping, maintenance, and family members — each with their own PIN and schedule. Switch profiles on a lock in one tap.
• MULTI-PROPERTY, MULTI-USER
Invite your property manager, co-host, or cleaning team. Grant access to specific properties or the whole portfolio. Per-property notification preferences mean everyone sees what they need and nothing they don't.
• REAL-TIME DASHBOARD
See who's checked in right now, who's arriving next, every lock's status and battery, and the state of every automation — at a glance.
• SECURE BY DESIGN
Biometric unlock with Face ID. Session-based authentication. No door codes ever exposed over email.
— WHO IT'S FOR —
Hosts running one or many vacation rentals who've outgrown manual lock-code juggling, spreadsheet-based cleaner schedules, and generic smart-home apps that weren't built for rental turnovers.
— REQUIREMENTS —
A Home Assistant instance with Z-Wave smart locks is recommended for full functionality. A RentalHelm account is required to use the app — sign up at rentalhelm.com.
— SUPPORT —
Questions, feature requests, or stuck on setup? Visit rentalhelm.com/support or email us directly from the app.
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• iPhone Duo is now supported: a full-screen layout when unfolded, and the header works around the front camera on the closed screen.
• The header makes use of the space beside the Dynamic Island.
• A new lock screen to match the sign-in page.
• Numerous design improvements & bug fixes.
The developer, Christopher Danks, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Christopher Danks
- Size
- 2.5 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 RentalHelm