# HotPads - Apartment Rentals

> Apartments & Houses for Rent

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id345957475](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id345957475)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id345957475`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hotpads.com
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (109,322 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.6.14
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2010-01-08
- **Size:** 95 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hotpads-apartment-rentals/id345957475)
- **Website:** [http://hotpads.com](http://hotpads.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.zillow.com/corp/Privacy.htm](https://www.zillow.com/corp/Privacy.htm)

## Description

HotPads makes renting simpler. This extension brings the best apartment and home listings to your browser, helping you search across the U.S. with up-to-date results, map views, and easy landlord contact so you can move faster. Save favorites, compare listings, and stay informed with alerts while you explore major cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and more.

Features include: Search Alerts to notify you of new rentals, Share Listings to show friends, Advanced Filters to tailor results by budget and neighborhood, and Listing Views that switch between List, Map, and Hybrid views to help you find the right fit quickly.

## Rankings

- #3,407 — Overall
- #10 — listing
- #10 — zillow
- #17 — house

## Review summary

HotPads is easy to use and can help you find apartments, including private-owner connections and budget-aware listings, with some success stories. However, stability issues, privacy/spam concerns, unreliable mapping and filtering, and bothersome bot checks severely hamper the search experience, making it frustrating for many users.

### Pros

- Easy to use and navigate
- Good for finding private owners/landlords and making direct connections
- Helpful price-range and listing options that match preferences
- Some users have successfully found rentals through the app
- Generally useful for apartment hunting and exploring listings

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and performance slowdowns
- Privacy concerns: data sharing leading to spam/robocalls
- Unreliable map/search experience: not all listings show and filters misbehave
- Difficulties contacting landlords: messages sometimes not delivered or ignored
- Bot verification friction requiring repeated 'not a robot' prompts

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id345957475)