RentaDiaryShort answer
If your boarding house runs off a shared meter and you like the idea of an AI assistant helping with billing, BoardHub automates the split and adds AI tools. If you want meter-photo pre-fill and SMS credits that send reminders automatically, BHouse's paid plans go further. If you want a native Android app, in-app lease signatures, and billing that also covers apartments or parking slots, RentaDiary fits. All three rely on the tenant submitting GCash, Maya, or bank-transfer proof for the owner to review manually; none of them processes the payment itself. Compare free-tier limits and how your meters are wired before choosing.
Three different bets on the same problem
RentaDiary, BoardHub, and BHouse were all built for the same situation: several tenants in one property, each owing rent plus a share of electricity and water, paid mostly through GCash or bank transfer. Past that shared starting point, each product made a different bet on what to automate first.
This guide compares their published pricing and features as checked on the date below. Where a claim isn't published anywhere we could find, it's marked "not documented" rather than assumed in either direction.
Decision matrix
| App | Free plan | Paid plans start at | Standout feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| RentaDiary | 5 tenants, 10 units | ₱89/month (Plus, 20 tenants) | In-app lease signatures; also bills apartments and parking slots |
| BoardHub | 10 rooms, 15 tenants, 20 AI messages/day | ₱149/month, or ≈₱119/month billed yearly (Pro, unlimited) | Automatic shared-meter splitting and an AI billing assistant |
| BHouse | 5 rooms | ₱199/month (Plus, unlimited rooms) | Meter-photo pre-fill and automatic SMS reminder credits |
RentaDiary in brief
RentaDiary bills each tenant from either a fixed utility charge or a meter reading you enter yourself, then tracks the payment, receipt, and running balance against that bill. Agreements are generated from the tenant record, and both the owner and tenant can sign them directly in the Android app. There's no AI assistant and no automatic shared-meter splitting; every number is entered by the owner.
Where it stands apart from the other two is scope: the same billing engine also covers apartments and parking-slot rentals, not just boarding-house rooms, and it ships a native Android app alongside the web app. See the full RentaDiary vs BoardHub and RentaDiary vs BHouse comparisons for feature-by-feature detail.
BoardHub in brief
BoardHub's standout is automatic shared-meter splitting: if a room or floor shares one electric or water meter, BoardHub can divide the total across every tenant instead of the owner doing the arithmetic. It also includes an AI assistant that answers questions from the owner's own records and can log a payment from a typed instruction, in English, Taglish, or Bisaya.
BoardHub is browser-based rather than a downloadable app, with a tenant portal that installs to a phone's home screen without an app-store download. Maintenance tracking is included even on its Free plan. Its Pro plan adds a public vacancy and booking page, something neither of the other two apps offers.
BHouse in brief
BHouse leans into reducing manual meter entry: a reading can be captured from a photo and pre-filled for the owner to check before accepting, rather than typed in from scratch. Its paid plans include a monthly allowance of SMS credits that send reminders automatically, instead of relying on the owner to message each tenant.
BHouse is positioned specifically for room and boarding-house rentals, with staff accounts and CSV import from its Plus plan for owners who share the work. Its free plan is smaller by room count (5) than its jump to Plus, which is priced for unlimited rooms rather than a middle tier.
A note on Unitly
Unitly (Google Play package `com.axcelsoft.unitly`) is another Philippine rental-tracking app, previously documented as covering tenants, rent, and extra charges like electricity, water, and parking. While preparing this guide, we were unable to independently re-verify its current Play Store listing or pricing, so it isn't included in the comparison above. If you're evaluating it, check its current listing on Google Play directly rather than relying on older third-party summaries, including this one.
Quick checklist before you decide
- Do your rooms share one electric or water meter, or does each have its own? A shared meter is where BoardHub's automatic split matters most.
- Do you want a reading pre-filled from a photo, or are you fine typing it in yourself?
- Do you need to send SMS reminders to many tenants automatically, or is email and in-app enough?
- Will you ever bill something other than a boarding-house room, like a parking slot or a small apartment?
- At your actual tenant or room count, what does each vendor's next paid tier cost, not just the free plan?
Frequently asked questions
Which of these has the biggest free plan?
By tenant count, BoardHub's free plan (10 rooms, 15 tenants) is the largest of the three. RentaDiary's free plan covers 5 tenants and 10 units; BHouse's covers 5 rooms. All three expect you to upgrade past those limits.
Do any of these three collect GCash or bank payments automatically?
No. All three rely on the tenant sending the money directly and submitting proof (a screenshot or reference number) that the owner checks and approves. None of them processes the transfer itself.
Which one is best for a shared-meter boarding house?
BoardHub, since it has a feature built specifically to split one shared meter's total across every tenant automatically. RentaDiary and BHouse both expect the owner to work out each tenant's share and enter it directly, though BHouse can pre-fill the reading itself from a photo.
Can I use any of these for an apartment building instead of a boarding house?
RentaDiary is built to bill apartments and parking-slot rentals with the same workflow as boarding-house rooms. BoardHub and BHouse are both positioned specifically around boarding-house and room rentals.
Sources and verification
Last fact-checked: October 21, 2026. Figures and feature claims came from each vendor's own public pages at that time and can change without notice — always confirm current pricing and limits on the vendor's site before deciding.
- BoardHub — Pricing
- BoardHub — Home
- BHouse — Pricing
- BHouse — Home
- RentaDiary — All features
- RentaDiary — Pricing
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