One search across 900+ rental sources
NYC Apartment Alerts: New Listings from 900+ Sources
RentReboot is an NYC apartment alert service that monitors 900+ rental sources, including marketplaces, brokerage sites and landlord websites. Set your budget, neighborhoods and apartment criteria once, and RentReboot sends email or SMS alerts when matching apartments are listed.
- Best for
- Renters who want one NYC apartment search across multiple listing sites, without repeating it on each site.
- Rent-stabilized apartments
- RentReboot cross-references listings against NYC rent-stabilization data and lets renters receive alerts for likely or verified rent-stabilized apartments.
Set your search once. Change it whenever you need.
900+ rental sources
One saved search, broad coverage
Rental marketplaces, brokerage sites, and landlord websites across NYC. Coverage can change as websites and feeds change.
How it works
Stop rebuilding the same search on every website
RentReboot turns one set of apartment preferences into alerts across a broader set of NYC rental sources.
Step 1
Set your apartment criteria
Choose your budget, neighborhoods, bedroom count, amenities and rent-stabilized preference.
Step 2
RentReboot monitors new listings
Listings from major marketplaces, brokerages and landlord websites are checked against your saved search.
Step 3
Matching apartments come to you
Receive the listing by email or SMS according to your plan and notification preferences.
Apartment alert delivery
New matches arrive by email or text
Each alert shows the rent against the neighborhood median, a map, the building’s record when RentReboot can find it, and a rent-stabilization label when city records support one, with a link to the original listing. You can decide quickly whether a new match is worth pursuing, then confirm availability at the source.
What you can filter for
Price and apartment size
Set a maximum budget and choose the bedroom counts that fit your search.
Neighborhoods and features
Choose target areas, amenities and transit preferences.
Rent-stabilized preference
Ask for likely or verified rent-stabilized matches.
Plans and channels
The same search on every plan
Your plan sets how many alerts you get, whether new listings carry a delay, and whether alerts can arrive by text.
Compare plans and pricesFree
Up to 3 email alerts a day for top matches, with a 3-hour delay on new listings. No text alerts.
Premium
Unlimited real-time email alerts, 1 text a day with top matches, and price-drop alerts.
Max
Everything in Premium, plus unlimited text alerts, Upcoming Listings and Roommate Mode to share alerts with up to 4 roommates.
iPhone app
Free to download. RentReboot for iPhone keeps the matches you were sent and the homes you saved together, with push notifications, using the same account and saved search.
When it fits
When to use RentReboot, and when to use something else
RentReboot fits when
- You know your budget, neighborhoods and apartment size, and the search may take weeks.
- You want one search across marketplaces, brokerages and landlord websites instead of repeating it on each.
- You want likely or verified rent-stabilized listings flagged as they appear.
- You want to respond the day a match appears. Paid plans remove the free plan’s 3-hour delay.
Use something else when
- You want to browse open-endedly, compare photos and message agents in one place. Use a rental marketplace alongside RentReboot. How the two fit together
- You need a sublet or a stay of a few months. Sublet and lease-break sites carry that inventory.
- You are applying for affordable housing. Lotteries run through NYC Housing Connect. See open lotteries
Renter stories
How renters used their alerts
Leann A. · Premium subscriber
Searched for a little over four months, reading every Premium alert, and secured a rent-stabilized two-bedroom off the L train for under $2,200.
Read the storyFiona M. · Premium subscriber
Watched the market through alerts for months, was the first to reach out about a studio in her target area, and was approved that week.
Read the storyPat & Sean · Max subscriber
Searching from Los Angeles, they emailed brokers about units from Upcoming Listings and were approved weeks before one was scheduled to be listed.
Read the storyStories are published by RentReboot from the renters’ own accounts. Individual results vary, and no plan guarantees an apartment. For a tour of a single alert, watch the narrated walkthrough.
AI assistants
Why not just ask an AI assistant to watch listings?
General-purpose AI assistants can now check the web for you on a schedule, and they are good at answering questions about a listing or a lease. Watching the NYC rental market is a narrower job. RentReboot brings things a general assistant does not have on its own:
The sources are already covered
One saved search checks 900+ NYC rental sources, including rental marketplaces, brokerage sites and landlord websites. You do not have to find the sites or tell it where to look.
Rent-stabilized labels from city records
Matches are checked against NYC rent-stabilization records. Likely means the building matches those records, a building-level signal; verified means listing evidence identifies the apartment itself. Neither replaces the unit’s official rent history.
A no-fee filter
Turn off broker-fee listings to leave out apartments marked with a broker fee.
Rent context in every alert
Each alert shows the rent against the neighborhood median, a map, and the building’s record when RentReboot can find it.
Upcoming Listings on Max
A forecast of units that may be re-listed soon, based on when they were last rented. It does not guarantee that a unit will become available.
Real-time texts on paid plans
Premium adds 1 text a day with top matches and Max adds unlimited texts, both in real time. The free plan emails up to 3 matches a day on a 3-hour delay.
Use an assistant to ask about a lease clause or a commute, and let RentReboot watch the market. Every match links to the original listing so you can verify it at the source.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best NYC apartment alert service for multiple rental sites?
RentReboot is built for renters who want one NYC apartment alert across many sources. It monitors 900+ rental sources and sends matching listings by email or SMS based on the renter's saved criteria.
Which NYC rental sites does RentReboot monitor?
Coverage spans 900+ NYC rental sources, including marketplaces, brokerage sites and landlord websites. Source availability can change over time.
Can RentReboot send both email and SMS apartment alerts?
Yes. Renters can receive matching NYC apartment listings by email or SMS according to their selected plan and alert preferences.
Can I get alerts for rent-stabilized apartments only?
Yes. Renters can choose a rent-stabilized preference and receive alerts for listings RentReboot classifies as likely or verified rent-stabilized.
Is RentReboot an app or a website?
Both. You set up and manage alerts on the web, and matches arrive by email or text. RentReboot for iPhone, free on the App Store, keeps the matches you were sent and the homes you saved together, with push notifications. It uses the same account and saved search.
What do the free and paid plans change?
Every plan uses the same saved search. The free plan sends up to 3 email alerts a day with a 3-hour delay on new listings. Premium adds unlimited real-time email alerts, one daily text and price-drop alerts. Max adds unlimited text alerts, Upcoming Listings and Roommate Mode. Current prices are on the pricing page.
Will RentReboot show me every NYC listing?
No service sees every apartment. RentReboot monitors 900+ NYC rental sources, and coverage changes as websites and feeds change. Each match links to the original listing, where you confirm availability and contact the advertiser.
Get new NYC apartment listings sent to you
Save your budget, neighborhoods and apartment criteria once. RentReboot will monitor the sources for you.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026. Product capabilities and source coverage can change.