Compass agents are not short on software. The gap an open house exposes isn't the platform — it's the front door, where a paper clipboard or a half-finished form quietly loses the visitor before your stack ever sees them. A Compass open house sign-in sheet that runs on the iPad closes that gap: it captures every name cleanly, qualifies the buyer while they're in the room, and keeps the contact yours until you decide where it goes.
OpenHouse is an independent app, not a Compass product. Think of it as the capture layer the rest of your tools assume already happened.
The door is the one place your platform can't reach
Your CRM, your marketing, your transaction tools — all of it kicks in after you have a lead. The open house is where that lead is either captured or lost, and it's the step most likely to be run on paper. OpenHouse exists for that single moment: one clean screen in front of each visitor, a captured contact the instant they finish, and a quick tag for who they actually are.
If you want the wider lay of the land first, our open house sign-in app guide frames what to look for, and the best open house apps list ranks the field — free options included.
Reliable where your listings actually are
New developments, staged-but-empty units, buildings with no guest Wi-Fi — exactly the listings where connectivity dies, and exactly where a cloud-dependent form starts dropping sign-ins. OpenHouse runs fully on the device with zero network calls, so it doesn't queue-and-pray. It just works, signal or none. The sign-in is also a single screen per visitor, so the next person in line never sees the last person's number.
Capture, qualify, hand off
OpenHouse isn't trying to be your CRM — you have one. It does three things well and then gets out of the way:
- Capture every visitor on the iPad with built-in kiosk mode locking the device to the sign-in screen.
- Qualify on the spot — represented buyer, unrepresented hot lead, neighbor, or investor — so the follow-up list is triaged before you leave.
- Hand off on your terms: CSV, Contacts, vCard, PDF, or share-to-CRM. Then your own system runs the follow-up.
Your leads stay yours
This is the part that matters for an agent building a book of business: leads live on your device and are never shared with a third party unless you export them. No paired lender, no background sync, no vendor sitting between you and your buyer's phone number. When you move firms or change tools, the relationships go with you because the data already does.
Compass open house: paper vs. OpenHouse
| Paper / generic form | OpenHouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Works offline at an empty unit | partial | ✅ fully on-device |
| One private screen per visitor | ❌ | ✅ |
| On-the-spot buyer qualification | ❌ | ✅ |
| Signed disclosure with timestamp | ❌ | ✅ |
| Clean export to your stack | ❌ retyping | ✅ CSV / Contacts / vCard / share-to-CRM |
| Leads stay yours | depends | ✅ on-device until you export |
Disclosures handled at the door
Post-NAR-settlement, getting consent right at the open house is no longer optional. OpenHouse can present a disclosure or agency notice before sign-in and capture a signature, recording the acceptance with a timestamp on each lead. Our guide on open house consent and TCPA covers the practical side.
The honest version
OpenHouse is paid ($9.99/month or $79.99/year, one month free), iOS/iPadOS only, and deliberately not a marketing suite — no drip campaigns, no portal. What it guarantees is that every visitor at your Compass open house gets captured and qualified reliably, and that those leads stay yours. If that's the job you need done at the door, try it free for a month and run it at one quiet listing before a busy weekend.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an open house sign-in app for Compass agents?
Yes. OpenHouse is an iPad and iPhone open house sign-in app any Compass agent can use. It captures and qualifies each visitor at the door and keeps the leads on your device, so you can export them into the tools you already work from. It is an independent app and is not provided by or affiliated with Compass.
Compass agents already have a tech platform — why add a door app?
Because the front door is the one place your platform can't reach. OpenHouse is the capture layer: a single-screen kiosk that grabs every visitor cleanly and qualifies them on the spot, then hands clean leads to whatever you run follow-up from. It does one job that the rest of the stack assumes has already happened.
Does it work if the listing has no Wi-Fi?
Yes. OpenHouse makes zero network calls — sign-in, qualification, and capture all happen on the iPad. A vacant or new-development Compass listing with no signal works exactly like a connected one, so a dead zone never costs you a lead.
Where do the leads go?
Nowhere you don't send them. Leads stay on your device until you export them — CSV, Contacts, vCard, a seller-ready PDF, or a share-to-CRM handoff. Nothing is routed to a third party in the background.
Can visitors sign a disclosure at the door?
Yes. You can show a disclosure or agency notice before sign-in and capture a signature, and each lead records the acceptance with a timestamp — handy for buyer-representation paperwork after the NAR settlement.
OpenHouse is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Compass, Inc. "Compass" and the Compass logo are trademarks of their respective owner and are used here only to describe the agents this page is written for.