If you run open houses, the two questions that matter are simple: will sign-in still work when the venue Wi-Fi drops, and will you leave with leads you can actually act on? Here is an honest look at how OpenHouse and Curb Hero answer those questions.
The short version
- Choose Curb Hero if you want a free, well-known sign-in app and you are happy living inside a broader marketing platform.
- Choose OpenHouse if you want an offline-first iPad kiosk, real buyer qualification, and a clean handoff into the CRM you already use — and you would rather pay for a focused tool than be the product.
Offline reliability
Open houses happen in empty homes with unpredictable Wi-Fi. OpenHouse is built offline-first — the kiosk, qualification, and capture flow never wait on a network, and visitor data is written to local storage on the device. Cloud-first sign-in tools can stutter exactly when the room is busy. If "it has to work in a dead zone" is non-negotiable, that is OpenHouse's core wedge.
Buyer qualification
Capturing a name and email is table stakes. OpenHouse separates represented buyers, unrepresented hot leads, neighbors, investors, and incomplete sign-ins while the context is still fresh, so your callback list is already triaged before you leave the driveway. The goal is fewer "who was this again?" moments on Monday.
CRM handoff
OpenHouse does not try to be your CRM. It hands leads to the tools you already use — Share to CRM, email, copy emails, CSV export, or a vCard — so the data lands where you actually work. Comparison shoppers usually care less about dashboards and more about whether the export is clean and immediate.
Pricing and data
Curb Hero is free; OpenHouse is a paid subscription with a one-month trial. The trade-off is focus and privacy: OpenHouse keeps visitor data on your device until you deliberately export it, with no tracking or required account. If a subscription lapses, OpenHouse stays in a data-safe read-only mode so your captured leads are always viewable and exportable.
Bottom line
Both apps will get a visitor signed in. The difference is everything around it: offline reliability, how qualified your leads are when the event ends, and how cleanly they move into your CRM. If those matter more than a $0 price tag, OpenHouse is built for exactly that.