Free for now · For Android

Your house records, all in one place.

Kitasa is a Swahili-first app for landlords, tenants, caretakers and brokers. Tamper-proof rent and receipts, water and electricity bills, and a housing marketplace — all on your phone.

Get it on Google Play — coming soon

Works on budget phones too.

Tamper-proof receipts
Swahili first
Your rent stays private

A landlord handing a tenant the keys in front of a house, with rent, receipt, water and electricity icons above

Features

Everything about your house, organised

This is what you will see inside the app, exactly as shown here.

A landlord and a tenant at the door, keys in hand

Available now

01Welcome to Kitasa

Your house records, all in one place.

Add properties, rooms and tenants in a few minutes.
Invite a tenant by SMS: they sign in with their phone number and their room finds them.
Caretakers and helpers only see what they need to see.

Available now

02Know your rent

See how far you have paid and when the next rent is due.

Rent cycles of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months.
When rent changes, the old rent history stays exactly as it was.
Landlord and tenant see the same numbers.

Available now

03Tamper-proof receipts

Every confirmed payment gets a receipt with a QR code anyone can verify.

Sequential receipt numbers (KTS-20261001-000145).
Anyone can verify a receipt by its QR code, right here on this website.
Corrections are new receipts: records are never deleted or edited.

Households in one house looking at a shared water bill

Coming soon

04Shared bills, clear to all

Water and other bills: everyone sees their share and who has paid.

Split a bill equally or by the number of people in each room.
The bill photo is kept as evidence.
The house board shows who has paid and who has not.

A LUKU meter with the estimated days of electricity left

Coming soon

05Know when power runs out

Paste the LUKU SMS; Kitasa estimates the days left and whose turn it is to buy.

Paste the TANESCO message: Kitasa reads the token, units and amount.
Estimated days left, with a warning before the power runs out.
Shared contributions, rotating buyer, or a meter per room.

A street with houses, shop frames and plots for sale

Coming soon

06Housing marketplace

Find rooms, houses, plots, brokers and building materials near you.

Rooms to rent, houses and plots for sale, shops and offices.
Local building-material prices: cement, iron sheets, sand and more.
Call or WhatsApp directly; every listing is reviewed before it goes live.

How it works

Sign in with your phone number

No password. You get a 6-digit code by SMS, and it fills in by itself on most phones.

Add a property or accept an invitation

Landlords add rooms and tenants. Tenants sign in with the number they were invited on and see their room.

Record, verify, share

Rent, receipts, bills and electricity live in one place, visible only to the people who should see them.

Who it is for

Made for everyone involved with a house

Landlord

Record properties, rooms and tenants without a notebook. See who has paid and who is late.

Tenant

Know your rent, get a tamper-proof receipt and see your house bills.

Caretaker

Manage a house on the landlord's behalf, without seeing their other properties.

Broker

List rooms, houses and plots, and let customers call you directly.

Building-materials seller

Show your prices to builders in your town.

Trust

Built on trust

Your rent is private

Rent payments are visible only to the tenant, the landlord and that property's caretaker.

Records cannot be changed

Confirmed payments cannot be edited or deleted, not even by us. Mistakes are fixed with a new record.

We do not read your SMS

You paste or share the LUKU message yourself. We never ask for permission to read your messages.

Free for now

There is no fee to use Kitasa. SMS is only sent for verification codes and invitations.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Kitasa?

Kitasa is an Android app for Tanzania that keeps tenancy records: rent, receipts, contracts, shared bills and LUKU electricity, plus a housing marketplace. The name is the Swahili word for a door lock.

Does Kitasa receive or send money?

No. Kitasa records payments; it does not receive or send money. You pay as usual (M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas, Airtel Money, bank or cash) and then record it.

Is it free?

Yes, Kitasa is free to use for now.

Where can I download it?

The Android version will be on Google Play soon. We will put the link here.

Does it work on budget phones and weak networks?

Yes. Photos are compressed before sending, and the last information you saw stays visible when the network drops.

Can I use it in English?

Yes. Swahili is the first language, and you can switch to English inside the app (the Me tab) or on this website.

Be the first to get Kitasa

We are finishing the first release. When it is on Google Play, the link will appear here.

Get it on Google Play — coming soon