MyNaijaEstate is an estate management app for residential estates, gated communities, landlords, tenants, residents and estate managers in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and other Nigerian cities. It supports gated community access control, visitor pass creation, security guard verification, SOS alerts, estate dues records, announcements, resident communication, Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages, and data export from the resident profile area.
How much does MyNaijaEstate cost?
MyNaijaEstate is free to join with no monthly estate subscription. Residents buy and consume prepaid tokens only when they create visitor invitations or use an optional token-based service. A resident with no visitor invitations pays nothing.
How does MyNaijaEstate handle safety and trust?
MyNaijaEstate keeps digital gate logs and is designed around Nigerian gate operations, uses provider-neutral payment and utility integration boundaries, links legal policy pages, supports NDPR-aware privacy language, and lets estates test the product before a full rollout.
Both serve Nigerian estates, but they are built around different centres of gravity. Residence: Dues collection and financial transparency for estate executive committees. MyNaijaEstate: An operating system for the whole estate: gate, money, rentals, amenities and community in one estate-scoped system.
Residence claims below are taken from https://www.residence.ng/, reviewed 2026-08-18. Not documented means exactly that, not that a feature is absent.
Where Residence is strong
Worth saying plainly, because it may be the right answer for your estate:
Dues on autopilot with smart reminders and instant online payment.
Shows the board collected versus pending at a glance.
Centralised registry of units, owners and tenants.
They publish: 16+ estates in Nigeria · 1,200+ residents · NGN 24.8M collected.
Where MyNaijaEstate goes further
13 of the 16 capabilities compared are documented by MyNaijaEstate and not documented by Residence:
Runs on ordinary guard phones — No turnstile, scanner or barrier purchase required to start.
Works when the network drops — The gate keeps verifying during an outage and syncs afterwards.
Resident SOS / panic alert — A resident can raise an emergency to security from the app.
Rent, tenancy and landlord workflows — Agreements, rent charges, payments and landlord/tenant roles.
Deposit evidence and disputes — Condition evidence and a deposit dispute record.
Maintenance and issue reporting — Residents log defects; managers track them to closure.
Airtime, data and utility bills — Residents buy airtime, data, electricity or TV in the app.
Amenity and gym membership — Membership, check-in and access control for estate amenities.
Community announcements and chat — Notices and resident-to-resident communication.
Multi-estate management — One operator managing several estates.
The estate earns revenue — A share of platform usage flows back to the estate, not only out of it.
Optional hardware integration — Boom barriers, NFC or turnstiles can be added later.
Full audit trail — Who did what, when, reviewable after the fact.
Side by side
Capability
MyNaijaEstate
Residence
Visitor passes (QR / code)
Yes
Yes
Runs on ordinary guard phones
Yes
Not documented
Works when the network drops
Yes
Not documented
Resident SOS / panic alert
Yes
Not documented
Dues and service charge collection
Yes
Yes
Financial reporting to the committee
Yes
Yes
Rent, tenancy and landlord workflows
Yes
Not documented
Deposit evidence and disputes
Yes
Not documented
Maintenance and issue reporting
Yes
Not documented
Airtime, data and utility bills
Yes
Not documented
Amenity and gym membership
Yes
Not documented
Community announcements and chat
Yes
Not documented
Multi-estate management
Yes
Partial
The estate earns revenue
Yes
Not documented
Optional hardware integration
Yes
Not documented
Full audit trail
Yes
Partial
Frequently asked
What is the difference between MyNaijaEstate and Residence?
Dues collection and financial transparency for estate executive committees. MyNaijaEstate an operating system for the whole estate: gate, money, rentals, amenities and community in one estate-scoped system. Comparing public documentation reviewed on 2026-08-18, MyNaijaEstate documents 13 capabilities that Residence does not document publicly, while Residence documents 3 of the 16 capabilities compared.
Is MyNaijaEstate or Residence cheaper for a Nigerian estate?
MyNaijaEstate charges estates no setup fee and no compulsory subscription; residents pay small per-token costs on usage. Residence does not publish pricing on its public site, so you will need to request a quote to compare directly.
Can we switch from Residence to MyNaijaEstate?
Yes. Estates onboard by signing up and importing their unit and resident registry; guards use ordinary Android phones, so there is no hardware to replace. Run both in parallel for a gate cycle if you want to compare them on your own traffic before committing.
Think something here is wrong or out of date? Residence ships on its own schedule and this page is only as current as its last review. Email hello@mynaijaestate.com and it will be corrected.