Guide
How to use Listing-grade
From phone photos to listing-ready shots, in minutes.
You don't need a photographer. You don't need a studio. You don't need a tripod, a wide-angle lens, or an editing app. You need a phone, a few minutes per room, and a Listing-grade account.
Here's the whole flow.
Step 01
Sign up — your first photos are on us
Go to listinggrade.app/signup and create an account. Every new account starts with 5 free credits — no card required.
After that, you can top up credits as needed. Pay-as-you-go. No subscription, and credits don't expire.
Already have phone photos of the unit? Skip to step 3. The whole point is that the photos you already took are good enough.
Step 02
Take the photos
If you don't have shots yet, here's how to get them — no skill required. The whole point of Listing-grade is that we enhance what you've got. We're not expecting magazine work.
A quick tidy first
Listing-grade is true to the space. It doesn't move walls, swap fixtures, or invent rooms that aren't there. It enhances what's actually in frame — so anything blocking the room reads as part of the room.
Before you shoot:
- —Move large objects that are covering doors, windows, appliances, or entrances/hallways
- —Open all blinds, turn on every light (lamps included)
You don't need to deep-clean. You just need the camera to see the room.
How to actually shoot
- —Use the ultra-wide setting on your phone camera. On iPhone, tap 0.5x. On Android, look for "Ultra Wide," "0.5×," or a wide-angle icon (often two trees or a small/large rectangle). This is the single biggest thing you can do — it's what gives listing photos that open, roomy feel.
- —Hold the phone around chest height — not at eye level. Lower angles show more floor and make the room read bigger.
- —Keep the phone level. Don't tilt up or down. We straighten walls in post, but level shots come out cleaner.
- —Shoot from the corners, not the middle. You want to see two walls and the depth of the room.
- —Take 2–4 shots per room from different corners. You'll pick the best one later.
That's the whole shoot. If the room looks like the room, we can work with it.
Step 03
Create a unit
Sign in, hit New unit, name it (the address works fine, or something like Maple St — 2BR). Address is optional.
A unit is one property. Everything for that listing lives inside it.
Step 04
Add the rooms
Tap Add a room. Pick from the list — Living Room, Kitchen, Primary Bedroom, Bathroom — or type your own (Mudroom, Patio, Storage).
Two things rooms do for you: the labels help the enhancement treat a kitchen differently than a bedroom, and your final downloads come out clean and named (Maple St — Kitchen — 01.jpg), so you can drop them into a listing without renaming a thing.
Step 05
Upload the photos
Tap a room to expand it. Take photos on the spot from your phone, pull from your camera roll, or drag-drop from your desktop.
JPEG, PNG, or WebP. Up to 25MB each. Uploads are free — credits only get used when you enhance.
Step 06
Enhance
Hit Enhance. Each enhancement uses credits from your balance — the app shows you what's left and prompts a top-up if you run low.
Each shot takes a minute or two while the AI straightens walls, balances light, lifts dark corners, neutralizes the yellow indoor cast, and cleans up small surface clutter. You can keep uploading other rooms while it runs — nothing blocks anything.
When a photo is done, you'll see a before/after slider.
Step 07
Refine if anything's off (optional)
If a photo isn't quite right, open it and hit Refine. Tell us what you want adjusted, in plain language:
- —"Warmer light in this one."
- —"Keep the original wood floor color."
- —"The chair in the corner looks weird — leave it alone."
Refines cost cents and run the enhancement again with your note in the mix. Iterate until it looks right.
If you shot a few angles per room, you can also enhance multiple takes and pick the best version per shot.
Step 08
Download and post
When the unit looks the way you want, hit Download on the unit header.
On your phone: the share sheet pops up. Save to Photos, or send straight into Airbnb, Marketplace, Rentfaster — whatever you're posting to.
On desktop: you get a zip of every enhanced photo, named by property and room, ordered the way you'd lay them out in a listing.
Then post. Airbnb, Craigslist, Marketplace, Rentfaster, Zillow, anywhere your vacancy lives.
How long it takes
Upload, enhance, review, download — minutes per unit. The AI does the heavy lifting in the background, so most of that time you're not even at the screen. Shoot time is on you, but the Listing-grade part is fast.
Works the same whether you have one unit or thirty. Each property's photos are their own.
The honest part
What we change
Light and shadow balance, white balance, wall geometry, sharpness, surface clutter, unmade beds.
What we don't
Room layout, fixtures, finishes, anything structural. What a prospective tenant sees in your photos is what they'll find on move-in day.
That's the deal. Enhanced photos that hold up to a viewing.