Last updated: October 28, 2026. Prices checked on October 28, 2026 at minut.com/pricing and minut.com/service/subscription-terms (terms "Last updated on July 17, 2025").

Minut is a capable sensor with the deepest integration list in this category, sold on a per-property subscription you commit to a year at a time. Plans run $5, $10 or $15 a month per property, billed at $60, $120 or $180 a year, and the sensor is a separate one-time purchase. It earns its fee for operators who run everything through a property management system. Public Minut reviews, in aggregate, are weak. The app sits at 2.5 out of 5 on both the App Store and Google Play. If you have a few properties and no PMS, you'll keep paying every year for connections you never switch on.

Put simply, Minut is a subscription property monitor: one sensor that tracks noise levels, smoking, occupancy and indoor climate, with the features you get set by the plan you renew each year.

Minut plans and prices today

These are the plans as Minut's pricing page shows them in US dollars on October 28, 2026.

The FAQ on the same page says it straight: "The cost of the sensor itself is a one-time cost that's separate from the plan charge." Plans are billed per rental unit, so a building where each apartment is let separately counts as several units.

Minut's subscription terms in plain words

Minut's subscription terms, last updated July 17, 2025, are where the real cost of owning one sits. In plain words:

• One year minimum per property. "Each newly added property has a minimum commitment of one year starting from its activation date." Remove a property in that first year and the unused time isn't credited.
• Paid up front, not refunded. "The fees for your subscription plan are billed in advance and are non-refundable." The terms also say "All subscription plans are non-returnable and non-refundable."
• It renews automatically. Your plan rolls over for the same period unless you cancel in the billing portal or email Minut 7 days before renewal. For annual plans, Minut says it will notify you at least 3 weeks before the renewal date.
• One renewal date for everything. All properties on an account align to a single date. A property added mid-cycle gets a pro-rated charge at the next renewal, even inside its first 12 months.
• Credits, not cash. Remove a property after its first year and you get account credit for the unused time, which you can spend on other properties but can't get back as money.
• Prices can change. New prices apply from the first billing cycle that starts more than 30 days after Minut announces them.
• Missed payments limit features. If charges keep failing over 14 days, Minut may restrict plan features and eventually suspend the account.

The pricing page FAQ adds that you "can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your plan at any time," with cancellations taking effect at the end of the current period. Both are true at once — you can cancel whenever you like, you just won't see any of the year back.

What Minut detects

The comparison table on Minut's pricing page lists what the sensor does. Noise monitoring reads decibel levels indoors or outdoors, with what Minut calls AudioID, and lets you set thresholds and quiet hours. Smoking detection is described as detecting "elevated risk of cigarette and marijuana smoke"; Minut's own smoking detection page names cigarette and marijuana and doesn't mention vaping. Occupancy is "privacy-friendly occupancy monitoring using bluetooth signals." It also tracks temperature, humidity and mold risk, raises a security alarm on unexpected motion with built-in lights and siren, flags tampering, and listens for other home alarms going off.

The M3 sensor runs on battery or hard-wired power. Minut says the battery "lasts up to 12 months on a single charge," and that the unit is weatherproof enough for patios and balconies, mounted on ceilings, walls or under eaves.

That's a broad sensor, and the outdoor-capable housing is a real plus. The gap that matters for rentals is vaping, which Minut's pricing and smoking pages don't claim. If smoke and vape are on your list, Layla's All-in-One, $299 once detects smoke and tells you whether it was a cigarette, a vape or cannabis, alongside noise in decibels, radar occupancy and AC control, with no subscription. Only need smoke? Smoke & Air Quality, $99 once.

Accuracy and alerts

Nobody has published an independent accuracy test of Minut's alerts that we could find, so this section sticks to what Minut's pages and the app stores show.

How the alerts work is clear from Minut's pages. Noise alerts fire on decibel thresholds and quiet hours you set. Smoking alerts are framed, in Minut's own words, as detecting "elevated risk" of cigarette and marijuana smoke. Occupancy works from Bluetooth signals, so what it reads is the devices nearby rather than a direct count of people.

The public signal is the app ratings. On October 28, 2026, the Minut Smart Home Sensor app on the US App Store showed 2.5 out of 5 from 51 ratings, and the Google Play listing showed 2.5 stars from 190 reviews with 10K+ downloads. Those are small samples, and app ratings blend the sensor, the app and billing into one number, so they can't tell you how often a given alert is right. They do tell you that people who bothered to rate it weren't, on average, pleased.

Whatever sensor you pick, your setup decides most false alerts. Keep it away from kitchens, TVs and air vents, use a stricter overnight threshold than daytime, and make the noise hold for a few minutes before it alerts.

Integrations: where Minut is strongest

This is Minut's clear win. Standard connects your Airbnb listing, bookings and guest details. Pro syncs with "over 30 PMS platforms." The plan table also lists smart locks, doorbells and thermostats, custom automation through tools like Zapier, triggered and scheduled guest messages, a unified inbox for Airbnb, WhatsApp and SMS, and turnover task management. If your operation lives inside a PMS, nothing else in this category plugs in as deeply.

Layla's integrations are narrower: an open API that works with any PMS, featured partners RentalReady, HostPal and Venn, and 5,000+ apps via no-code automation. That covers most small and mid-sized hosts, but it isn't Minut's native PMS list.

Who Minut suits, and who it doesn't

Minut makes the most sense for a vacation rental manager with 10 or more units, a PMS at the center of operations, and staff who'll use the messaging and task tools. At that scale, $180 a year per property buys software your team touches daily.

It's harder to justify for a host with a few properties and no PMS. Starter covers a single property, so a second one puts you on Standard at $120 per property per year, committed for twelve months per property, paying for OTA sync and team seats you may not need. And if the monitor's job is to catch parties and smoke in the rooms you own, the integrations don't change what the sensor sees.

Alternatives: NoiseAware and Layla

NoiseAware is noise-first at $180 a year per property, indoor sensor included, with a $99 weatherproof outdoor sensor that's its strongest feature. It doesn't list smoke sensing on its own site. Our NoiseAware review covers its terms, and the three-way Minut, NoiseAware and Layla comparison lines all three up.

Layla is bought once. Noise & Security Pro is $179 per sensor: decibel alerts, quiet hours, radar occupancy, intruder alerts and an AI party detector that looks at how many people are inside, how loud it is and what time it is. All-in-One at $299 adds smoke detection, air quality and AC control. One sensor covers one room, there's no per-property fee, and it's never switched off for non-payment.

The three-year arithmetic for one property looks like this, with Minut shown as subscription only because its sensor price isn't published.

The full portfolio maths, at 3 and 10 properties, is in our Minut pricing breakdown. If you're still weighing every option, the Minut alternatives guide and the best noise monitor for Airbnb roundup cover the rest of the field.

Our verdict is that Minut is worth it for PMS-driven managers who'll use the integrations every day. For everyone else, you're renting a sensor you could own.

FAQ

Does Minut deliver good value for the price?

For PMS-driven managers, often yes: Pro at $180 a year per property buys over 30 PMS integrations and unlimited history. For a small host without a PMS, less so. Three years on Standard is $360 per property before the sensor, with a one-year minimum and no refunds. Layla's All-in-One covers noise and smoke for $299 once.

How accurate are Minut's alerts during real guest stays?

No independent accuracy test is public. Noise alerts fire on decibel thresholds and quiet hours you set; smoking is described by Minut as "elevated risk of cigarette and marijuana smoke"; occupancy relies on Bluetooth signals. Placement matters most: keep any sensor away from kitchens, TVs and vents, and use a stricter overnight threshold.

Why do some customers decide to stop using Minut?

Public data doesn't say why, and we won't guess. What Minut's terms do show is what stopping costs: each property has a one-year minimum, fees are paid in advance and non-refundable, plans auto-renew unless cancelled 7 days before, and properties removed in their first year earn no credit. Later removals earn account credit, not cash.

Are Minut customers generally satisfied with the service?

The cleanest public number is the app rating. On October 28, 2026, Minut's app showed 2.5 out of 5 from 51 ratings on the US App Store and 2.5 stars from 190 reviews on Google Play. That's a small sample blending app, sensor and billing, but it isn't a strong score. Read recent reviews before committing several properties.

What do users appreciate most about Minut?

Judging by what Minut itself highlights, it's remote visibility at scale: a customer quote on its M3 page praises "an important line of sight into what's happening inside a unit." The plans back that up with over 30 PMS integrations on Pro, plus a weatherproof sensor that works on patios and balconies.

What do Minut reviews say overall?

In aggregate, Minut reviews are weak on the app stores, at 2.5 out of 5 on both, and strong on integrations. The sensor covers noise, cigarette and marijuana smoking, Bluetooth occupancy and climate for $60 to $180 a year per property, sensor extra. It suits PMS-run portfolios; smaller hosts usually pay for more than they use.