Cascade Manor vs BuyNothing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cascade Manor
Access community information for residents of Cascade Manor. View news, events, important documents, and contact details all in one place. Stay connected with your PRS Community.
- View community news and events
- Access important documents
- Find resident phone numbers
- Browse community folders
- Receive relevant information
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Cascade Manor is a free application that enables residents to view information relating to Cascade Manor a PRS Community. The application consists of folders, events, news posts, phone numbers, documents and other relevant information. Also referred to as "MyManor.life" and "cmr.prsResident.org".
BuyNothing
Connect with your local community to give, receive, share, lend, and borrow items. This app fosters a gift economy, building connections through sharing, inspired by the BuyNothing® Project.
- Give and receive items locally
- Lend and borrow goods
- Hyper-local community sharing
- Gift economy model
- Build community connections
- Express gratitude
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We offer people a way to give, receive, share, lend, borrow and express gratitude through a hyper-local gift economy model in which people can share wherever they are and true wealth is measured by the web of connections formed between people through sharing. From the founders of the BuyNothing® Project. Terms of Use: https://buynothingproject.org/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cascade Manor at 5.0 against BuyNothing's 4.3. Cascade Manor also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). BuyNothing's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BuyNothing sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cascade Manor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cascade Manor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BuyNothing has 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cascade Manor ships an update every 13 months, BuyNothing every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cascade Manor | BuyNothing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (2.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 26.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fusionbase | Buy Nothing Project, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cascade Manor
BuyNothing
Bugs and requests
Cascade Manor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BuyNothing
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Login issues and inability to reset passwords
- Inconsistent location settings and radius
- Unreliable notifications and messaging
- Inability to edit or update posts
Requested features
5 requests- Search function to find specific posts
- Ability to edit and update posts
- Improved organization and sorting of posts
- Syncing across multiple devices
- More robust moderation and community tools
In-app purchases
Cascade Manor
No in-app purchases
BuyNothing
- Sustaining Member$3.991 Month
- Buy Nothing Pro$3.991 Month
- Sustaining Member$5.491 Month
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- Buy Nothing Pro$29.991 Year
- Sustaining Member$38.491 Year
- Sustaining Member$54.991 Year
Questions
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