Flatmates vs Gay Share
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flatmates
Find your perfect flatmate or a new home with Australia's leading shared accommodation app. Browse thousands of listings, create detailed profiles, and connect safely with a secure messaging platform. Easily list a spare room or search for available properties.
- Thousands of property and people listings
- Easy listing creation for spare rooms
- Detailed search for rooms and flatmates
- Listing alerts for new properties
- Create 'room-wanted' profiles
- Secure messaging platform
- Listing moderation and support
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Flatmates.com.au is Australia's #1 app for share accommodation. With more than 40,000 property and people listings active per month*, you're sure to find the right home or flatmate with us. Have a spare room? It's easy to list your place and be found by potential flatmates. Simply create a listing in just a few minutes and be matched with potential flatmates. You can even use our detailed search feature to browse "room-wanted" profiles to find someone who is right for your home. Need a place? It's easy to look for a new home through our detailed search feature. We can also alert you of new listings that match your search through our listing alerts. Create a "room-wanted" profile so property listers can get in touch with you to ensure you don't miss out. Safety and Security Flatmates.com.au moderates all listings and we have a full-time team ready to help if you're ever unsure about something. Our custom built message platforms helps you keep your details safe, meaning you can share your details when you're comfortable and ready. *Average active listings per month on Flatmates.com.au over the past twelve months.
Gay Share
Find your ideal home or flatmate with personalized searches, detailed profiles, and secure communication. This platform offers reviewed listings and instant notifications for new matches and messages, ensuring a quick and safe experience.
- Personalized home and flatmate searches
- Detailed user profiles
- Instant messaging and free in-app calls
- Reviewed home listings
- Notifications for new matches and messages
- Support for various living situations and budgets
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Personalised searches, detailed profiles, instant messages and free in-app calls ensure that you find the perfect home or flatmate quickly, easily and safely. Every home listing is reviewed by our team to help you get the best results. You'll receive notifications about new matches and messages so you don't miss out. Suitable for people of all ages, shared and vacant homes, short to long-term stays, singles/couples/friends, LGBTI+, pet friendly homes, and all rent budgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gay Share at 50% against Flatmates's 17%. Gay Share also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Flatmates's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flatmates sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Gay Share sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gay Share holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flatmates has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Flatmates's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gay Share's.
Flatmates ships an update monthly, Gay Share every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Flatmates | Gay Share |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | realestate.com.au Pty Ltd | FLATMATE FINDERS PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Flatmates
Gay Share
Bugs and requests
Flatmates
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Login and account issues
- Messaging and profile viewing problems
- Inconsistent app behavior
Requested features
4 requests- Improved search and filtering options
- Better messaging and notification system
- Removal of inactive/taken listings
- More user verification and security measures
Gay Share
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flatmates
- Boost Plan$5.99
- Offer Plan$12.99
- Person Basic Plan$12.99
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- Property Offer$12.99
- Person Offer$12.99
- Basic Plan$17.99
- Person Full Plan$19.99
- Full Plan$22.99
- Property Basic Plan$22.99
- Property Full Plan$29.99
Gay Share
- Audio and video call service2 variants$2.99
- Flatmate service for 14 days$6.99
- Flatmate service for 1 month$9.99
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- Flatmate service for 2 months$9.99
- Flatmate service for 14 days$14.99
- Flatmate service for 1 month$17.99
- Flatmate service for 2 months$22.99
- Flatmate service for 4 months$22.99
- Flatmate service for 6 months$34.99
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