Flatmates vs AirTouch 2+
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.
AirTouch 2+
Control your home's ducted air conditioning remotely. Adjust mode, temperature, fan speed, and individual room air volume from your smart device. Manage your climate from anywhere, anytime, even when you're away from home.
- Remote AC control
- Adjust mode, temperature, fan speed
- Individual room air volume control
- Smart device interface
- Remote access over internet
- Set timers
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You’re in control of your home climate with AirTouch 2+. Featuring a new smart and easy to use interface design, you can now use your smart device to control AC mode, temperature and fan speed of reverse cycle ducted air conditioning units connected to your AirTouch system at home, as well as the air volume for individual rooms. While you can control your system with your smart device over your WiFi network with internet connectivity at home, now you’ll never have to worry about leaving it turned on when you are out and about, as you can check and turn it on or off, and set a timer for when you get home remotely over the internet from anywhere. Requires an AirTouch 2+ system installed by a suitable air conditioning professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AirTouch 2+ at none against Flatmates's 10. AirTouch 2+ also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Flatmates's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. AirTouch 2+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flatmates ships an update monthly, AirTouch 2+ every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Flatmates | AirTouch 2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (58 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | realestate.com.au Pty Ltd | Polyaire |
Customer experience
Flatmates
AirTouch 2+
User reviews
Flatmates
From 58 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for finding accommodation
- 🌟 Great app overall
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🔍 Lack of functionality
- 📥 Delayed messages for non-subscribers
- 🤖 Fake listings and scammers
AirTouch 2+
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well sometimes
- 👍 Fixed wifi dropouts (recent version)
- 👍 Works well with Alexa and Google
- 👍 Works well for some users
- 👍 Does the job (OK)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Incredibly useless
- 🐛 Only works on local WiFi
- 🐛 Random connection issues
- 🐛 Useless when out of the house
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
AirTouch 2+
Reported bugs
51 issues- App not working for years
- Remote control fails when out of house
- App only connects on same frequency (2.5-5ghz)
- Cannot connect with the app
- Connects only one time in twenty attempts
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- App breaks after update
- App requires update but none available
- Console updates don't sync with app
- App shows 'connecting' then fails
- Changing settings on app rarely works
- Temperature jumps back to unwanted setting
- App crashes almost instantly
- App disconnects every time it's opened
- Timers get deleted by other users
- Login details autofilled but sometimes incorrect
- App turns off all rooms after running a program
- App works very badly with VoiceOver
- App won't log in most of the time
- App doesn't connect over WiFi
- App disconnects an hour later
- App doesn't connect
- App doesn't work on mobile data
- App requires login every time, fails then logs in
- Remote connection needs to reconnect
- App times out and disconnects
- App says update available but none found
- App doesn't register turning AC off
- App often won't open, says check WiFi
- App constantly drops internet connection
- App touch sensitive, changes revert
- App crashes, disconnects, reconnects
- App appears off but AC is still on
- App can't connect to aircon, various error messages
- App constantly times out when opening
- Constant fetch time out error
- Times out, logs itself out, forgets details
- Rarely connects first time, requires closing/reopening
- App doesn't show home inside temperature
- App won't connect any longer
- Constant timeouts after buggy update
- Doesn't work unless connected to WiFi
- Crashes almost everyday
- Control unit constantly drops WiFi
- Comes up with timeout error
- Connectivity unreliable even on local network
- Doesn't work when you want it to
- Half the time it times out when connecting
- Doesn't register keystrokes
- Many timeout and data fetch errors
- Has to exit and close app multiple times to become responsive
- Constant fetch data timeout errors over the internet
Requested features
20 requests- Fix app to work remotely
- Improve connectivity
- Fix band steering support
- Make app accessible for visually impaired
- Show home inside temperature
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- Allow overlapping programs
- Set fan speed in programs
- Fix timer deletion issue
- Improve login process
- Fix settings not registering
- Allow remote control outside local WiFi
- Fix temperature jumping issue
- Improve app stability
- Fix app crashing
- Fix app not turning off AC
- Fix app touch sensitivity
- Fix app login issues
- Fix app timeouts
- Fix app fetching errors
- Improve away mode instructions
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
AirTouch 2+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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