Comparison

Flatmates vs OwnDay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flatmates

Find your next shared living space or flatmate with Australia's leading accommodation app. Browse thousands of listings, create detailed profiles, and connect safely through an integrated messaging system. Get alerts for new properties that match your needs.

Highlights
  • Browse property and people listings
  • Create detailed property listings
  • Search for 'room-wanted' profiles
  • Receive listing alerts
  • Create 'room-wanted' profiles
  • Secure in-app messaging
  • Listing moderation and support
Features
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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.

About

OwnDay

Features
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OwnDay is a private, on-device diary of your day. It quietly notices where you go and what you do, then turns that into a clear timeline and useful insights about your time—all while keeping your archive on your iPhone. WHERE YOU’VE BEEN OwnDay uses Apple’s location services to recognise visits to places you go. Save a place or correct it once—its name, role, or the activity you were doing there—and OwnDay remembers it for next time. WHAT YOU’VE BEEN DOING Connect Apple Health and Motion & Fitness to bring in sleep, Apple Watch workouts, walking, running, cycling, and other activity signals. OwnDay blends this with your visits into a single timeline, so a day at the gym, an evening walk, and a night’s sleep can appear alongside where you were. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE Timeline shows your day as a sequence of visits, journeys, and activities. Each entry can be edited. Insights breaks down your time by activity across a day, week, month, or year, helping you notice patterns over time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your visits, places, notes, timeline, Health data, and activity records stay in local storage on your device, protected by iOS data protection. OwnDay has no account, advertising, analytics, or cloud sync, and does not send your archive or Health data to a developer-operated server. When OwnDay needs to identify a nearby place, it may use Apple Maps. That lookup is handled under Apple’s own privacy terms. You can back up and restore your archive on your own terms. BUILT FOR REAL DAYS Location tracking is designed to be low-power. OwnDay watches for visits and significant location changes rather than continuously tracking GPS, helping it work in the background without unnecessary battery use. OwnDay is for anyone who wants a quiet, private record of their own life—without handing their personal archive to a server.

Screenshots

Flatmates4 screens
OwnDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OwnDay at none against Flatmates's 10. OwnDay also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Flatmates's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flatmates sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. OwnDay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flatmates ships an update monthly, OwnDay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flatmates versus OwnDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlatmatesOwnDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerrealestate.com.au Pty LtdAaron Baxter

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

OwnDay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Flatmates

One-time10
  • 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
None

OwnDay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flatmates free?
Flatmates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OwnDay free?
OwnDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flatmates or OwnDay have ads?
Neither Flatmates nor OwnDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flatmates or OwnDay?
Flatmates ships an update monthly, and OwnDay every 4 days. Most recently, Flatmates was updated on November 13, 2026 and OwnDay on November 10, 2026.

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