BuyNothing vs AddressLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
AddressLive
Easily manage contacts and create collaborative mailing lists for any occasion. Seamlessly share lists with friends, family, or services, and export them for use with popular invitation and card creation sites.
- Connect with friends and family for up-to-date addresses
- Create and collaborate on mailing lists in real-time
- Share lists with others or export for services
- Seamless integration with popular invitation sites
- Plan events and manage guest lists easily
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CONNECT to friends, family & businesses CREATE mailing lists for any occasion SHARE mailing lists with any person, service or website Connect: Until now, hunting down addresses for mailing lists has been a time-consuming hassle. This cloud-based address network allows you to connect to family, friends and colleagues so your mailing addresses will always be up to date. Create: Creating mailing lists & planning events is easier! No more spreadsheets. AddressLive allows you to create and collaborate on mailing lists in real time, and even allow cohosts and planners to add or remove guests from that specific list. Share: AddressLive works seamlessly with all of the top invite & card creation sites like Evite, Shutterfly, Minted, Tiny Prints, Paper Culture, Avery, and so many more. Once you’ve finalized your list, you can easily export it into their ready-made format for quick delivery, or simply print labels yourself. Join today for free! Once you make your first list, we promise you’ll never look back. Happy mailing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AddressLive at 100% against BuyNothing's 27%. AddressLive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). BuyNothing's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 6) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. AddressLive asks for nothing beyond the download.
AddressLive 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 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of BuyNothing's written reviews are positive against 100% of AddressLive's.
BuyNothing ships an update every 2 weeks, AddressLive every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | BuyNothing | AddressLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2.1K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buy Nothing Project, Inc. | AddressLive LLC |
Customer experience
BuyNothing
AddressLive
Bugs and 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
AddressLive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BuyNothing
- Buy Nothing Subscription$3.991 Month
- Buy Nothing Pro$3.991 Month
- Sustaining Member$5.491 Month
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- Sustaining Member$6.991 Month
- Buy Nothing Pro$38.491 Year
- Buy Nothing Subscription$38.491 Year
- Sustaining Member$54.991 Year
- Sustaining Member$69.991 Year
AddressLive
No in-app purchases
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