MatesPlace vs Three+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MatesPlace
Find flats and flatmates in the UK through your social network. Connect with friends of friends for secure and trusted housing options. Ideal for students, professionals, and those new to the UK.
- Find flats and flatmates
- Connect through friends of friends
- Secure and trusted housing
- Control search by connection degree
- Award-winning customer support
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MatesPlace is the only app to help you to find flats and flatmates through friends of friends. Whether you're looking for a spare room or whole house in the UK, using MatesPlace you have the reassurance and security of finding a place through friends of friends and your wider social network. You can control the search to your preferred degrees of connection, meaning safer, trusted and more reliable places to live. We’ve helped thousands of people find their perfect flatmates and flatshare, becoming friends for life. Whether you’re doing an internship, leaving university, moving to the UK or just looking for a change – we’re here to help. We’re all about quality over quantity which is why everything we’ve achieved has been through word of mouth and recommendations. Our award-winning customer support team can help you with your search. If you require support, find a bug or want to provide feedback, you can message us and look forward to a speedy response.
Three+
Access exclusive rewards and offers from popular brands, available only to customers. Discover deals on food, entertainment, days out, shopping, and more to enhance your lifestyle.
- Exclusive rewards and offers
- Deals on food and drink
- Entertainment discounts
- Savings on days out
- Shopping promotions
- Wellbeing offers
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Rewards and offers from brands you love, only on Three. Welcome to life with a few extra plusses. Three+ is our new loyalty rewards app exclusive to Three customers. It’s our way of saying thanks and helping you create more meaningful moments. Download now and start exploring an ever-growing list of offers across categories like: - Food and drink - Entertainment - Days out - Wellbeing - Shopping - And more So kickstart a film club with money off at the movies. Treat a friend out to dinner. Or have date night delivered and make it one to remember. Download Three+ today and see how all those extra plusses add up.
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Verdict
MatesPlace and Three+ both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of MatesPlace's written reviews are positive against 20% of Three+'s. MatesPlace also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Three+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (33 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. MatesPlace sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Three+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for MatesPlace against 3.8 for Three+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three+ has 33 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of MatesPlace's written reviews are positive against 20% of Three+'s.
MatesPlace ships an update every 4 weeks, Three+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MatesPlace | Three+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 3.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better | 20.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | mymatespace ltd | Hutchison 3G UK Ltd |
Customer experience
MatesPlace
Three+
User reviews
MatesPlace
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative concept of using social connections
- 👍 User-friendly and modern design
- 🤝 Great for finding trusted flatmates
- 🌍 Useful for finding accommodation remotely
- ✅ Reliable and safer than other platforms
Room to improve
- ❌ Inactive/outdated listings
- ❌ Poor search and filtering options
- ❌ Expensive for premium features
- ❌ Difficult to post ads
- ❌ Users don't reply
Three+
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast app
- 💡 Great rewards
- 👍 Useful discounts
- 🤩 Fantastic app
- 😊 Excellent rewards
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly crashes
- 🔑 Difficult to log in
- ⏱️ Slow to load
- 🤯 Buggy and glitchy
- 🙄 Unreliable
Bugs and requests
MatesPlace
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently
- App logs out on closing
- Cannot report problems, sign out, or delete account
- Messages not sending completely
- Posts not being verified
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- Search saving not working
- Filters not working correctly
- Loading of places is bad
- App freezes when writing bio
- Outdated listings not removed
Requested features
9 requests- Add age range filter
- Allow distance filter below 5 miles
- Integrate Facebook friends for connections
- Improve search refinement
- Add option to sort by price low to high
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- Add filters for parking, en-suite, etc.
- View flats from a map
- Automatically remove leading zero from phone numbers
- Allow filtering by pet-friendliness
Three+
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Login issues and password problems
- Rewards not working as expected
- Slow performance and loading times
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back Cafe Nero rewards
- Expand rewards to more locations
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Make it easier to redeem rewards
In-app purchases
MatesPlace
- Ready to go$11.99
- Taking it easy$22.99
- Waiting for the one$24.99
Three+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MatesPlace free?
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