MatesPlace vs Buzz
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.
Buzz
Discover curated events in fashion, music, and art. Find album listening parties, brand activations, and exhibition openings. Search your city's hottest events and secure invites.
- Event discovery
- Fashion events
- Music events
- Art exhibitions
- City event map
- Secure invites
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Discover the best events across fashion, music & art with Buzz Social. Whether an album listening party, brand activation or an exhibition’s opening night, we centralise the events that you might otherwise miss. Our map allows you to search your city for the hottest events every night, and secure your invite. Curated by creatives, for creatives.
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Verdict
MatesPlace and Buzz both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Buzz's written reviews are positive against 57% of MatesPlace's. Buzz also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. MatesPlace sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Buzz asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for MatesPlace against 3.7 for Buzz. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of MatesPlace's written reviews are positive against 100% of Buzz's.
MatesPlace ships an update monthly, Buzz every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MatesPlace | Buzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | mymatespace ltd | James Frost |
Customer experience
MatesPlace
Buzz
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
Buzz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MatesPlace
- Ready to go$11.99
- Taking it easy$22.99
- Waiting for the one$24.99
Buzz
No in-app purchases
