Comparison

MatesPlace vs Bro Cycle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Find flats and flatmates
  • Connect through friends of friends
  • Secure and trusted housing
  • Control search by connection degree
  • Award-winning customer support
Features
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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.

About

Bro Cycle

This app provides a quick visual guide for men to understand their partner's daily emotions in relation to their monthly cycle. It uses simple emoji indicators on a calendar to help users read the room and tailor their communication and actions for better understanding.

Highlights
  • Visual emoji calendar for emotional phases
  • Simple cycle tracking
  • Daily insights and practical tips
  • Minimalistic and quick reading
  • Designed for ease of use
Features
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Bro Cycle is a simple quick visual guide that helps men understand their partner’s daily emotions in relation to their monthly cycle. Quick, instant and minimal reading . Bro Cycle shows the cycle on a clear calendar using simple emoji indicators. With a quick glance you can see what phase of the cycle your partner may be experiencing today and how to read the room better and tailor your communication and actions . Its a game changer! Sometimes that little bit of awareness can explain a lot. For those moments when you want to understand a little more, tapping a date reveals short insights and practical tips to help you respond with empathy (and maybe avoid a few unnecessary arguments). Why Bro Cycle Works • See it instantly A simple emoji calendar gives a quick visual guide to the emotional phases of the cycle. • No complicated tracking Just enter the first day of the cycle and the app does the rest. • Tap for extra insight Want to know more? Tap any day to see short explanations and helpful partner tips. • Designed for simplicity Most days you only need a quick glance. Built With a Sense of Humour Relationships are complicated — understanding the cycle doesn’t have to be. Bro Cycle was created as a light-hearted but practical tool to help partners understand each other a little better. Sometimes the difference between confusion and understanding is just a quick look at the calendar.

Screenshots

MatesPlace4 screens
Bro Cycle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MatesPlace at Free against Bro Cycle's $0.99. Bro Cycle's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On iOS requirement 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

MatesPlace is free to download; Bro Cycle costs $0.99 up front. MatesPlace sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bro Cycle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MatesPlace versus Bro Cycle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatesPlaceBro Cycle
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB198 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developermymatespace ltdLOUISE MARGAUX SHEPPARD

Customer experience

MatesPlace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive56.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative33.8%

Bro Cycle

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 4 more
  • Add filters for parking, en-suite, etc.
  • View flats from a map
  • Automatically remove leading zero from phone numbers
  • Allow filtering by pet-friendliness

Bro Cycle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MatesPlace

One-time3
  • Ready to go$11.99
  • Taking it easy$22.99
  • Waiting for the one$24.99
None

Bro Cycle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MatesPlace free?
MatesPlace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bro Cycle free?
Bro Cycle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MatesPlace or Bro Cycle have ads?
MatesPlace shows ads; Bro Cycle does not.

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