MatesPlace vs Bro Cycle
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.
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.
- Visual emoji calendar for emotional phases
- Simple cycle tracking
- Daily insights and practical tips
- Minimalistic and quick reading
- Designed for ease of use
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
| Parameter | MatesPlace | Bro Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mymatespace ltd | LOUISE MARGAUX SHEPPARD |
Customer experience
MatesPlace
Bro Cycle
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
Bro Cycle
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
Bro Cycle
No in-app purchases









