SpareRoom vs Vegman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpareRoom
Find your ideal room or flatmate with the UK's leading platform. Browse thousands of listings across the UK, connect with potential housemates, and secure your perfect living situation on the go.
- Room and roommate search
- Thousands of UK listings
- On-the-go access
- User support
- Connect with housemates
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As the UK’s number 1 flatshare site, we’ve helped over 13,000,000 people to find their perfect room or roommate. With our apps, you can do it all while on-the-go. Repeatedly featured by Apple as App Of The Day and in the categories of Your New Home, Apps for the Weekend, What’s Hot, and Popular Apps and Games. Rated by The Sunday Times as one of the top apps on the App Store. SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE Whether you’re starting university, relocating to the UK, tired of living alone, weighing up what to do with an empty room, or, quite simply, searching for another flatmate or flatshare, we’re the service for you. UNRIVALLED CHOICE With thousands of flatsharing opportunities to choose from in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and right across the UK, you’ll be able to find your perfect flatmate or flatshare. OUR PHILOSOPHY Experience has taught us that flatsharing is as much about the people as it is about the property. To help you find the best of both, we provide unparalleled tools, choice, and support. As a result, on average, every 3 minutes someone finds a flatmate through SpareRoom. HELP & SUPPORT Our award-winning customer support team are here to help you with your search. If you require support, come across a problem, or want to provide feedback, you can get in touch by email (support@spareroom.co.uk) or phone (1 877 834 2909).
Vegman
Discover vegetarian and vegan restaurants globally. This app helps you locate VEG-friendly dining options and provides directions. Engage with a community to add and review establishments.
- Find vegetarian and vegan restaurants
- Locate VEG-friendly dining
- Worldwide restaurant directory
- Get directions to restaurants
- Access community blog
- Community-driven content
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Animals: Friends. Not food. Eating out has never been easier for vegetarians and vegans as the number of restaurants catering to us continues to grow. The Vegman App helps you find vegetarian and vegan, as well as VEG-friendly restaurants - and wherever you are in the world, it tells you how to get to them. Waiting for your food? You can use this time to read our newly improved blog right from the Vegman App! The Vegman App is a companion app for the community based website www.vegman.org. Please note: Vegman is a work in progress. There are many vegan, vegetarian and, VEG-friendly restaurants in the world and we need your help to identify them. Via our website you can upload images, write reviews, rate restaurants you have visited and flag wrong content, so the community can profit from your experiences as you will profit from content submitted by others. This content will also be accessible in the Vegman App and in a upcoming version we will implement the function to submit data directly from the app. We want to thank our worldwide community for helping us build Vegman. Your participation leads to a better world, and the animals and environment thank you for it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SpareRoom at 4.7 against Vegman's 3.3. SpareRoom also leads on ratings volume (4.2K vs 12) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Vegman's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. SpareRoom sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Vegman asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpareRoom holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpareRoom has 4.2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of SpareRoom's written reviews are positive against 56% of Vegman's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SpareRoom ships an update fortnightly, Vegman every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpareRoom | Vegman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.2K ratings) — better | 3.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Flatshare Ltd | yoozoo GmbH |
Customer experience
SpareRoom
Vegman
User reviews
SpareRoom
From 4.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for finding rooms/flatmates
- 💡 Useful features like filters
- 🌟 Positive overall experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Expensive paid features
- 🤖 Fake/unresponsive listings
- 🚫 Discrimination in listings
Vegman
From 12 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great idea for finding restaurants
- 👍 Handy when traveling
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Good for finding vegan/vegetarian options
- 👍 Comprehensive database (in some areas)
Room to improve
- ❌ Outdated information
- ❌ Incomplete restaurant listings
- ❌ App crashes frequently
- ❌ Poor search functionality
- ❌ Location tracking required
Bugs and requests
SpareRoom
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and sign-outs
- Inconsistent behavior between app and website
- Issues with updating and editing listings
Requested features
4 requests- Better messaging/communication tools
- More advanced search and filtering options
- Improved verification of listings and users
- Feedback/review system for landlords/tenants
Vegman
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on opening
- App crashes when trying to add a location
- App crashes when trying to add restaurant suggestions
- Search bar suggestions cover results
- Keyboard not registering input
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- Map function bugs out
- Cannot get app off device
- Loads wrong list of restaurants
Requested features
13 requests- Allow searching for places not currently in
- Add a search bar for specific locations
- Allow users to add/edit reviews and pictures
- Add a 'veg friendly' category
- Add price range indicators
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- Option to toggle between kilometers and miles
- Include directions to restaurants
- Allow sharing/emailing restaurant information
- Separate search for markets
- Allow users to delete places
- Include menus
- Add customer reviews
- Add veg-friendly restaurants
In-app purchases
SpareRoom
- Boost$9.99
- 7-Day Upgrade$12.99
- 1-Week Upgrade2 variants$15.00
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- Verification$15.00
- 14-Day Upgrade$23.99
- 30-Day Upgrade2 variants$25.99
- 4-Week Upgrade2 variants$30.00
Vegman
No in-app purchases









