Bikesales vs Flatmates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bikesales
Easily buy and sell new and used bicycles across Australia. This app provides tools to research, compare, and find your next bike, or to list and manage your own for sale with photos and ad stats.
- Search thousands of bikes
- Save favorite bikes and searches
- Get expert reviews and advice
- List bikes directly from mobile
- Track ad interest and stats
- Share listings on social media
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Buy and sell bikes — anywhere, anytime Put Australia’s #1 bike website in your pocket. You'll have an easy-to-use interface and powerful tools at your fingertips to research, buy and sell bikes. Buy your next bike: • Search thousands of new and used bikes across Australia • Search multiple makes, models, and locations at once • Save and sync your favourite bikes, searches, and alerts • Get bike comparisons, expert reviews, news and advice Sell your bike with confidence: • List straight from your mobile with Snap ‘n’ Sell • Edit your ad anytime and track interest with our ad stats • Add great photos to help your ad stand out • Share your listing via Facebook, X, email, or SMS Your feedback helps us create a better app for you. Email any thoughts or suggestions to iosapp@carsales.com.au
Flatmates
Find your perfect flatmate or a new home with Australia's leading shared accommodation app. Browse thousands of listings, create detailed profiles, and connect safely with a secure messaging platform. Easily list a spare room or search for available properties.
- Thousands of property and people listings
- Easy listing creation for spare rooms
- Detailed search for rooms and flatmates
- Listing alerts for new properties
- Create 'room-wanted' profiles
- Secure messaging platform
- Listing moderation and support
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Flatmates.com.au is Australia's #1 app for share accommodation. With more than 40,000 property and people listings active per month*, you're sure to find the right home or flatmate with us. Have a spare room? It's easy to list your place and be found by potential flatmates. Simply create a listing in just a few minutes and be matched with potential flatmates. You can even use our detailed search feature to browse "room-wanted" profiles to find someone who is right for your home. Need a place? It's easy to look for a new home through our detailed search feature. We can also alert you of new listings that match your search through our listing alerts. Create a "room-wanted" profile so property listers can get in touch with you to ensure you don't miss out. Safety and Security Flatmates.com.au moderates all listings and we have a full-time team ready to help if you're ever unsure about something. Our custom built message platforms helps you keep your details safe, meaning you can share your details when you're comfortable and ready. *Average active listings per month on Flatmates.com.au over the past twelve months.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bikesales at none against Flatmates's 10. Bikesales also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 16%). Flatmates's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, device support and 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
Both are free to download. Flatmates sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Bikesales asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flatmates holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flatmates has 57 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Bikesales's written reviews are positive against 16% of Flatmates's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bikesales ships an update fortnightly, Flatmates every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bikesales | Flatmates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 16.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 57 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | carsales.com Ltd. | realestate.com.au Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Bikesales
Flatmates
User reviews
Bikesales
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for finding bikes
- 👍 Handy variety of bikes
- 👍 Good site for selling/buying
- 👍 Easy to navigate
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Images not filling screen
- 🐛 Confusing app layout
- 🐛 Search function flawed
Flatmates
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for finding accommodation
- 🌟 Great app overall
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🔍 Lack of functionality
- 📥 Delayed messages for non-subscribers
- 🤖 Fake listings and scammers
Bugs and requests
Bikesales
Reported bugs
86 issues- Login fails
- Authentication issues
- Ads not visible in app
- Images don't fill screen
- Recent search not stored
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- Swiping right goes to home page
- Saved searches don't show new listings
- App freezes
- Latest update error 502
- Search function unusable
- Price history removed
- Reset password every login
- Scrolling glitches with videos
- Buyer messages not delivered
- App crashes when opening messages
- Photos not uploaded for days
- Constant updating pages causes problems
- Can't save items
- Mobile data not working for the app
- Seller not responding
- Sold ads still advertised
- Messages from buyers not delivered
- App crashes when opening messages
- Latest update locks out all apps
- Directs all actions to mobile site
- Haphazard alerts, missing interested parties
- Spam bot responses to ads
- Keeps asking for verification
- App crashes when trying to open a message
- Took money then canceled ad
- Lost saved searches and bikes
- Not easy managing ads from different devices
- No address for dealers
- Text too small in news articles
- Notifications are wrong/pointless
- Captcha is persistent and deterring
- App is lagging
- Page is not loading
- App shutting down without notice
- Search function not user-friendly
- Filters reset every time
- Less search options available
- Saved ads are jumbled
- No option to view ads
- Editing redirects to browser
- Mobile app needs work
- Cannot filter by manufacturer
- Constant updating pages
- Cannot save items
- No price updates
- Too many sold ads still advertised
- Poor search
- Ads for bikes in another state
- Bike specs incorrect
- No photos uploaded
- Hard to use
- Can't save items
- No price updates
- Too many sold ads still advertised
- Does not use mobile data
- Seller not responding
- Must be sold yet still advertised
- Rubbish app
- Messages from potential buyers do not get delivered
- App crashes when trying to open a message
- Can’t filter by proximity
- No integration with maps/Google maps
- Latest update fail
- Useless
- Message and Notifications are rubbish
- Spam magnet
- Keeps asking for verification
- Took my money then canceled my ad
- Lost all my saved searches and bikes
- Managing ads from different devices
- No address
- Text is too small in the news articles
- Notifications are pointless
- Saved searches could do with some improvements
- Captcha is persistent and deterring user access
- Rubbish app with zero customer service
- Not user-friendly search function and navigation
- Worst update ever
- Cant search for a particular bike
- Less options
- Jumbled up saved ads
Requested features
15 requests- Add recent search feature
- Revert swipe gesture
- Add more search options for specific features
- Add power to weight value calculation for sorting
- Add range and power to weight sorting
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- Increase minimum photo count to 8
- Improve saved ad organization
- Add option to view ads directly
- Add option to choose state in dropdown
- Make font size adjustable in news articles
- Improve notification system for new/changed listings
- Add badge for new or updated listings
- Allow filtering by 'show only bikes with registration'
- Integrate with maps/Google Maps for seller location
- Show last listed price or actual sale price in sold notifications
Flatmates
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Login and account issues
- Messaging and profile viewing problems
- Inconsistent app behavior
Requested features
4 requests- Improved search and filtering options
- Better messaging and notification system
- Removal of inactive/taken listings
- More user verification and security measures
In-app purchases
Bikesales
No in-app purchases
Flatmates
- Boost Plan$5.99
- Offer Plan$12.99
- Person Basic Plan$12.99
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- Property Offer$12.99
- Person Offer$12.99
- Basic Plan$17.99
- Person Full Plan$19.99
- Full Plan$22.99
- Property Basic Plan$22.99
- Property Full Plan$29.99
Questions
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