Boatsales vs iGardener
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boatsales
This app allows users to buy and sell new and used boats across Australia. It offers tools for searching thousands of listings, saving favorites, and reading boating news. Sellers can list directly from their mobile, track ad performance, and share listings easily.
- Search thousands of new and used boats
- Save favorite listings and searches
- Read boating news and reviews
- List boats directly from mobile
- Track ad interest and performance
- Share listings via social media and email
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Buy and sell boats — anywhere, anytime With more tools to help you buy and sell, an easy-to-use interface and greater functionality, the boatsales app makes buying and selling even easier! Buy your next boat: • Search thousands new and used boats across Australia • Save your favourite listings and searches • Read up on all the latest boating news and reviews Sell your boat with confidence: • List directly from your mobile with Snap ‘n’ Sell • Edit your ad anytime and track interest with our ad stats • Add great photos to make your listing stand out • Share listings via Facebook, X, email, or SMS Download today and join thousands of people who trust boatsales to buy and sell their boats. Your feedback helps us create a better app for you. Email any thoughts or suggestions to iosapp@carsales.com.au
iGardener
Control Holman garden watering and lighting products remotely via Bluetooth. Schedule irrigation, adjust light colors and intensity, and set timers for a customized outdoor environment. Designed for easy DIY installation.
- Bluetooth control for Holman products
- Schedule irrigation up to 8 zones
- Customizable watering schedules
- Control garden lighting up to 60W
- Adjust light color, intensity, and timing
- Connect rain sensor for delay
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With the Holman iGardener app you can use your smartphone to control all the programming and interface functions of a continually increasing range of Holman garden watering and light products via Bluetooth®. These products are designed for easy DIY installation. You can control the following Holman products with the iGardener app: 1 | IRRIGATION • BTX1 Smart Valve Tap Timer • BTX6 Irrigation Controller 6 Zones • BTX8 Irrigation Controller 8 Zones Features • Schedule up to 8 tap timers or controllers via the app • Scheduling options for 7-day watering, interval days, odd days, even days, cycle scheduling, manual watering • Set your run time in hours and minutes • Up to 3 start times per day • Watering duration from 1 minute to 59 minutes • Ability to connect a rain sensor (BTX6 and BTX8 only) and set a rain delay via the app 2 | GARDEN LIGHTING • LIGHTSOURCE Warm White Garden Light Controller (CLBW60) • LIGHTSOURCE RGB Colour Garden Light Controller (CLBRGB60) Features • Connect up to 60W of path lights, spotlights and/or deck lights to a single light controller • Change colour (RGB Colour lights only), vary intensity, set an on and off time and special effects
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: iGardener at none against Boatsales's shown. iGardener also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). Boatsales's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (37% vs 19%). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Boatsales ships an update fortnightly, iGardener every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boatsales | iGardener |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better | 18.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | carsales.com Ltd. | Bookleaf PTY Ltd |
Customer experience
Boatsales
iGardener
Bugs and requests
Boatsales
Reported bugs
56 issues- Searches frequently crash
- App says no boats available when they are
- Selection criteria shows 'see xx boats' but then says no available boats
- Unrelated or wanted advertising popping up
- Links from email alerts open webpage, not the app
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- Frame on website displaying pictures too small
- App is telling users they can't download the upgrade
- Boat description is too limited
- App is buggy
- App glitches out on every screen
- Notifications not removed after being opened
- No prices on new boats
- Sorting by price makes no difference
- Unable to save favourites, comes up with error code
- Too many ads throughout
- Search functionality is lacking
- Way too many ads, irrelevant ads
- Sold boats not removed, sellers can't remove them
- Filters don't work properly
- Sellers don't respond to emails or phone calls
- Old ads not taken down
- Ads for 'sold out' boats still online
- Accidentally closing the app requires starting from the beginning
- Latest update attempts to force iOS update
- Incorrect boat lengths listed
- Boat share stuff should be in its own category
- Errors out all the time
- No way to contact help and support
- Listings seem to be dwindling
- Terrible service, couldn't find own boat
- Not suited to iPads, no compare option
- Location search criteria is now useless
- Photos are too small
- Not enough boat detail
- Have to log in every time, have to reset password every time
- App freezes a lot
- When looking at an ad and trying to go back, it takes you back to the top
- Shows the first two ads twice as you scroll through
- Pain to switch between Carsales, Boatsales and caravan sales
- Seeing reCAPTCHA security challenges when using a VPN
- Bombs inbox with emails even with notifications turned off
- App freeze all the time
- Constant adds
- Pricing needs to be more transparent from dealers
- Half the boats for sale on here are sold
- Latest update won’t open when using a VPN
- Category results are rubbish, doesn't refine results
- Latest update broken, can’t select boats from search results
- Search parameters not easy to use (e.g., no decimal place in boat length)
- Duplicate boats in saved boats list
- Get price ads even when filtering for ads with prices only
- Saved boats disappeared on iPhone and iPad
- Keeps freezing and crashing when loading saved boats
- Take too long to respond to email complaints
- App not notifying users of messages
- Have to log in to the online web page to check or change anything
Requested features
16 requests- Feedback option on website
- Save search functionality
- Pages instead of continuous scrolling
- Dark mode
- Option to delete boats from search
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- Option to not view 'get price' ads
- Remove share boats from sale list
- Ability to 'exclude' from a search list
- Filter by currency
- Compare boats option on iPad
- Advanced search filters (e.g., boat type like centre console)
- Easier switching between Carsales, Boatsales, and caravan sales apps
- Hide 'Get price' entries
- Direct link to browse houseboats in the app
- More detailed boat attributes
- Clearer geographic location and broker identification
iGardener
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boatsales
No in-app purchases
iGardener
No in-app purchases
