Property24.com vs PropertyPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Property24.com
Discover homes for sale and rent across South Africa with this app. Browse detailed listings, view high-resolution photos, and use map-based searching to find properties near you. Save favorites, manage searches, and easily contact estate agents.
- Search for houses for sale and rent
- Map-based property searching
- View high-resolution property photos
- Save and manage favorite properties
- Save and reuse search criteria
- Contact estate agents directly
- Calculate approximate bond costs
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Download the FREE Property24.com app and find your perfect home. Get South Africa’s leading Estate Agencies’ properties for sale or rent on your iPhone or iPad. The intuitive interface makes searching for property quick, easy and fun with full-screen house photographs and location-based searching to find property near your current location. Key Features for iPhone: • Search for houses for sale and to rent in South Africa • Get instant access to the most accurate and up-to-date real estate listings in South Africa • Search using a map • Manage your favourite properties • Save and view your searches • View full-screen, high-resolution photographs • Save your property search criteria • Save contacts directly to your address book and contact the Estate Agent on the go • Share property details with your friends, family, or Estate Agent • Calculate your approximate monthly bond costs Key Features for iPad: • Search using a map: Use a map to select the suburbs you want to live in • Get instant access to the most accurate and up-to-date real estate listings in South Africa • View detailed property information and high quality photographs • Contact the Estate Agent directly to set up a viewing time • Calculate your approximate monthly bond costs • Save and manage your favourite properties • Share property details with your friends, family, or Estate Agent • Save and re-use your recent search criteria
PropertyPal
Discover new property listings with real-time updates and instant email alerts. Save your favorite properties and areas, and track price or status changes easily. Access the largest selection of properties in Northern Ireland to find your dream home.
- Real-time property updates
- Instant email alerts for new listings
- Draw-a-search for specific areas
- Saved searches for favorite locations
- Property favorites/wishlist
- Track price and status changes
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Features: Real-time updates Never miss a new listing, with instant email alerts on properties that are fresh on the market. Draw a search Simply draw around your favourite areas, so you can pinpoint exactly where you want to live. Keep up to date with the latest information on your top locations, with saved searches you’ll receive instant email alerts on all market activity in your favourite spots. Favourites Kind of like when you add to cart, a wishlist for all the properties you love. Keep track of any price or status changes all in one place, making it even easier for you to make a move on your move. The largest amount of property listings in NI As NI’s favourite property portal, we have more properties than any other portal in NI. So if you’re not on PropertyPal, you could miss out on your dream home. Go on, hit the download button. Everything you need, in one place Simply create a PropertyPal.com account, and you’re ready to go. Already have an account? Even better! Once you save your preferences, we’ll hold on to that info, making your search simple. Keep track of all your enquiries under one roof, in the PropertyPal app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Property24.com at 4.7 against PropertyPal's 3.7. Property24.com also leads on ratings volume (684 vs 3). PropertyPal's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 38%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Property24.com holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Property24.com has 684 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Property24.com's written reviews are positive against 57% of PropertyPal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Property24.com ships an update fortnightly, PropertyPal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Property24.com | PropertyPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (684 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 684 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Property24 | PropertyPal.com Ltd |
Customer experience
Property24.com
PropertyPal
Bugs and requests
Property24.com
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PropertyPal
Reported bugs
21 issues- Location suggestions close without selection
- Auto-scrolls to top of page after returning to search
- Crashes within seconds of opening
- Crashes every few minutes
- Map view disappeared
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- Gallery view glitchy when zooming
- Create Alert pop-up is annoying
- App won't download after update
- App hangs when loading large lists
- Freezes and requires force shut
- Cookies and ads slow down app
- Always freezes
- App is down or images don't load
- Freezes on iPhone 8 Plus
- App crashes when saving a property
- Crashes intermittently when browsing or viewing photos
- Occasionally crashes when searching and clicking on additional information
- Signs out for no reason
- Doesn't remember last viewed property after crash
- Crashes a lot lately
- Annoying crashes, have to restart search
Requested features
13 requests- Correct recent property views
- Fix location suggestion bug
- Stop auto-scrolling to top
- Add map view
- Show freehold/leasehold status
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- Easier to save searches
- Improve gallery zoom
- Add street view
- Filter by available date
- Improve filter criteria
- Full screen view for iPad
- Email addresses to link to contacts
- Make feedback/notes public
In-app purchases
Property24.com
No in-app purchases
PropertyPal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Property24.com free?
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Do Property24.com or PropertyPal have ads?
Which is updated more often, Property24.com or PropertyPal?
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