Mysask411 vs HelloGoodBuy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mysask411
This app provides daily updates on Saskatchewan businesses, people, and local information. It offers tools to organize your contacts, save notes, and discover local deals, weather, and movie showtimes.
- One-Touch Contact
- Interactive Map View
- My Notes & Collections
- Weather Forecasts
- Movie Showtimes
- Flight Arrivals/Departures
- Local Deals
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Updated daily, the Mysask411 app is your source for Saskatchewan businesses and people info + tools to help you stay organized and save time. Easily create an account to save favourites, location preferences and personal notes across your phone, tablet and desktop. Stay up to date with weather forecasts, movies playing in theatres across the province, flight arrivals and departures, local deals and much more! Key Features: - One-Touch Contact – Take action fast! Call, text and get directions right from your search results and find detailed information to connect via email or social media in Business Profiles. - Interactive Map View – Search anywhere in Saskatchewan and see what’s close to you, no matter where you are! - My Notes & Collections – Quickly and easily save private notes about your everyday business interactions including estimates, menu items, who you spoke to and other important things to remember - all in one place. Then, group your notes into Collections that work best for you.
HelloGoodBuy
A local buy-and-sell platform for western Canada. Easily post items to earn extra cash or discover great deals within your community. Connect with local buyers and sellers through in-app chat and receive timely notifications.
- Free and easy ad posting
- Browse local items for sale
- In-app chat for buyers and sellers
- Notifications for messages and watched ads
- Focus on small, local communities
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HelloGoodBuy is western Canada’s favourite local buy-and-sell! Post your items in seconds to make some extra cash. Or, using the app’s search and filter tools, find the great deal you’re looking for, in your own community! Features: - Free, easy ad-posting. - Browse local items for sale. - Chat between buyers and sellers for quick responses. - Receive notifications on your phone when you receive messages or ads you’re watching change. - Dedicated to small, local communities in western Canada.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mysask411 at 47% against HelloGoodBuy's 0%. HelloGoodBuy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mysask411 | HelloGoodBuy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Directwest | Golden West Broadcasting, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Mysask411
HelloGoodBuy
Bugs and requests
Mysask411
Reported bugs
15 issues- Autocorrect is annoying and unhelpful
- Search suggestions unrelated to keywords
- App crashes when searching and clicking results
- App shows splash screen and quits
- App won't open
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- App keeps spinning, cannot log in or search
- Favorites not showing after login
- Search errors when logged in and searching out of area
- Location buffering takes too long
- Cannot select city to search
- Reverse lookup feature is gone
- Cannot save business/person to address book
- No results found even with exact business name and spelling
- Network errors
- Weather information not updating
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to add entries to Contacts
- Provide close-spelled name suggestions
HelloGoodBuy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mysask411
No in-app purchases
HelloGoodBuy
No in-app purchases







