PropertyPal vs Summer Madness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Summer Madness
This app provides essential information for attendees of a summer festival in Northern Ireland, including details for campers, visitors, volunteers, and staff. Post-festival, it offers notifications and access to audio recordings of seminar talks.
- Festival attendee information
- Volunteer and staff details
- Post-festival notifications
- Audio seminar talk links
- Campers and day-visitor info
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An app for iPhones and iPads with information for campers, day-visitors, volunteers and staff, at the Summer Madness festival, held in N.Ireland at the end of June/start of July. After the festival it also can receive notifications and links to audio files of seminar talks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Summer Madness at 100% against PropertyPal's 57%. Summer Madness also leads on 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.
PropertyPal ships an update every 3 weeks, Summer Madness every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PropertyPal | Summer Madness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PropertyPal.com Ltd. | Stephen Bridgett |
Customer experience
PropertyPal
Summer Madness
Bugs and 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
Summer Madness
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PropertyPal
No in-app purchases
Summer Madness
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PropertyPal free?
Is Summer Madness free?
Do PropertyPal or Summer Madness have ads?
Which is updated more often, PropertyPal or Summer Madness?
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