Bunked vs Roost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bunked
Easily find compatible roommates and housing. Swipe through profiles matched to your lifestyle, budget, and location, or browse available property listings. Connect with others instantly and communicate safely through real-time messaging.
- Roommate matching algorithm
- Housing marketplace
- Real-time messaging
- User safety features
- Profile and listing browsing
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Bunked makes finding roommates and housing simple. Swipe through profiles matched to your lifestyle, budget, and location — or browse the housing marketplace to discover available listings near you. Find Your Roommate Our matching algorithm connects you with compatible people based on what actually matters: budget, location, lifestyle habits, pet preferences, and more. Like a profile, get matched, and start chatting instantly. Discover Housing Browse property listings with photos, pricing, and location details. Interested in a place? Message the owner directly through the app. Stay Safe Block or report users who don't belong. Your safety comes first. Real-Time Messaging Chat with matched roommates and property owners in real time. Share images and documents, see typing indicators and read receipts, and get push notifications so you never miss a message. 100% Free Bunked is completely free to use, supported by ads. Optional premium features let you boost your profile visibility, promote your property listings, and remove ads. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Roost
This app helps students and young professionals find compatible roommates by matching profiles based on practical and home-life quizzes. Users can create detailed profiles, preview them, and connect with potential matches through in-app chat and mutual handshakes. Safety features include blocking, reporting, and data management.
- Compatibility matching
- Detailed profile creation
- Photo and prompt profiles
- Mutual matching and chat
- Safety tools (blocking, reporting)
- Data download and account deletion
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Roost helps students, new grads, and young professionals find compatible roommates. Answer a few practical questions and a quick home-life quiz, create your own photo-and-prompt profile, and discover real members ranked by explainable compatibility. Build your profile with photos, housing preferences, and details about your home life. Preview how your profile looks to others. Search together with a current roommate, send a handshake on something specific, match when the interest is mutual, and chat in the app. Safety tools include blocking, confidential reporting, a download of your data, and self-service account deletion. Roost is for adults 18 and older. Roost never processes rent, deposits, or housing payments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roost at none against Bunked's 3. Roost also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Bunked's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price and rating 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. Bunked sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Roost asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bunked against 5.0 for Roost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively.
Bunked ships an update every 7 months, Roost every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bunked | Roost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tradez | Roostmate, Co. |
Customer experience
Bunked
Roost
In-app purchases
Bunked
- Bunked Premium$2.997 Days
- Bunked Housing Pro$9.997 Days
- 1x Property Listing$14.99
Roost
No in-app purchases









