Comparison

Better Saturdays vs Get Abode

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Better Saturdays

This app lets you see your friends' upcoming Saturday plans. Create your own Saturday activities and invite friends to join. It focuses on what's happening next, not past events.

Highlights
  • Create Saturday plans
  • Add location and start time
  • Option to add 'Join Me' button
  • See friends' upcoming activities
  • Shared social calendar
  • Focus on future events
Features
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Saturday: Know What Your Friends Are Doing Instagram is for the past. BeReal is for the present. Saturday is for the future. Most people have no idea what their closest friends are doing on the most fun day of the week — Saturday. That means missed hangouts, last-minute scrambling, and way too many weekends that just get… winged. Saturday fixes that. It’s a shared social calendar just for your friends' Saturday plans. Here’s how it works: You create a quick plan for your Saturday — anything from “brunch at Nina’s” to “hike then brewery” Add a location and start time Choose whether or not to add a “Join Me” button — this lets friends know you’re open to them coming along Your friends do the same On Friday, you open Saturday and boom — you see what everyone’s up to for tomorrow No public feeds. No followers. Just your real friends and real plans. It’s social media for what’s about to happen — not what already did. Saturday is totally free. There are no ads, no likes, no comments. Just a clean little loop of “What are you doing Saturday?” And maybe, “Mind if I join?”

About

Get Abode

This platform simplifies the student housing search by connecting users with subleases, apartments, and roommates. It offers verified listings, direct application options, and secure chat features exclusively for the UIUC community. Find your next place quickly and efficiently.

Highlights
  • Find verified subleases
  • Explore UIUC apartments
  • Match with roommates
  • Book tours and apply
  • Secure student chat
Features
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Abode – Student Housing Made Simple Looking for a sublease, roommate, or your next apartment at UIUC? Abode brings the entire housing process into one fast, easy, and trusted platform — built by students, for students. What You Can Do with Abode: Find subleases instantly — verified and up-to-date Explore every apartment near UIUC in one place Match with roommates based on lifestyle and preferences Get price alerts, book tours, and apply directly through the app Chat safely with verified students only — no spam, no scams Abode is powered by a student verification system to keep the platform secure and exclusive to the UIUC community. Find your next place in minutes — not months. Download Abode and start your housing search the smart way.

Screenshots

Better Saturdays4 screens
Get Abode3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Get Abode at daily against Better Saturdays's every 9 days. Better Saturdays's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Better Saturdays against 5.0 for Get Abode. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Saturdays ships an update every 9 days, Get Abode daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Better Saturdays versus Get Abode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter SaturdaysGet Abode
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB33 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperNeighborhood StudiosAdarsh Dayalan

Customer experience

Better Saturdays

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Get Abode

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Better Saturdays

No in-app purchases

None

Get Abode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Better Saturdays free?
Better Saturdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Get Abode free?
Get Abode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Better Saturdays or Get Abode?
Better Saturdays and Get Abode are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Better Saturdays or Get Abode have ads?
Neither Better Saturdays nor Get Abode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Saturdays or Get Abode?
Better Saturdays ships an update every 9 days, and Get Abode daily. Most recently, Better Saturdays was updated on October 15, 2026 and Get Abode on October 16, 2026.

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