Garage Hunter vs YardHopper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garage Hunter
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Garage Hunter is your ultimate companion for discovering and sharing garage sales in your area. Whether you're a bargain hunter or looking to declutter your home, our app makes it easy to find and organize garage sales near you. Key Features: • Find nearby garage sales with real-time location tracking • Create and manage your own garage sale listings • Save your favorite sales for quick access • Get notified about new sales in your area • Share great finds with the community • Detailed sale information including photos and descriptions • User-friendly interface with intuitive navigation • Background location updates for timely notifications • Secure user authentication and profile management Perfect for: • Bargain hunters looking for great deals • Homeowners wanting to declutter • Community members interested in local sales • Anyone who loves finding unique items at garage sales Download Garage Hunter today and transform your garage sale experience!
YardHopper
Plan and optimize routes for visiting multiple yard sales. Discover community-sourced sales and manage your sale list with interactive maps and offline access. Upgrade for unlimited stops, ad-free experience, and priority support.
- Route optimization for multiple yard sales
- Discover community-sourced sales
- Sales management with addresses and descriptions
- Interactive map with color-coded markers
- Cloud sync across devices
- One-tap navigation to sales
- Offline access to saved data
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YardHopper is the ultimate companion for yard-sale enthusiasts. Plan smarter, discover more sales, and spend less time backtracking. Tired of wasting time and gas bouncing between yard sales? YardHopper builds efficient, time-aware routes from your selected sales—so you can hit more worthwhile stops in less time. COMMUNITY-SOURCED SALES Discover yard sales submitted by other YardHopper users in your area. Turn on the Community filter to find hidden gems beyond your personal list. KEY FEATURES: SMART ROUTE PLANNING: Build efficient routes that consider sale hours, your starting point, stop limits, mileage limits, and desired finish time. VALUE-AWARE ROUTING: Mark sales as Must Hit, Interested, or Backup. YardHopper prioritizes the stops that matter most and clearly explains any stops left off the route. TREASURE WISHLIST: Save the items you love to hunt for—antiques, tools, records, furniture, and more. YardHopper highlights matching sales and can prioritize them in your route. POWERFUL FILTERS: Narrow the map by date, distance, categories, sale types, and more. Save favorite hunt profiles for quick access later, even offline. COMMUNITY SALES: Discover sales shared by fellow yard-sale hunters, or share your own finds with the community. SALE LEAD INBOX: Paste a sale post, scan a screenshot or flyer, or import a file to create reviewable sale drafts. Correct the details, then save privately or share confirmed sales with the community. Your original source stays on your device. SALES MANAGEMENT: Add, edit, and organize sales with addresses, times, descriptions, categories, and sale types. INTERACTIVE MAP: View personal and community sales on an intuitive map with clear, color-coded markers. CLOUD SYNC: Automatically back up and sync your data across devices with Google sign-in. NAVIGATION LAUNCH: Start turn-by-turn navigation to any personal or community sale with one tap. VISIT TRACKING & RATINGS: Mark stops as visited, skip them when plans change, and rate locations to remember your best finds. CUSTOM STARTING POINTS: Start your route from home, work, a coffee shop, or wherever your sale day begins. IMPORT/EXPORT: Import multiple sales from CSV files. A sample file is included. OFFLINE ACCESS: View saved sales, hunt profiles, wishlist details, and sale leads even without a signal. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: FREE: Perfect for casual users. Plan optimized routes with up to 5 stops per day. View Community Sales on the map. Use core sale management, filtering, navigation, wishlist, and Sale Lead Inbox features. PREMIUM: Designed for serious yard-sale enthusiasts. Unlimited Routing: Add as many stops as you want to your optimized route. Community Routing: Add Community Sales directly to your route. Submit Sales: Share your finds with the community. Unlimited Imports: Import large sale lists via CSV. Nearby Sale Alerts: Get notified about community sales near your saved location. Ad-free experience and priority support. HOSTING A SALE? Post your sale for free and help local treasure hunters find it. Premium Pricing Monthly: $4.99/month Annual: $49.99/year (Save 17%) Free trial available—try Premium risk-free. Whether you’re a casual browser or a serious collector, YardHopper helps you plan better sale days, discover hidden treasures, and never miss a great find. Term of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garage Hunter at none against YardHopper's 3. Garage Hunter also leads on ads (none vs shown). YardHopper's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. YardHopper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Garage Hunter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Garage Hunter ships an update every 4 months, YardHopper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garage Hunter | YardHopper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu Hin Chau | COURTNEY JOHN BIEL |
In-app purchases
Garage Hunter
No in-app purchases
YardHopper
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yard Sale Listing$0.99








