Comparison

Hamus vs Bartrly

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

Head to head
About

Hamus

This app serves as a digital marketplace for the Habesha diaspora. It allows users to buy and sell a variety of items and services, including traditional clothing, instruments, food, and real estate, connecting the community globally.

Highlights
  • Browse and search listings by category
  • Post items or services with photos
  • Direct in-app messaging
  • Multilingual support (English, Tigrinya, Amharic)
Features
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Hamus - Your Digital Habesha Marketplace Named after the day Thursday in Tigrigay/Amharic. Hamus brings the community marketplace to your phone. Buy and sell within the diaspora community. Find habesha kemis, traditional instruments like krar and kebero, homemade food, catering services, babysitting, real estate, vehicles, and more. Features: - Browse and search listings by category - Post items or services for sale with photos - Message sellers directly in the app - Available in English, Tigrinya, and Amharic Hamus connects the Eritrean and Ethiopian diaspora - whether you are in Dallas, DC, London, or Toronto. Your Thursday market is now open every day.

About

Bartrly

Features
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We're all tired of it. The sellers who never respond. The lowball offers. The listings that have been up for six months and going nowhere. The marketplace experience is broken — and everyone knows it. Buy, sell, or trade anything with real people near you. No middlemen. No games. Just people who actually want to make a deal. TRADE ANYTHING Have a guitar collecting dust? Trade it for a bike. Upgrading your furniture? Swap it for something you actually want. Bartrly makes trading as easy as sending a text. BUY & SELL LOCALLY List in under a minute and connect with motivated buyers in your area. If someone messages you on Bartrly, they mean it. MOTIVATED PEOPLE ONLY Bartrly is built for people who are ready to move. Buyers who want to buy. Sellers who want to sell. Traders who want to trade. If you're serious about it, you'll fit right in. A better way to marketplace. That's Bartrly.

Screenshots

Hamus4 screens
Bartrly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bartrly at daily against Hamus's every 5 weeks. Bartrly also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hamus ships an update every 5 weeks, Bartrly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hamus versus Bartrly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamusBartrly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB45 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperWildbeles LLCMarkova Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Hamus

No in-app purchases

None

Bartrly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hamus free?
Hamus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bartrly free?
Bartrly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hamus or Bartrly have ads?
Neither Hamus nor Bartrly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hamus or Bartrly?
Hamus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bartrly daily. Most recently, Hamus was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bartrly on October 25, 2026.

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