Comparison

Raider Market vs Bartrly

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

Head to head
About

Raider Market

A secure platform for students to buy and sell items within their university community. Easily list textbooks, furniture, tickets, and more, connecting directly with fellow students for local transactions.

Highlights
  • Student-verified accounts
  • Local pickup
  • Direct in-app messaging
  • Easy item listing
  • Campus-exclusive marketplace
Features
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Raider Market — Buy & Sell at Colgate The safest way to buy and sell within the Colgate University community. Raider Market is built exclusively for Colgate students — so every buyer and seller is a fellow student you can trust. Your Campus. Your Marketplace. Whether you're looking to offload last semester's textbooks, find affordable furniture for your dorm, or score tickets to the big game, Raider Marketplace connects you with the people right on your campus. What you can buy & sell: Textbooks & course materials Electronics & gadgets Furniture & dorm essentials Event tickets & Colgate merch And anything else your fellow Raiders need! Why Raider Market? Student-verified accounts — only Colgate students can join Local pickup made easy — no shipping, no hassle List an item in seconds with just a photo and a price Message buyers and sellers directly in the app Stop overpaying at retail or dealing with strangers on generic marketplaces. Raider Market keeps it simple, local, and safe — just Raiders helping Raiders. Download now and start buying and selling today. Go 'Gate!

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

Raider Market3 screens
Bartrly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bartrly at none against Raider Market's shown. Bartrly also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

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

Raider Market ships an update fortnightly, Bartrly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Raider Market versus Bartrly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaider MarketBartrly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB45 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThomas SfikasMarkova Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Raider Market

No in-app purchases

None

Bartrly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Raider Market free?
Raider Market is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bartrly free?
Bartrly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Raider Market or Bartrly have ads?
Raider Market shows ads; Bartrly does not.
Which is updated more often, Raider Market or Bartrly?
Raider Market ships an update fortnightly, and Bartrly daily. Most recently, Raider Market was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bartrly on October 25, 2026.

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