Ghosla vs PGCircle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghosla
Connect with other renters to find and share rental listings, bypassing traditional brokers. This community-driven platform empowers tenants to help each other find their next home.
- Find rental homes
- Add your own listings
- Connect with other tenants
- Community-driven
- Broker-free
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Tired of finding home via brokers, and dealing with their nonsense? Join other tenants like you who are frustrated and want to help each other out. This app if for tenants, by tenants, of tenants. Easily find rental homes and add your own to help another tenant looking for a place to call home.
PGCircle
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PGCircle is Hyderabad's trusted PG and hostel booking platform — built for students and working professionals who are done with stale listings, fake photos and vanished deposits. WHY PGCIRCLE • Verified PGs — owner KYC plus photos shot on-site by our own field team • Deposit Shield — your deposit sits in escrow we control, not the owner's pocket. Room fails standards on day 1? Instant refund. • Parent-Approved — your parents get a verification SMS the day you book, with the address, owner and rules • Real availability — live bed counts, not "call to check" FIND FAST • Filter by boys / girls / co-living, area, budget • Hot deals from owners with empty beds — move-in week discounts • Honest reviews from verified residents BOOK SAFELY • Apply in 60 seconds — pick a room, set your move-in date, done • The owner gets your application instantly and calls you back • Track every application in the app FOR PG OWNERS List free, get verified, fill empty beds. Log in with the same app. PGCircle is operated by Tekpal Consulting Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PGCircle at none against Ghosla's shown. PGCircle also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ghosla ships an update every 2 weeks, PGCircle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghosla | PGCircle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehul Dokania | Tek-Pal LLC |
In-app purchases
Ghosla
No in-app purchases
PGCircle
No in-app purchases
