Randwick City Library vs Flatmate Finders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Randwick City Library
Access your local library collection from your mobile device. Search the catalog, manage your loans, and save digital library cards for easy checkouts. You can even scan item barcodes to find available copies.
- Search library catalog by title, author, subject
- Place holds on items
- Track loans and reservations
- Save digital library cards
- Scan item barcodes to search for copies
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The Randwick City Library app makes it quick and easy to access Randwick Library on the go! Top Features • Search the Randwick Library catalogue: Search for items by title, author, subject, or general keyword and place holds on items of interest. • Keep track of your loans and reserve items. • Save you and your family's library cards on your phone so you can leave your wallet at home. • Search by barcode: Use your device’s camera to scan the barcode on a book, CD, DVD, or other item at a friend’s house or bookstore and search for available copies at Randwick City Library
Flatmate Finders
Find your ideal home or flatmate with personalized searches, detailed profiles, and secure communication features. The app offers free in-app calls and notifications for new matches and messages, ensuring a quick and safe search experience.
- Personalized searches
- Detailed user profiles
- Instant messaging
- Free in-app calls
- Home listing reviews
- Match notifications
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Personalised searches, detailed profiles, instant messages and free in-app calls ensure that you find the perfect home or flatmate quickly, easily and safely. Every home listing is reviewed by our team to help you get the best results. You'll receive notifications about new matches and messages so you don't miss out. Suitable for people of all ages, shared and vacant homes, short to long-term stays, singles/couples/friends, LGBTI+, pet friendly homes, and all rent budgets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Randwick City Library at none against Flatmate Finders's 13. Randwick City Library also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Flatmate Finders sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Randwick City Library asks for nothing beyond the download.
Randwick City Library ships an update monthly, Flatmate Finders every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Randwick City Library | Flatmate Finders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 70.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Randwick City Council | FLATMATE FINDERS PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Randwick City Library
Flatmate Finders
Bugs and requests
Randwick City Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flatmate Finders
Reported bugs
8 issues- App is very slow and sometimes does not load
- Messages not loading
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Filters are ignored
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- App deactivates profiles without clear reason
- Issues with dark mode
- Message field could be bigger
Requested features
15 requests- Allow setting hard filters for matches
- Improve filtering options (gender, couples, pets, budget)
- Add tenant review system
- Implement landlord background checks
- Allow cutting and pasting mobile numbers
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- Enable calling directly from the app
- Filter out inactive users
- Show last online date on profiles
- Filter by move-in date preferences
- More gender options
- Remove sexuality as a filter criterion
- Improve the matching algorithm accuracy
- Allow deleting profiles from matches feed
- Larger message field
- Improve dark mode functionality
In-app purchases
Randwick City Library
No in-app purchases
Flatmate Finders
- Audio and video call service2 variants$2.99
- Flatmate service for 14 days$7.99
- Flatmate service for 1 month$9.99
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- Flatmate service for 14 days$12.99
- Flatmate service for 2 months$14.99
- Flatmate service for 1 month2 variants$14.99
- Flatmate service for 14 days$14.99
- Flatmate service for 1 month$17.99
- Flatmate service for 2 months$17.99
- Flatmate service for 2 months$19.99
- Flatmate service for 2 months$22.99
Questions
Is Randwick City Library free?
Is Flatmate Finders free?
Do Randwick City Library or Flatmate Finders have ads?
Which is updated more often, Randwick City Library or Flatmate Finders?
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