# Roomie: Roommates & Rentals

> Find Rooms, Sublets & Housing

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1129907996](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1129907996)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1129907996`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ample Software LLC
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (9,950 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.13.17
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2016-12-18
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roomie-roommates-rentals/id1129907996)
- **Website:** [https://www.theroomieapp.com](https://www.theroomieapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://theroomieapp.com/privacy-policy/](http://theroomieapp.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Roomie: Roommates & Rentals** helps you find trusted roommates, rooms, sublets, and housing near your campus or in your neighborhood. Browse verified profiles, use filters for location, university, gender, distance, and activity, then connect through in-app chat.

List a room or apartment for free, receive interest from potential renters, and join university group chats to meet classmates. Roomie includes spam protection, identity verification, AI-powered profile suggestions, blocking and reporting tools, and five free chats to get started. Roomie Pro adds unlimited chats, ad-free browsing, enhanced profile features, and listing boosts.

## Rankings

- #18,058 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers consistently flag paywall-heavy pricing, bugs, and low real-user engagement as major downsides. Many report few responses and bot-like activity, with some alleging scams. A few positives note a clean UI and occasional successful matches, and one comment suggests it isn’t as paywalled as rivals. Overall, the app struggles with reliability, trust, and user participation, which undermines its effectiveness for finding roommates.

### Pros

- Nice, clean UI overall and listings are easy to post
- Some users report finding a roommate within weeks, indicating there can be successful matches
- Perceived to be less paywalled than some competing apps, or at least not as subscription-heavy as others

### Cons

- Paywalls and high costs to message; many features require paid upgrades, leading to poor ROI
- Frequent bugs and reliability issues (search/filters malfunction, descriptions disappearing, messages failing to load)
- Very low user activity with few responses, plus reports of bot-like or fake profiles
- Prevalence of scammers and fake profiles raises trust concerns
- Privacy and login concerns (limited sign-in options and public-looking profile data)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1129907996)