The app is pretty self explanatory and not difficult to use, and thanks to it I found the most amazing Roomie ever!! We had a 100% match on the app and it was very accurate - thank you!!

Ok, so I don’t know if it’s me, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to select same gender/gender neutral housing, which is a problem. The app might tell you 100% match, but in their profile it says they, who are a different gender than you, wish for same gender housing. Like... that’s kind of a big deal, and a massive contributor to what someone wants when they’re trying to find a roommate. Also... c’mon... who was asking for what is essentially tinder for finding roommates? Look, I get what they were trying to do, but at this point the app isn’t there yet. Maybe at some point it will, maybe this is the way everyone will be finding roommates in a few years, but at the moment it feels like a poor solution for a problem that may not need fixing.

The concept of the app was extremely enticing, but RoomSync was ineffective at best and infuriating at worst. My main issue came when me and my friend both made profiles on the app and were trying to match with each other. Despite searches across several days and checking every detail possible, our profiles never showed up for each other. We contacted RoomSync several times to no avail, and when we eventually tried to just join the same room with other people we could both see to try and force our profiles to connect, the join button didn’t work. This was exhausting and stressful and I typically don’t write reviews for anything but I feel this experience warrants one.

Swiping through roommates is kind of fun but the app categorizes some matches as “good” when there are obvious dealbreakers like different preferred roommate arrangements and significant class or age differences. Beyond that, you can’t chat with anybody after your matching date, which means you need to take an initiative in exchanging socials off-app if you want to keep talking. I guess what I’m trying to say is that there’s great potential but it is just disappointing when looking deeper into it.