Roomster

Name: Roomster
Rating: 4 (19708 reviews)
Author: Roomster Corp.

Roommates & Rooms for rent

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

20K Ratings
Ages

18+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Roomster Corp.
Language

EN
+ 21 More
Size

155
MB

Roomster is the most searched & downloaded Roommate finder app. Post & Search rooms for rent & people looking for roommates. Easy to use with 24hr customer support. Easily find a room to rent or a compatible roommate—anywhere in the world. Roomster connects you with validated renters and roommates in over 192 countries. Whether you're relocating nearby or abroad, Roomster helps you find safe, affordable housing and people you can trust. Key Features: Browse Rooms & Apartments for Rent Discover thousands of listings with photos, pricing, and detailed descriptions. Connect with Validated Roommates Match with roommates whose lifestyle, interests, and habits align with yours. Global Listings in 18 Languages Search rooms and roommates in cities across the globe. Private In-App Messaging Chat securely without giving out your personal contact info. Easy Profile Setup with Social Validation Add photos, interests, and social media links to make your profile stand out and validated. Real-Time Alerts Get notified instantly about new messages, likes, and room listings that match your preferences. Why Roomster? Trusted since 2003, Roomster has helped over 10 million people find roommates and rooms for rent. From students to professionals, Roomster is the go-to app for finding flexible, safe, and affordable living options. Download Roomster today and make your next move easier—whether you're searching for a room, a roommate, or both. Consult our Privacy Policy at https://www.roomster.com/privacy And our Terms of Use at https://www.roomster.com/terms We are always working hard on improvements to make finding your next home even easier. Please continue to send your feedback to iosfeedback@roomster.com. We appreciate it!

Ratings & Reviews

4.0

out of 5

20K Ratings

Lots of glitches, needs improvement
Jan 26

grape-surgeon
I really like the idea of this app and most everything about it. I even found a roommate on it! My rating is solely about the usability. The app won’t let me upload photos of my apartment from my photo library, it will just glitch every time I select a photo and hit “done”, but it will let me take photos in the moment and upload those. Whenever I try to update my profile to reflect my roommate’s and my ages, it deletes the numbers, so it’ll appear as “I’m years old and my roommate is years old” I know there’s an area where you set your ‘household age’ but it would be helpful to be able to put it in your listing description too. It also only gives you the option to say that your property is available the day that you make the listing, so even if you list a month or two in advance, you can’t change it to say when it’s actually available, leading to messages from people who didn’t read the whole description. It also frequently freezes and is completely unusable until you exit the app and restart it. It would also be helpful to have an option where your listing is only visible to female or male users, because I do not want to have a man live with me, but I keep getting messages from ones who didn’t read my listing description. I will likely use this app again, but as a last resort when it comes to finding a roommate. Too many glitches.

Developer Response
Thank you for valuable feedback.
Lots of glitches, needs improvement
Jan 26

grape-surgeon

I really like the idea of this app and most everything about it. I even found a roommate on it! My rating is solely about the usability. The app won’t let me upload photos of my apartment from my photo library, it will just glitch every time I select a photo and hit “done”, but it will let me take photos in the moment and upload those. Whenever I try to update my profile to reflect my roommate’s and my ages, it deletes the numbers, so it’ll appear as “I’m years old and my roommate is years old” I know there’s an area where you set your ‘household age’ but it would be helpful to be able to put it in your listing description too. It also only gives you the option to say that your property is available the day that you make the listing, so even if you list a month or two in advance, you can’t change it to say when it’s actually available, leading to messages from people who didn’t read the whole description. It also frequently freezes and is completely unusable until you exit the app and restart it. It would also be helpful to have an option where your listing is only visible to female or male users, because I do not want to have a man live with me, but I keep getting messages from ones who didn’t read my listing description. I will likely use this app again, but as a last resort when it comes to finding a roommate. Too many glitches.
Developer Response Jan 29
Thank you for valuable feedback.
App was great (when it worked)
02/07/2022

CWHousingAcct
This app was fine for me at first, I could actually log in and get messages from other people, communicate with them and also see that someone sent messages (for free), but not all of them. Things kept changing though; sometimes I could see messages, and sometimes not. The BIGGEST problem, however, is now I CAN’T EVEN SIGN IN! I used to use my e-Mail, as it was one of the options available. I never had to verify anything else (like my phone number) because I spoke with customer service, and they signed me in anyway. Now, the ONLY WAY TO SIGN IN is with PHONE NUMBER and I NEVER VERIFIED IT. Turns out, not only did they HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, it is BLOCKED FROM THE WEBSITE. How did they even get it if I never gave it to them? When I spoke to customer service again, the guy over e-Mail said “delete your account and make a new one with that phone number”. Huh? That’s customer support? What about all my messages to and from other people? How do I know my phone number won’t get blocked again? There’s so much wrong with this, it is mind boggling. I can’t even write a review on their website, nor contact customer service because you have to have a signed-in-account (I could only reply to old e-mails customer service sent me because I can’t sign in). I’ll give it 2 stars, at least because when I could use it, everything was OK, but constant changes has turned this thing into utter crap

Developer Response
we switched to a much higher level of security and were doing a lot of work awhile you were using the application. Please contact us at reviews@roomster.com and we will try our best to make things right by you.
App was great (when it worked)
02/07/2022

CWHousingAcct

This app was fine for me at first, I could actually log in and get messages from other people, communicate with them and also see that someone sent messages (for free), but not all of them. Things kept changing though; sometimes I could see messages, and sometimes not. The BIGGEST problem, however, is now I CAN’T EVEN SIGN IN! I used to use my e-Mail, as it was one of the options available. I never had to verify anything else (like my phone number) because I spoke with customer service, and they signed me in anyway. Now, the ONLY WAY TO SIGN IN is with PHONE NUMBER and I NEVER VERIFIED IT. Turns out, not only did they HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, it is BLOCKED FROM THE WEBSITE. How did they even get it if I never gave it to them? When I spoke to customer service again, the guy over e-Mail said “delete your account and make a new one with that phone number”. Huh? That’s customer support? What about all my messages to and from other people? How do I know my phone number won’t get blocked again? There’s so much wrong with this, it is mind boggling. I can’t even write a review on their website, nor contact customer service because you have to have a signed-in-account (I could only reply to old e-mails customer service sent me because I can’t sign in). I’ll give it 2 stars, at least because when I could use it, everything was OK, but constant changes has turned this thing into utter crap
Developer Response 04/21/2022
we switched to a much higher level of security and were doing a lot of work awhile you were using the application. Please contact us at reviews@roomster.com and we will try our best to make things right by you.
Very Buggy & Not the Greatest UI
Oct 24

Desireebartolo
I love the concept and needs the app tries to meet. But the app itself is buggy and difficult to navigate. I am on the latest IOS version and use an iPhone 16e. The app gets into moments when it kicks me out everytime I’d enter the message center. Additionally, I am having a hard time understanding what the Broadcast page is there for. When I create a new listing, the Broadcast button is greyed out and I’m not able to continue on with listing. Instead, my oldest listing would be enabled to be broadcasted. And then when I shut down the app and reopen, I’m able to hit the Broadcast button for the new listing. Not sure if this is a bug or working as designed. One other notable thing is that, there are no timestamps on other users’ messages to you. It would help to know how long ago my message requests have been sitting my inbox. I say this because if you have the unpaid version of Roomster, you cannot view who has reached out to you. So when I paid, I responded to my inquiries, I never got a response back, and now I’m thinking it’s because I left the messages sitting in my inbox for too long but not knowing how long they were sitting in there for. I wish I didn’t pay the $30 for this experience. It’s not worth it.
Very Buggy & Not the Greatest UI
Oct 24

Desireebartolo

I love the concept and needs the app tries to meet. But the app itself is buggy and difficult to navigate. I am on the latest IOS version and use an iPhone 16e. The app gets into moments when it kicks me out everytime I’d enter the message center. Additionally, I am having a hard time understanding what the Broadcast page is there for. When I create a new listing, the Broadcast button is greyed out and I’m not able to continue on with listing. Instead, my oldest listing would be enabled to be broadcasted. And then when I shut down the app and reopen, I’m able to hit the Broadcast button for the new listing. Not sure if this is a bug or working as designed. One other notable thing is that, there are no timestamps on other users’ messages to you. It would help to know how long ago my message requests have been sitting my inbox. I say this because if you have the unpaid version of Roomster, you cannot view who has reached out to you. So when I paid, I responded to my inquiries, I never got a response back, and now I’m thinking it’s because I left the messages sitting in my inbox for too long but not knowing how long they were sitting in there for. I wish I didn’t pay the $30 for this experience. It’s not worth it.
Account deleted within minutes
07/18/2022

Tim R R
Update: My review has nothing to do with your charges. Your filters allow and encourage people to discriminate against just about every protected class under the Federal Fair Housing Act. I think the US government should force you to cease operations until you stop allowing people to post listings which openly state that people who are black, LGBT, religious, of certain age or male are “not allowed.” In the 10 minutes I browsed your listings, before my account was deleted without notice, every single listing I viewed had some mention of disallowing a protected class from applying. One of the listings literally said “no blacks, no gays, no Muslims” at the bottom. Another said “Asian women only.” It’s not just gross, it’s against the law. I created my account, finished my profile, verified my email and phone number, posted a listing, then was logged out as I attempted to send my first message. The login page says “User Removed” but I haven’t received a text or an email stating that my account was deleted. Sketchy app that allows people violate US housing discrimination laws. Saw multiple people specifying what race/age/gender/sexual orientation they were willing to provide housing to. Creepy. Glad I didn’t spend $15 to verify my identity since they decided to delete my account without reason within 10 minutes of installing.

Developer Response
sorry that you are not happy that we charge. We charge $1 a day. It seems reasonable to us. Have you noticed the only bad reviewers are from people that do not like that we charge? sorry...we work hard for the fee that we charge!
Account deleted within minutes
07/18/2022

Tim R R

Update: My review has nothing to do with your charges. Your filters allow and encourage people to discriminate against just about every protected class under the Federal Fair Housing Act. I think the US government should force you to cease operations until you stop allowing people to post listings which openly state that people who are black, LGBT, religious, of certain age or male are “not allowed.” In the 10 minutes I browsed your listings, before my account was deleted without notice, every single listing I viewed had some mention of disallowing a protected class from applying. One of the listings literally said “no blacks, no gays, no Muslims” at the bottom. Another said “Asian women only.” It’s not just gross, it’s against the law. I created my account, finished my profile, verified my email and phone number, posted a listing, then was logged out as I attempted to send my first message. The login page says “User Removed” but I haven’t received a text or an email stating that my account was deleted. Sketchy app that allows people violate US housing discrimination laws. Saw multiple people specifying what race/age/gender/sexual orientation they were willing to provide housing to. Creepy. Glad I didn’t spend $15 to verify my identity since they decided to delete my account without reason within 10 minutes of installing.
Developer Response 07/18/2022
sorry that you are not happy that we charge. We charge $1 a day. It seems reasonable to us. Have you noticed the only bad reviewers are from people that do not like that we charge? sorry...we work hard for the fee that we charge!

We’ve fixed some bugs and improved dark mode to make it easier than ever to find roommates and rooms for rent — day or night. Enjoy a smoother experience in dark mode when connecting with potential roommates or browsing listings!

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