Deal Scanner vs Marketplace Monitor: the price on the page vs find out after you install

Marketplace Monitor is built for flippers and shows no prices on its store listings. Deal Scanner is built for everyone who uses Marketplace at $3.99 a month for three searches on three marketplaces. What each listing says, side by side.

Checked October 26, 2026. Prices and plans are read from each company’s own site on that date.

Both apps watch marketplaces for a search you set and send a notification when a listing is posted. Marketplace Monitor describes itself as the app for flippers, covers Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, eBay, Craigslist and Gumtree, promises alerts "the second" a deal is posted, and shows in-app purchases with no prices on either store. Deal Scanner is ours: Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, a Deal Score on each find, the time we found each listing on every alert, and $3.99 a month for three searches, cancel anytime. It is built for everyone who checks Marketplace every day, whether flipping is your side thing, your whole job, or not the point at all. Everything below is from each app's own store listings on October 26, 2026.

Side by side

	Deal Scanner	Marketplace Monitor
Built for	Everyone who uses Marketplace	"The ultimate app for flippers," dealerships and resellers
Price	$3.99/mo for 3 searches, $9.99 for 6, $19.99 for 12, shown here	In-app purchases, no amounts on either listing; a Play reviewer mentions £139
Marketplaces	Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, Craigslist	Facebook, OfferUp, eBay, Craigslist, Gumtree "and more"
Speed claim	Continuous watching; every alert shows when we found the listing	"The second a good deal is posted"
Price judgment	Deal Score from your own search's typical price near you	AI scanning, per the listing
Support	Email, answered by a person	Dedicated account manager, seven days a week
Trial	None; cancel anytime	"Free trial"
Phones	iPhone, Android	iPhone, Android
Store ratings	5.0 App Store	2.0 Google Play (89 reviews); 3.4 App Store (75)
Facebook login	Never asked for	Not stated

The two differences that matter

You know the price before you install. Deal Scanner's plans are on this page and on the store listings. Marketplace Monitor's are not on its listings, and we could not find a website with a pricing page; the one number anyone has written down is a reviewer's £139.

You know how fresh the listing is. No app can see a listing before the marketplace surfaces it. Marketplace Monitor promises "the second"; Deal Scanner puts the time we found the listing on the alert, so "Found 12m ago" is a fact you can act on.

What Marketplace Monitor offers that Deal Scanner does not: eBay and Gumtree, and a human account manager, both aimed at people running volume.

What you get with Deal Scanner

Set the item, your town, how far you would drive, and a low and high price. Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist on our servers around the clock, drops most lookalikes, and buzzes your phone when a listing is posted, with a Deal Score when it is a clear bargain. Quiet hours and a daily digest. No Facebook login, no account, no commitment. Only after one thing? Pay for the month you're looking and cancel when you've got it. The longer write-up on the other app is our Marketplace Monitor review.

The Deal Scanner listing screen for a brown leather sectional at $150, marked Steal, 62% below the $400 typical price — The Deal Score: $150 against the $400 this search usually sees. Found 6 minutes ago.

FAQ

Is Deal Scanner better than Marketplace Monitor?

For everyone who checks Marketplace every day and wants to be buzzed when their item is listed, Deal Scanner does that across Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist for $3.99 a month, with the price on the page and a Deal Score on each find. Marketplace Monitor is built for flippers and dealerships and does not publish its prices.

What does Marketplace Monitor cost?

Its listings show in-app purchases with no amounts. A Google Play reviewer mentions paying £139.

Which has better reviews?

Deal Scanner is rated 5.0 on the App Store. Marketplace Monitor is 2.0 on Google Play from 89 reviews and 3.4 on the App Store from 75, as of October 26, 2026.

Does Marketplace Monitor cover more marketplaces?

Yes: eBay and Gumtree in addition to Facebook, OfferUp and Craigslist. Deal Scanner covers the three most US buyers use.

Can I try both?

Deal Scanner has no free trial: $3.99 a month, cancel anytime. Marketplace Monitor advertises a free trial on its listing.

Sources checked

The Marketplace Monitor listings and reviews on Google Play and the App Store; the Deal Scanner store listings. All read October 26, 2026.