Marketplace Monitor alternatives, with prices you can read

Marketplace Monitor calls itself the app for flippers and shows no prices on its store page. If you check Marketplace every day, whether or not flipping is your job, here is the alternative at $3.99 a month, and the others with their prices.

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

Marketplace Monitor is a Google Play app that describes itself as "the ultimate app for flippers," with a pitch to car dealerships and resellers and a dedicated account manager. Its Play listing shows in-app purchases but no prices, and a 2.0-star rating from 89 reviews. If you check Marketplace every day, whether flipping is your side thing, your whole job, or not the point at all, Deal Scanner puts the price on the page: $3.99 a month for 3 searches across Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, with a Deal Score on each find, no Facebook login, cancel anytime. The other alternatives and their prices are below for the record.

How Deal Scanner started, with this app

I saw an ad for Marketplace Monitor and sprinted to the App Store to download it. Inside, the cheapest plan was about $30 a month. There's no way that's what this costs. I went looking at the competitors and they were the same price or more. So I built something for myself that did the same job, because I didn't want to pay that, and then figured there were a lot of people like me. That's Deal Scanner.

The in-app price is what we saw when we installed it; it may have changed, and the listing still shows none.

What Marketplace Monitor is

From its Google Play listing, read on October 26, 2026: it scans multiple marketplaces, including Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, eBay, Craigslist and Gumtree, promises notifications "the second a good deal is posted," offers a free trial, and says it started as flippers and provides a dedicated account manager seven days a week. It is rated 2.0 out of 5 from 89 reviews with over 10,000 downloads, and was updated October 20, 2026. Prices are not shown on the listing, and we could not find a website of its own with a pricing page, which is why it is not in our main comparison table. One Play reviewer in July 2026 wrote that "£139 may seem expensive," the only price figure we can point to.

The longer write-up is our Marketplace Monitor review; the head-to-head is Deal Scanner vs Marketplace Monitor.

Why people look for a Marketplace Monitor alternative

No price on the page. You find out what it costs after you install it.
The reviews. A 2.0 average from 89 Play reviews is the lowest of any app we track.
It is built for flippers and dealerships. The listing says so in its first sentence.
The "second it's posted" promise. No app can see a listing before the marketplace itself surfaces it. Deal Scanner shows you when it found each listing instead of promising a second.

Deal Scanner: the price on the page, for everyone

Deal Scanner watches Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist from one search and buzzes your iPhone or Android when a listing is posted, with a Deal Score on each find showing how far under the typical price near you it sits, measured from what your own search has seen. No Facebook login, no account, no commitment, and the price is right here: Casual $3.99 a month for 3 searches, Hunter $9.99 for 6, Pro $19.99 for 12, with all three marketplaces on every plan. Every alert shows when we found the listing. It is built for everyone who checks Marketplace every day: the person waiting for one truck, the person who flips on the side, and the person who does it full time.

A phone lock screen with five Deal Scanner alerts: a riding mower, a leather sectional, an iPhone 14, a 2015 F-150 and a kayak, each with its price and percent below typical — What an alert looks like. Each one shows the price, how far under typical it is, and which marketplace.

Other alternatives, for the record

Prices from each company's own site, October 26, 2026. Every app we track is on Best Facebook Marketplace alert apps, compared.

Flipify: eight marketplaces; $5 a month per search (10-minute check) or $10 (1-minute); 7-day trial, card required.
DealHunter: ten marketplaces; free for one search checked daily, $7.99 a month for five.
Outpost Alerts: Facebook Marketplace only; $14.99 a month for one search up to $79 for ten; 3-day trial.

Side by side

	Marketplace Monitor	Deal Scanner
Price	Not shown on the store page	$3.99/mo, 3 searches
Marketplaces	Facebook, OfferUp, eBay, Craigslist, Gumtree "and more"	Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp, Craigslist
Store rating	2.0 from 89 reviews (Google Play)	5.0 on the App Store
Speed claim	"The second a good deal is posted"	Every alert shows when it was found
Trial	"Free trial"	None; cancel anytime
Built for	Flippers and dealerships, by its own description	Everyone who uses Marketplace

FAQ

What does Marketplace Monitor cost?

Its Google Play listing shows in-app purchases but no amounts, and we could not find a pricing page on a site of its own. A Play reviewer mentions paying £139. If you know the current plans, email us the link and we will add them.

Is Marketplace Monitor any good?

Its Play rating is 2.0 from 89 reviews as of October 26, 2026. We have not tested it ourselves, so we report the listing and leave the judgment to you.

What is the cheapest alternative to Marketplace Monitor?

Deal Scanner at $3.99 a month for three searches across Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, cancel anytime.

Does Deal Scanner cover the same marketplaces?

Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and Craigslist, the three most US buyers use, from one search.

Does Deal Scanner work for flipping?

Yes. It is built for everyone who uses Marketplace, and the alerts and Deal Score work the same whether you buy for yourself, flip on the side, or do it full time.

Sources checked

The Marketplace Monitor listing on Google Play (com.marketplace.monitormobile), including its reviews; flipifyapp.com; dealhunter.io/pricing; outpostalerts.com; pouncify.com. All read October 26, 2026.