5miles: Buy and Sell Locally

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Last verified 5 Sep 2026

4.7 189620 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5No real value, not many real users

   The review by NDIBRO is the truth and 5Miles knows it well. Reading the response to his review is infuriating. Here is what you want to know: this app could have been great if it stuck to what you would assume the name implies. Items listed for sale by users within a 5 mile radius. Its not like that, its all over the map. I understand such small parameters would only work if this app was downloaded by almost everyone but theres no reason that couldnt be achieved by a strong following and ethics which are both missing from 5miles. They dont have a strong following and they have automated fake profiles that will occasionally show interest in items that havent got any attention lately so that you the person who listed doesnt forget that the app exists and seemingly is working towards making a sale. A random person more than 30 miles less than 10 more than 5 down tbe street doesnt matter messages you saying something similar to hey im interrested i would like to buy this or can you send me more pictures; you respond within the same minute or within minutes and all of the sudden this person isnt interested enough to respond how many times does this need to happen before you realize your being stringed along by 5 miles and theyre pseudo accounts. 5 miles is quick to remove any mention of fake accounts or unethical practices on the internet not just these reviews so if you see this dont forget. 5Miles isnt the only app pushing fake accounts but they seem to be the biggest offenders unfortunately.

   elartcoello · 5 Sep 2026

2. 4/5Car sold in less than 12hrs of being on the app

   I'd been trying to sell one of secondary vehicles for quite a while, only using Craigslist. I'd always had luck in the past but it seems over the past couple years Craigslist has become much more "scammy" and frankly a pain/annoying to use due to that fact. So in a moment of frustration I downloaded all of the more recent selling apps: letgo, offer up, wallapop etc. Then maybe an hour or so later came across 5miles (which I had never heard of). The account was easy enough to set up, but choosing a profile pic is ridiculously harder than it honestly should be--centering your pic/getting it to be anywhere near where you want it is unnecessarily difficult. So please fix that. It's quite frustrating😑 Anyway, I digress...so I uploaded my listing pics, wrote my ad, and saw that I already had a couple views in just under 2hrs (and this was in the wee hours of the night). I listed the ad at 3am, and by 6am got my first offer (full price too) and ended up selling the car to them that same day. We communicated entirely using the app, which is great if you don't want to give out your info--email, # etc to everyone and their mom who contacts you regarding an item your selling; especially the ones who aren't serious buyers... The app worked so well/so quickly, that my stepdad thought I was joking when I told him I'd sold it, as he came home and found the car to be gone. So to say he was surprised is an understatement lol He now wants me to help him sell/list cars from his body shop. 5miles met, and exceeded my expectations, definitely would recommend! The only reason I didn't give 4 stars was because of the profile pic nonsense

   SillyDilly914 · 5 Sep 2026

3. 1/5Quality of sellers has gone downhill

   Used to love this app years ago and my experiences on it were largely positive but lately I have noticed a disturbing pattern: sellers are either putting up fake ads, don’t seem serious about selling or will leave conversations hanging in messages with no explanation or resolution. I see it happen on 5miles way more than I see on other apps. I use apps like offerup, Craigslist and Facebook marketplace and my experiences are much better at these other places. People on these other sites seem motivated to sell and will respond in a fairly timely manner and usually resolve the conversations whether it leads to a sale or not. I’m not sure why this trend of lazy, unmotivated or rude sellers on 5miles but it’s been happening way too much and so I wanted to share that on here. Not sure if 5miles can do anything about this disturbing trend but bottom line I think they should know how buyer experiences compare at other places. And no, I’m not low-balling sellers or being rude to them when I contact. It’s just a consistent pattern I have noticed these days that sellers on 5miles seem unmotivated and often leave conversations hanging way more than I have seen at other selling apps or websites.

   blaqmare · 5 Sep 2026

4. 1/5“Fake users”

   I can’t 100% prove it but I get messages from people who have not been active in multiple days or weeks. I think the app is looking at products that are not selling well and it sends automated messages from inactive accounts. The messages are asking questions like “ Do you have more pictures?” I always have at least 5+ pictures in my listings. When I ask what other pictures they want there is never a response. They ask “Can you give me more information?” I over explain each of my products to make sure that there is no confusion later in the process. But again when I ask what other information they are looking for, no response. I get the question are they being sold as a group or individually and in the listing it says “I am pricing/selling them individually.” Shocker no response from them either. I have yet to sell anything on here because the couple times I have had real interest the people don’t show up or they are expecting me to deliver a $15 product 30 miles from my house for free. Use a different app this one doesn’t seem to have an ethical setup!

   NDIBRO · 5 Sep 2026

5. 1/5Unacceptable!

   I have had the app for a few years now and started running into an issue with posting. I wasn’t able to get past a certain point and kept giving me an error to where i couldn’t post any new items or even edit current posted items. I got so frustrated that i emailed their tech support to get the issue resolved. I emailed back and forth with now going on 4 people. At first they kept saying restart your phone and try reconnecting your internet and so forth which i thought was weird seeing as though my issue had nothing to do with any of those solutions. I then got an email from another department saying the reason for by denied purchase was due to not having enough “friends”. That’s when i knew they weren’t going to resolve the issue. Why is it so hard to fix a cliche on the app. I haven’t had this issue before so I’m not sure why it started now. It has made the app impossible to use which is very disappointing. I’ll be using other apps for my selling needs and keep this in mind when reaching out to a company like this. My issue is still currently unresolved.

   buysellfanatic · 5 Sep 2026

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