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All-in-one local classifieds marketplace for buying, selling, chatting, and managing listings, despite usability issues

All-in-one local classifieds marketplace for buying, selling, chatting, and managing listings, despite usability issues

Vote (5 votes)

Program license Free

Developer OLX Group

Version 5.142.2

Works under Android

Also known as OLX.bg

Vote

(5 votes)

Developer

OLX Group

Works under

Android

Program license

Free

Version

5.142.2

Also known as

OLX.bg

Pros

  • Very wide range of categories, from goods and vehicles to housing, services, and jobs
  • Ability to save ads and searches, with alerts for price reductions on favorites
  • Built-in chat with buyers and sellers, including photo and location sharing
  • Quick ad creation from phone photos, plus tools to edit, archive, and promote listings
  • “Secure delivery” option for sending and receiving items with a discounted shipping rate
  • Easy sharing of listings through apps like Viber and Facebook Messenger

Cons

  • Recent redesign criticized for being harder to use and less visually appealing than before
  • Interface reported as slower, especially when browsing high resolution images
  • Renewing existing ads now involves more steps, which frustrates active sellers
  • Crashes and errors reported during shipping setup with Econt
  • Issues selecting Econt offices and entering addresses, with blank pages and rejected street names

OLX - Купувай и продавай is a classifieds app for Android that connects people who want to buy, sell, or exchange goods and services across the country. It is built for anyone who likes second hand deals, wants to find housing or a job, or plans to run a small business by selling items or services directly from a phone.

It suits individual sellers, small merchants, renters and landlords, as well as bargain hunters who prefer local, ad-based trading instead of traditional online stores.

Wide range of ads, from everyday items to housing and jobs

The strongest aspect of OLX is its breadth of categories. The app lets you browse and post both new and used items, including clothing, electronics, and furniture. It also covers real estate, so you can look for houses and apartments for sale or for rent.

Vehicle listings are part of the mix too, with cars, motorcycles, parts, and accessories in both new and second hand condition. Beyond goods and property, OLX includes ads for services, events, vacations, and job offers, plus other smaller categories that round out the marketplace.

All of these ads can be searched within a single app across the whole country, which turns OLX into a central hub for many types of local needs, from finding a repair person to planning a trip.

Features for buyers: search, favorites, notifications, and chat

For buyers, OLX focuses on discovery and communication. You can search through millions of ads across all categories, then save interesting listings to revisit later. Searches themselves can also be stored, which helps if you regularly look for the same type of item.

The app can notify you when the price of a saved ad goes down, useful if you track specific offers and wait for discounts. This helps you watch the market without constantly reopening the app.

Communication between buyers and sellers happens inside OLX. You can send messages, ask questions, and exchange extra photos. The chat supports sharing your location, which can simplify arranging local pickup or service visits. If you find something you want to show to a friend, you can share ads through other popular apps such as Viber or Facebook Messenger.

For items that need shipping, OLX includes “Secure delivery”. This option allows you to send and receive products through the platform with a reduced delivery price, which can make long-distance transactions more attractive.

Tools for sellers: fast posting, management, and promotion

Selling through the app is built around quick listing creation. You can take photos directly from your phone camera or add them from the gallery, then write a title, a description, and choose a suitable category. This keeps the basic posting flow straightforward.

Once your ads are live, OLX gives you tools to manage them inside the app. You can edit text and images, archive ads that are no longer relevant, or promote listings so they reach more potential buyers. Sharing links to your ads via messaging apps can also help draw in external interest.

For people cleaning out their homes, testing a new side business, or advertising a service, these functions make OLX a practical mobile storefront.

User experience after the recent redesign

The app has recently gone through a major redesign that changed both the look and the structure of many screens. While such overhauls can bring new ideas, this one has drawn a lot of criticism.

The updated interface has been described as visually less attractive and harder to navigate than before, with common actions buried behind more taps. One recurring complaint is that renewing existing ads, which used to be a simple one-tap action, now requires several extra steps. For active sellers who manage many listings, this added friction can be very frustrating over time.

Performance is another sore point. The latest version has been called noticeably slower, especially when viewing high resolution images inside listings. Swiping through photos can feel almost unresponsive, which hurts both buyers, who want to inspect items carefully, and sellers, who rely on clear images to present their products.

Shipping with Econt: serious reliability issues

Problems become more severe when shipping is involved, particularly with Econt integration. During the process of creating a shipment for a sale, the app has been reported to crash repeatedly, leaving the seller unable to complete the order from within OLX.

There are also complaints about the address-selection interface for Econt. When trying to choose an office from the menus, some users see only a blank white page instead of the expected list of locations. In other cases, entering a street name results in an error that claims the street does not exist, even when it is valid.

For people who rely on OLX to sell items and send them with Econt, these issues can break the entire workflow. Instead of finishing the process through the app, they must visit an office in person and provide addresses manually, which undermines the convenience OLX is meant to offer.

Verdict: powerful marketplace held back by recent changes

OLX - Купувай и продавай brings together a very broad range of classifieds in a single mobile app, from everyday goods and vehicles to housing, services, vacations, and jobs. Buyers benefit from search, saved ads, price-drop alerts, integrated chat, and a secure delivery option with discounted shipping. Sellers get fast listing creation, ad management, sharing, and promotion features that can support anything from casual decluttering to small-scale business activity.

However, the recent comprehensive redesign has clearly not landed well for a portion of the audience. Reports of a slower interface, a more complicated flow for basic tasks like renewing ads, laggy photo viewing, and serious crashes and address problems when using Econt significantly weaken the overall experience, especially for frequent sellers.

If you mainly browse listings, message sellers, and occasionally use secure delivery, OLX still offers a lot of value in a single app. If you depend on it as a primary selling tool, particularly with Econt shipping, the current version can feel unreliable and cumbersome, and you may want to test carefully whether the latest update works for your specific needs.

Pros

  • Very wide range of categories, from goods and vehicles to housing, services, and jobs
  • Ability to save ads and searches, with alerts for price reductions on favorites
  • Built-in chat with buyers and sellers, including photo and location sharing
  • Quick ad creation from phone photos, plus tools to edit, archive, and promote listings
  • “Secure delivery” option for sending and receiving items with a discounted shipping rate
  • Easy sharing of listings through apps like Viber and Facebook Messenger

Cons

  • Recent redesign criticized for being harder to use and less visually appealing than before
  • Interface reported as slower, especially when browsing high resolution images
  • Renewing existing ads now involves more steps, which frustrates active sellers
  • Crashes and errors reported during shipping setup with Econt
  • Issues selecting Econt offices and entering addresses, with blank pages and rejected street names

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