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The classic roommate argument is rarely about who is clean. It’s about what “clean enough” means and how soon a mess gets dealt with.
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Compatibility Test: find out if you’ll be good roommates
Answer 15 questions about how you actually live (cleaning, sleep, guests, noise, money) then invite as many friends as you like. Roomrr scores you against each of them and shows what you agree on, and what’s worth talking through before you move in together.
No app or account needed. Friends see your name and avatar, never your email or phone number.
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Worth talking aboutSleep and schedule. You’re early to bed and early up, while they’re up late and sleep late.
“What time do you usually go to bed and wake up, on weekdays and at weekends?”
How it works
How roommate compatibility works
A roommate compatibility checker is only as good as its questions. Roomrr’s test uses the same questions and the same matching engine the Roomrr app uses to match strangers, pointed at the people you already know.
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Answer 15 lifestyle questions
How you really live: cleaning, sleep, guests, noise, money, space and how you handle disagreements. It takes about three minutes.
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Invite up to four friends
Share your private group link on WhatsApp or anywhere else. Each friend answers on their own, and nobody sees anyone else’s answers.
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See a score with each friend
Everyone gets a roommate personality and a compatibility score with each person in the group, with the areas you’re in sync on.
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Talk through what matters
Each pair gets the topics worth discussing and conversation starters picked from where your answers differ.
Roommate lifestyle compatibility
What makes roommates compatible?
Compatible roommates don’t need identical habits. They need similar expectations about the things that come up every day, and enough give on the rest. These are the areas where house-shares most often go right or wrong.
Sleep schedules
A night owl and an early riser can share a home happily if they agree on when the house goes quiet, and on whose 6 a.m. alarm is allowed.
Guests
How often friends come over, whether partners stay the night, and how much notice you each want. Three different questions that often get treated as one.
Noise
Music, calls, TV and late-night cooking. Agree on volume and quiet hours, especially if either of you works or studies from home.
Work and study routines
Who is home during the day changes everything: noise, bills, and how the shared spaces actually get used.
Food
Vegetarian kitchens, shared groceries, whose pans are whose. Food habits are personal, so settle the shared kitchen early.
Shared expenses
Split rent and bills evenly or by usage? Settle up the same day or once a month? Money friction builds quietly, so agree on the system up front.
Smoking and drinking
Often a genuine dealbreaker. Be clear about what’s fine inside, what’s fine on the balcony, and what isn’t fine at all.
Pets
If either of you has or wants a pet, check allergies, the landlord’s rules, and who looks after feeding, cleaning and costs.
Privacy
Knocking before you enter, borrowing things, how much of your day you share. Small habits that decide whether home feels like yours.
Social preferences
Is home somewhere to unwind or somewhere to host? Some people want a friend, others a friendly housemate. Neither is wrong; being mismatched is tiring.
Household responsibilities
Chores split by task, by week, or everyone handles their own. A system you both think is fair matters more than which system it is.
FAQ
Roommate compatibility FAQ
What the test measures, what a score does and doesn’t tell you, and how to run one with people you already know.
What is a Compatibility Test?
A Compatibility Test asks each person the same questions about how they live (cleanliness, sleep, guests, noise, money and privacy) and compares the answers to show where two people fit and where they are likely to clash. Roomrr’s test uses the same questions and matching engine the Roomrr app uses to match roommates.
How do I know if someone will be a good roommate?
Look for agreement on the things that come up every day: how clean shared spaces should be, when the house goes quiet, how often people come over and how bills get split. Just as important is how they handle disagreement, someone who will talk a problem through is easier to live with than someone who agrees with everything. A compatibility test shows you which topics to raise; a conversation settles them.
What questions should I ask a potential roommate?
Ask about the specifics that decide daily life: when they sleep and wake up, what “clean enough” means to them, how often they have guests and whether guests stay over, how they want to split rent and bills, what they are happy to share, and how they want to hear it when something bothers you. This page has a longer list of questions to ask a potential roommate, grouped by topic.
What makes two roommates compatible?
Compatible roommates do not need identical habits. They need similar expectations about the things that matter most to each of them, and enough tolerance for the differences. A night owl and an early riser can live together well if they agree on when the house goes quiet.
Can I check roommate compatibility with my friends?
Yes. Start a test, answer the questions, and share your group link with as many friends as you like. Each person answers on their own phone and sees their compatibility score with everyone else in the group. No app or Roomrr account is needed.
Does a high compatibility score guarantee we will be good roommates?
No. A score shows how closely your answers line up; it cannot predict everything about living together. Use it to find the conversations worth having, the results suggest questions for each pair, and make the decision together.
How does Roomrr calculate roommate compatibility?
Roomrr checks dealbreakers first: things a person has said they cannot live with. If one clashes, the pair is shown as not compatible instead of being given a percentage. Otherwise, answers are compared across 14 areas of home life, from cleanliness and sleep to guests, money and privacy. Each difference is weighed by how much the person feeling it says they can tolerate and by what each of you said matters most, then combined into one score.
More about Roomrr itself is in the Roomrr FAQ.
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Will you be good roommates? Find out together.
Start a group, send the link to your friends, and see how you’d live with each of them.