# Plate Lookup: VIN Check — user reviews > 122 indexed App Store user reviews of Plate Lookup by Plate Lookup LLC, rated 4.71/5 from 3,684 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plate-lookup-vin-check/id1476862366/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plate-lookup-vin-check/id1476862366.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,922 · 4★ 205 · 3★ 82 · 2★ 30 · 1★ 134 ## What do users think of Plate Lookup? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate information - 🚀 Helpful for work - 👍 Great app - 👍 Very useful **Cons** - 💰 Paid service - 💰 Expensive - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 Unreliable - 🔒 Privacy concerns **Commonly reported bugs** - Errors and server issues - Compatibility problems - Inconsistent functionality **Most requested features** - Add Canadian provinces - Add more countries - Allow deleting search history ## Newest reviews (10 of 122) ### 3/5 — Ridiculous Service *2026-04-11, version 6.1.0* I would of give you 5 stars but you want to charge me to use it. So awful. How can you do this and install app is free. I will not recommend anyone to use this app because of awful service. ### 3/5 — Cool *2026-04-02, version 6.0.3* I like this app because it actually pulls up the right car most of the time, but you have to pay for more look ups which kind of sucks ### 3/5 — Good but… *2026-02-25, version 6.0.0* Was awesome before they went to subscription. it was a per car service before, 50 lookups X amount of dollars. Now it’s a subscription and that just sucks they are trying to charge $25 for something you can do for free online with any vin check and pay like $2 bucks to unlock the history of that one car. Unfortunate… $8 lite version that gives you essentially what the car is and the vin. Yeah that’s not really cool. ### 2/5 — Find a different app *2026-02-06, version 5.2.2* A lot of times you have to run the same plate multiple times to get it to return. Also charging $25 a month to look up VIN numbers is robbery. ### 2/5 — Price increase *2025-12-11, version 4.8.6* 👎 ### 3/5 — Price increase *2025-09-26, version 4.6.0* 👎 ### 1/5 — Stupid *2025-02-03, version 3.2.1* And useless ### 1/5 — Fell off massively *2025-01-25, version 3.2.1* Suddenly required the use of credits to look up vehicles. This app used to be #1 in identifying license plates and now is just another greed pit. ### 1/5 — Unsubscribe me please *2024-12-25, version 3.1.0* Please stop billing me for services i don’t want or need. ### 5/5 — Best app available *2024-09-15, version 3.0.2* Very useful apps Thank you ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Did not work *2026-06-01, version 6.4.0* Did not work ### 1/5 — Bs having a limit *2026-03-23, version 6.0.2* I find it absurd there’s a limit when I don’t get much info in general ### 1/5 — Was great now greedy *2025-08-31, version 4.3.0* Service used to be free and great, now requires you to pay to do anything. ### 1/5 — Update *2025-08-18, version 4.2.0* No longer free ### 1/5 — canada provinces *2025-08-06, version 4.1.0* add canadian provinces this sucks without them ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2025-07-14, version 3.5.0* This app will work a few times and then tell you to check back later or nothing is available. ### 1/5 — Too expensive *2025-06-17, version 3.2.1* Horrible ### 1/5 — Don’t work *2025-04-21, version 3.2.1* It don’t work after you pay for credits every tag typed in says it couldn’t find vehicles for this tag / state combo ### 1/5 — COST *2025-04-09, version 3.2.1* ITS A GOOD APP BUT IT SHOULD NOT COST SO THERE FOR IM RATING THIS 1 star once its free then i will change it to 5 stars ### 1/5 — Used to be Great *2025-02-15, version 3.2.1* Limiting to 25 searches and then requiring to pay, killed this app. I’ve been using it for about 3 years and it’s amazing (was amazing). Now, I have zero use for it as I will not be paying any money for more “credits.” ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — LOVE THIS APP *2026-05-06, version 6.3.0* Can’t believe you don’t have this app yet found my sisters stolen car using this app, that’s what made me fall in love with it at first. But now I use it for much more. I bought a car from a buy here pay here place who had the car listed for 6,000 bucks. After putting the vin in the app and looking into the car details I seen that it sold at auction for 640 dollars…. Needless to say I didn’t have to pay anything close to 6,000 for my car. You need this app you need to tell your friends about it you need to get it now!!! Not paid for this review just a super happy customer!!! ### 5/5 — Works great *2026-03-15, version 6.0.1* Love this app works great ### 5/5 — Muy buena app 10 de 10 *2026-01-12, version 5.2.1* Excelente ### 5/5 — Super easy *2026-01-07, version 5.1.0* The interface on this app makes it super easy to look up VINS. Super detailed in the info it provides too! ### 5/5 — Unbelievably Accurate *2025-05-16, version 3.2.1* Amazing App. Just PLEASE, keep it up! ### 5/5 — Great app!! Give it a try ❤️ *2025-05-13, version 3.2.1* I didn’t think the app would work but I was wrong! It’s accurate as well and very informative. ### 5/5 — MUST BE FREE *2025-02-08, version 3.2.1* Awesome tool to report bad/misbehaving drivers ### 5/5 — Ehhh *2024-12-17, version 3.0.2* Don’t know when the need to use credits happened, but it ruined the best app ever for license plates. ### 5/5 — Very accurate *2024-12-05, version 3.0.2* This app has help so much in the auto industry ### 5/5 — Highway robbery *2024-09-26, version 3.0.2* Purchased this app in the past to have unlimited access for work purposes now asking for more money to continue using but the app works great outside of that, but given it 1 star due to double dipping and ripping people off --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*