# PlateSpot - License Plate Game — user reviews > 185 indexed App Store user reviews of PlateSpot by Villegas Ventures LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 16,993 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/platespot-license-plate-game/id1396893331/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/platespot-license-plate-game/id1396893331.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13,973 · 4★ 1,779 · 3★ 645 · 2★ 219 · 1★ 377 ## What do users think of PlateSpot? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Simple and fun - 👍 Great for road trips - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Includes Canada and Mexico plates - 👍 Provides state information **Cons** - 🐛 Too many ads - 🔋 Time-consuming to use - 🐛 Glitchy at times - 🐛 Missing some license plate types **Commonly reported bugs** - Caused cellular data issues - Difficult to claim plates quickly - Missing some Canadian provinces **Most requested features** - Ability to compete with friends - Save/export trip data - Add more license plate types (territories, Indian reservations, etc.) - Tracking by person in the car - Add state symbols, mottos, and other details - Ability to view past results/trips - Less intrusive ads or paid version ## Newest reviews (15 of 185) ### 3/5 — Too much adds *2026-08-02, version 3.1* Every few buttons I click there is always an add. ### 4/5 — Review to PlateSpot *2026-07-24, version 3.1* So many ads! ### 3/5 — Pictures of plates *2026-07-17, version 3.1* You should show all the pictures of plates for each plate. ### 2/5 — Too many ads!! *2026-07-01, version 3.1* Every two or three plates I claim, there is an ad. Every time I switch between countries, there is an ad. If I leave the app open and untouched for too long, THERE IS AN AD. I would enjoy this app so much more if there weren’t so many ads. ### 3/5 — Ads *2026-06-08, version 3.1* I love this app for road trips, and it includes license plates from Canada and Mexico also. I like that it has the fun facts/descriptions of the states. But after two plates, there are 2-5 ads that you can’t skip. ### 3/5 — Too many ads. *2026-05-30, version 3.1* I can tolerate Ads but not every other time I find a plate. I’m ready to ditch this app after just two day. ### 2/5 — Advertisements *2026-05-22, version 3.1* Regardless of what some may claim, there most certainly are AD's throughout the usage of this app. ### 2/5 — To many adds *2026-04-21, version 3.1* Every other plate I get it gives you an add ### 4/5 — Decent free app *2026-04-06, version 3.1* Nice free app for traveling. Too many ads. ### 4/5 — Love the app- don’t like the “trip” feature *2026-01-20, version 3.0* App is awesome!! Would be helpful if one could add plates to a saved trip instead of having to start a whole new collection of plates. ### 3/5 — There are a lot of ads for such a simple app *2026-01-08, version 3.0* I understand that app designers need to make money, but the number of ads I have to sit through while trying to do this simple app is a little bit absurd, I feel like. ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD. IDENTITY THEFT. *2026-01-07, version 3.0* Far too many ads and after about an hour of use, my phone stopped working. My eSIM was stolen and I had to contact my phone provider to fix it. ### 2/5 — WAY too many ads *2025-12-28, version 3.0* There is a pop up ad every two clicks, and often a 30 second ad. Absolutely maddening. ### 2/5 — Hey, if you love ads... *2025-12-26, version 3.0* If you love watching an ad every time you log a plate, this is the app for you. ### 2/5 — A lot of ads *2025-11-30, version 3.0* I keep on getting ads of bras ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-08-28, version 3.1* It is a great idea, just you need to fix it. I saw a Saskatchewan plate and then Puerto Rico was added along with it. I thought I might have miss clicked so I deleted Puerto Rico and Saskatchewan got deleted with it! This happend about 10 times. Also, whenever I clicked a button, a new ad popped up! I get it that you need ads to make money, but that is way to many ads, and bugs that I have seen already and I have only had the app for 10 minutes! Also could you please add so you can add a plate multiple times? I find that if you get a duplicate you should be able to add it unlimited times. Can you please fix the problems that i was finding? I get it if you have deals with add companies, but the duplicates and Saskatchewan and Puerto Rico issues it would be greatly appreciated. ### 1/5 — This app served up a fake virus alert! Beware! *2026-08-04, version 3.1* Watch out! ### 1/5 — Watch ads *2026-07-30, version 3.1* So frustrating. This is claim a plate and watch a 60 second ad or in most cases be forced to click on an ad or close the app and restart. What a waste of time!! ### 1/5 — Insane amount of ads *2026-07-08, version 3.1* Every license plate put in results in an ad ### 1/5 — Ads no go *2026-07-08, version 3.1* The app stinks. So many adds that you can’t remember what plates you saw and your kids are screaming at you to claim it while an irrelevant ad plays for an excessive amount of time. ### 1/5 — Inappropriate ads *2026-05-08, version 3.1* Full screen ads, with videos, the first one claimed my phone had been hacked by visiting adult websites. Nice. Family app and taking ads that are deceptive and inappropriate ### 1/5 — Find another version with less ads *2026-03-28, version 3.0* Way too many ads ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-03-13, version 3.0* To many ads! ### 1/5 — Upsetting *2026-03-08, version 3.0* A little work on the facts would be great.. Oklahoma- no mention of natives in the facts, but can talk about the pioneer movement :/ upsetting ### 1/5 — ads *2026-02-28, version 3.0* why the hell are there ads in this ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love ittt *2026-08-21, version 3.1* I love itttt ### 5/5 — The best road trip game *2026-06-22, version 3.1* I was on a 4 or 5 hour road trip and me and cousin were having so much fun; I would recommend this game for long drives. ### 5/5 — License plate game *2026-05-25, version 3.1* It was very fun to play but hard to complete we finished after about 8 years ### 5/5 — Great, but needs completionary map *2026-03-13, version 3.0* This app is great. None other that work as well. But, there are two features I’d love to see. One is a dedicated total spot thing for just lifetime instead of a trip Two is just a way to see the full US map made of grey states and the states of whose plates you have spotted be colored in ### 5/5 — Fun! *2026-02-23, version 3.0* This game is easy to use, I like how organized it is. 5 stars!!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-09-29, version 3.0* 10/10 ### 5/5 — Great update - one request *2025-08-01, version 2.9.1* We use this so much I have no problem paying for the ad-free version. Absolutely love that found plates are filtered out now. Can you make a grouping to hunt just the 51 United States (including DC) and not the territories? We’ve been playing forever and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those in the States. Even better if you could select any or all of 4 sets - US (including DC), Territories, Canada, Mexico. Then if someone wanted to hunt both US and Canada, or US and territories, or all they could decide exactly how to play. Thanks for a great app! ### 5/5 — Great App but new US list needs another option! *2025-08-01, version 2.9.1* Love playing the game each month! One suggestion…please have US territories be its own category. Or create the US list so we can delete these from what we are looking for each month. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-07-27, version 2.9.1* I love playing this on long car rides/road trips. Would definitely recommend ### 5/5 — Review *2025-07-26, version 2.9.1* Very fun and entertaining and very easy to use!! Great for road trips! --- *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 2026-09-03.*