WatchTower Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience53.8% of reviews
Neutral3.8% of reviews
Negative experience42.3% of reviews

~ Based on 52 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is WatchTower Safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess WatchTower.

Is WatchTower Legit?

WatchTower appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for WatchTower is 65/100.

Based on 65 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

This is needed

Unreal app

Not worth it if you don’t pay

Kept seeing videos on instagram about this app and thought it sounded really cool. Downloaded it tonight and already deleting it 10 mins later. The app is useless if you don’t pay to use it. You can’t see any reports unless you pay to access. Disappointing

Everything is behind a paywall

When setting up an area, told you can have a free 1km radius, which I’m fine with. Only to then find even to see the notifications within that 1km you have to pay. For an app that simply just gives alerts you can mostly get from VicEmergency, $10 is a bit of a stretch.

Subscriber beware

I’d be very hesitant to use an application that takes up authoritative public warning information from Police and Emergency Services and parks it behind a paywall and markets it as their information.

You cannot remove your personal data

Doesn’t allow you to permanently remove your data when you delete the app. That’s very suspicious for a so called safety app.

Buggy and overcomplicated

Install process is ridiculously overcomplicated. I couldn’t get it to work so I suggest it’s not worth your time.

Highly recommended

Makes me feel much safer and aware of what’s happening in the area. I love the safety features like the fake call and being followed button.

AMAZING!

Such an awesome tool for living around ‘Gotham City’ aka Melbourne right now. 100% in love with this app and 5 stars doesn’t do it justice!

Mainly a vic emergency copy

Perhaps I am in the wrong area but all my alerts are the same as the free vic emergency app. The app is also dependent on users with a paid subscription filling in the incidents, so a real hit and miss.

Real Time Neighbourhood Watch

I’ve had this app for a couple of months now & its a great community tool. Get notifications in real time, whether it’s a traffic hazard, suspicious activity etc or more serious incidents of crime. As a subscriber I’m able to set up multiple watch zones & as my mother lives alone I’m now able to check activity around her which gives a little comfort knowing I can alert her with the help of this app. I’ve referred my family, friends & clients because the more it grows as a community the stronger the community stands in possibly preventing & disrupting opportunistic criminals. Watching out for one another is the best tool we have right now.
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Great app

I have had a few incidents in my street which thanks to watch tower and the community it has brought together I was notified about the events. Highly recommended

Handy and interesting

It’s an easy way to let your community know about dodgy behaviour and a way to feel safe.

Great option for the security conscious.

Getting great info about what’s going in our area.

Peace of mind

It’s a great app. I’ve got all my family onto it as the more people using it, the better. I live in a rural community and love the fact that locals are also using it. Works better than our local grapevine!

Fine

The app works fine but you need to pay to look at some notifications

Major peace of mind

I’ve used this not just for safety in my local neighbourhood but for live traffic updates that I can’t find elsewhere.
Knowing what’s going on in real time has been great at making me more proactive about my family’s safety.
The app is easy to use and I like how it can be customised to desired radius.
Not going to lie, reading the daily feed gives me a laugh because it’s just so well written along with very specific insights into various wrongdoings. Highly recommended for anyone after peace of mind!
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Great concept

Love the idea of a community driven safety app. hope more people sign up – the more people, the more intel on the platform, the more useful becomes for everyone

What is says on the tin

Great app, easy to use must have

Vibes

In a sea of AI slop this app feels like it has most certainly been vibe coded over a few prompts. It is riddled with bugs, dead links, and UX choices that make zero sense. My advice to the developer, roll back to basics. Simplify the entire app and run some actual UAT before pushing your next update. Looking at the developers list of other apps I feel he has just learnt what vibe coding is and is getting very excited by what it can do. This app could be 5 stars, just needs some work to get there.
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Scam app

Just another scam app, gets you to give over all your information then hits you with a paywall.