Comparison

TraffickCam vs xWind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TraffickCam

Contribute to fighting sex trafficking by uploading photos of hotel rooms. This creates a searchable database of images that investigators can use to pinpoint locations and identify victims and perpetrators.

Highlights
  • Upload hotel room photos
  • Contribute to anti-trafficking efforts
  • Create a searchable image database
  • Assist investigators
  • Identify crime locations
Features
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TraffickCam enables you to help combat sex trafficking by uploading photos of the hotel rooms you stay in when you travel. Traffickers regularly post photographs of their victims posed in hotel rooms for online advertisements. These photographs are evidence that can be used to find and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes. In order to use these photos, however, analysts must be able to determine where the photos were taken. The purpose of TraffickCam is to create a database of hotel room images that an analyst can efficiently search, in order to find other images that were taken in the same location as an image that is part of an inquiry.

About

xWind

This tool helps pilots quickly assess wind conditions relative to aircraft limitations. It displays essential wind data, including headwind, crosswind, and tailwind components, along with runway course and wind limits on a single screen for easy reference during flight.

Highlights
  • Headwind, crosswind, and tailwind calculation
  • Displays current wind direction and speed
  • Shows runway course
  • Indicates applied wind limits
  • Identifies 'forbidden' wind angles
  • Provides maximum wind speed table
  • Adjustable wind and runway settings
Features
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xWind is an easy to use tool to assist pilots in evaluating wind conditions with respect to head, cross and tailwind limitations. Once setup, the xWind app provides all information in one single screen, requiring minimal user interaction during high workload phases of flight, displaying: - Current wind direction and speed - Runway course - Cross and head or tailwind components - Currently applied wind limits - 'Forbidden' wind angles based on the current wind speed - Maximum wind speed table based on current wind limits ​ Reference wind, runway course, as well as wind limits, can all be adjusted on the main screen by either dragging the wind arrow, course rose or wind limit lines. A settings button at the bottom presents a popup screen where both the units for wind speed (Kts or Mps) and the default values for wind limits can be specified. In addition to the general setting for wind speed units, the user can select the alternative units for only the current wind, wind components and maximum winds table by double tapping the wind display at the top of the main screen. When operating from a Kts country into Mps territory, this option allows to set the current wind and see the maximum allowed winds in Mps, based on limits that are still set in Kts. Or vice versa.... xWinds supports iOS darkmode.

Screenshots

TraffickCam4 screens
xWind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TraffickCam at Free against xWind's $0.99. xWind's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TraffickCam is free to download; xWind costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

xWind holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: xWind has 550 ratings behind it against 94, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of TraffickCam's written reviews are positive against 75% of xWind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TraffickCam ships an update every 6 months, xWind fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TraffickCam versus xWind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraffickCamxWind
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.1 (94 ratings)4.6 (550 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings94550 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperImaging for GoodJan Bloemendaal

Customer experience

TraffickCam

All ratings94 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral7.2%
Negative31.9%

xWind

All ratings550 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

TraffickCam

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Great concept/idea
  • 👍 Simple to use (historically)
  • ⭐ Makes a big difference
  • 💖 Love the initiative
  • ✅ App works (for some)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy/Unusable
  • ❌ Cannot get past instructions
  • 🐌 Slow to upload
  • 🚫 No confirmation of success
  • ⚠️ Error messages

xWind

From 550 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and read
  • 👍 Works well for its intended purpose
  • 👍 Good interface
  • 👍 Remembers settings
  • 👍 Helpful for visualizing wind

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Numbers are unlabeled and ambiguous
  • 🤔 Not intuitive
  • 🤔 Difficult to understand
  • 🤔 Instructions could be clearer
  • 🤔 Old version was better

Bugs and requests

TraffickCam

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Cannot get past instruction window
  • Advice box stuck on screen
  • Unable to upload after several attempts
  • Error messages about wrong 'next step'
  • Pop-ups block progress
Show 7 more
  • App crashes
  • Cannot progress after first photo
  • App not working/says it's not working
  • Getting an error when trying to submit
  • New version unusable
  • Crashes when using camera or accessing photos
  • iOS10 issues causing crashes

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow uploading from photo library
  • Add option to upload previously taken photos
  • Provide updates on how the app helps
  • Add confirmation message for successful uploads
  • Improve usability to avoid 'wrong step' errors
Show 5 more
  • Add push notifications for hotel locations
  • Option to not include room number
  • Consider decoding criminal encryption
  • Protect whistleblowers
  • Address child poverty

xWind

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Speed toggle doesn't work, always shows MPS

Requested features

3 requests
  • Incorporate gust factors
  • 3 customizable buttons for quick limit settings
  • Different colored concentric rings inside the red limit ring

In-app purchases

None

TraffickCam

No in-app purchases

None

xWind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TraffickCam free?
TraffickCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is xWind free?
xWind costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TraffickCam or xWind?
xWind is rated higher. TraffickCam averages 4.1 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while xWind averages 4.6 from 550 ratings.
Do TraffickCam or xWind have ads?
Neither TraffickCam nor xWind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TraffickCam or xWind?
TraffickCam ships an update every 6 months, and xWind fortnightly. Most recently, TraffickCam was updated on August 28, 2026 and xWind on September 20, 2026.

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