Comparison

ShareTree vs WatchTower

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

Head to head
About

ShareTree

This platform helps organizations cultivate purpose, character, and community through shared acknowledgments and volunteering. It connects individuals and groups to meaningful causes, fostering growth and positive psychology with digital character cards.

Highlights
  • Character development
  • Team culture building
  • Community benefit volunteering
  • Digital character cards
  • Purposeful connections
  • Growth mindset fostering
Features
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The ShareTree application is a global, sustainable and self propagating system that cultivates purpose, equity, spirituality and harmony through the development of character, culture and community. The application is useful for schools, businesses and community organisations that seek higher purpose, character education, creating team cultures of connection and gratitude by linking your organisation to aligned meaningful charity and community benefit volunteering. The ShareTree App and social purpose platform have been developed to give schools, community groups, businesses and individuals an opportunity to SHARE their acknowledgement of others’ character qualities; as well as SHARE their time, skills and resources by making meaningful contributions to the community through volunteering. The platform enables participants to establish their own ShareTree profile. A ShareTree profile brings individuals and communities together which enables purposeful connections through character virtues and values, fostering growth mindset and positive psychology. The platform contains a deck of 120 digital Character Cards that can be viewed and shared with others. Each contemplative card features a character quality such as wisdom, purposefulness, hope, love, courage, respect, etc. and acts as a guide to reflect on and practice specific character qualities. The platform can be used to cultivate character in everyday life.

About

WatchTower

Stay informed about neighborhood safety with real-time crime maps and alerts. Report incidents quickly and securely, and track safety trends in your community. Designed for residents who want to be aware without feeling anxious.

Highlights
  • Real-time crime map
  • Fast incident reporting
  • Customizable alert zones
  • Location-based safety scores
  • Community feed of reports
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Know what's happening on your streets — as it happens. WatchTower is Australia's community safety network. Thousands of members report suspicious activity, theft, break-ins and public safety incidents in real time — so you hear about trouble on your street before it reaches your door. LIVE SAFETY MAP See what's happening around you on an interactive map — community reports and verified emergency incidents, tracked around the clock across Australia. Filter by recency, tap any marker for details, and watch your area in real time. LIVE SAFETY SCORE Every area gets a live safety rating from 0–100, weighted by what's actually been reported nearby and how recently. Check the score before you park, walk, or house-hunt. INSTANT LOCAL ALERTS Set alert zones around home, work, school — anywhere you care about — and get a push notification the moment something is reported inside them. No spam, no noise from the other side of the country. Just what matters to you. REPORT IN SECONDS Spot something suspicious? Report it in a few taps with photos and location. Smart AI filtering keeps personal details out and keeps reports clean, so the community stays informed and safe. PERSONAL SAFETY SUITE SOS — one press shares your live location with your Trusted Circle instantly Walk With Me — timed check-ins for late walks; miss a check-in and your circle is alerted with your live trail Followed Mode — feel like someone's behind you? Start a session and your circle sees every step until you're safe Trusted Circle — your chosen people can follow your live location during a session, even if your screen is locked Route Safety — check the safety picture along your planned route before you head out Discreet Mode & Quick Exit — designed with domestic violence safety in mind COMMUNITY FEED & DAILY WRAPS A live feed of what members are seeing, plus regular wrap-ups of the last 24 hours across the country — the patterns, the hotspots, and what to watch for tonight. EMERGENCY COVERAGE Verified incidents from official emergency feeds nationwide, plus police helicopter activity tracking — all placed on your map automatically. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Anonymous reporting. AI-powered personal-information filtering. Your location is only collected while you use the app, and live sharing only runs during a safety session you start — it stops the moment the session ends. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ShareTree4 screens
WatchTower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShareTree at Free against WatchTower's $3.99. ShareTree also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). WatchTower's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, ads 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

ShareTree is free to download; WatchTower costs $3.99 up front. WatchTower sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. ShareTree asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShareTree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ShareTree's written reviews are positive against 55% of WatchTower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShareTree ships an update every 6 weeks, WatchTower weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ShareTree versus WatchTower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShareTreeWatchTower
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better54.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB48 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperShareTree IncDominic Porter

Customer experience

ShareTree

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

WatchTower

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative41.5%

In-app purchases

None

ShareTree

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WatchTower

Subscriptions1
  • WatchTower Subscription$2.991 Month

Questions

Is ShareTree free?
ShareTree is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WatchTower free?
WatchTower costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShareTree or WatchTower?
ShareTree is rated higher. ShareTree averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while WatchTower averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ShareTree or WatchTower have ads?
Neither ShareTree nor WatchTower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShareTree or WatchTower?
ShareTree ships an update every 6 weeks, and WatchTower weekly. Most recently, ShareTree was updated on October 18, 2026 and WatchTower on October 30, 2026.

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