AirFlare vs WearTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirFlare
This app transforms your phone into a wilderness rescue beacon, ensuring you can be located during emergencies or for simple meetups. It offers reliable location sharing, even with weak cellular service, and utilizes patented technology for effective rescue without user initiation, preserving battery life.
- Wilderness rescue beacon
- Location sharing
- Works without cellular service
- Battery preservation
- Emergency contacts
- SOS strobe
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AirFlare turns your phone into a wilderness rescue beacon, allowing you or your loved ones to be located whether it’s just meeting up or an emergency! Stay connected with Location Sharing that’s easy to setup, finds the right device, and works reliably even in spotty cellular coverage. Be protected with the most effective rescue technology possible: the one you have on you when you need it! Our patented technology turns your phone into a mountain rescue beacon. It works without cellular service—although even better with it—without requiring user initiation, and actually preserves battery life up to a week. AirFlare also provides a suite of lifesaving tools and advice: like local emergency contacts and Text-to-911 status, and a camera-flash SOS strobe. Your subscription to the AirFlare Network is billed annually to your iTunes account and renews automatically, unless disabled or cancelled at any time by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase and at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged at confirmation of purchase and, for renewal, within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
WearTime
This tool helps you track the daily duration you wear a medical device. Set personalized daily goals and review your progress with a 30-day history stored locally on your device.
- Track medical device wear time
- Customizable daily goals
- 30-day history storage
- Device data stored locally
- Supports Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad
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Tool to track how long you wear a medical device like a brace each day. Fully customizable daily goal and 30 day history stored on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WearTime at 5.0 against AirFlare's 4.5. WearTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). AirFlare's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. AirFlare sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. WearTime asks for nothing beyond the download.
WearTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of AirFlare's written reviews are positive against 100% of WearTime's.
| Parameter | AirFlare | WearTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vector Flight LLC | Scott MacPhee |
Customer experience
AirFlare
WearTime
In-app purchases
AirFlare
- AirFlare Network$4.991 Year
- AirFlare Network6 Months trial$4.991 Year
- AirFlare Network3 Months trial$4.991 Year
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- AirFlare Network1 Month trial$4.991 Year
- AirFlare Network7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Friends-and-Family membership7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Friends-and-Family membership1 Year trial$8.991 Year
- AirFlare Network7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- AirFlare Network$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Subscription$14.99
WearTime
No in-app purchases









