Tearline by NGA vs FarFaces Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tearline by NGA
Access open-source intelligence on strategic, economic, and humanitarian topics. Review articles chronologically or by category, with detailed overviews and downloadable structured data. Includes infographics, visualizations, and satellite imagery analysis.
- Open access intelligence content
- Chronological and categorized article review
- Analytic overview and future focus highlights
- Downloadable structured data
- Infographics and visualizations
- Satellite imagery analysis
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Tearline provides open source intelligence to the public. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is partnering with expert non-profit groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic, economic, and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported within in-depth or long-form formats. Features • Content is open and available to the general public • Review all articles in chronological order or select a category of interest to view related articles • Article Overview feature highlights the analytic overview, activity intro, looking ahead focus areas and things to watch for next • Download the underlying structured data used in the articles, which are organized using simple color codes • Read content in chronological order in the Timeline feature • View infographics and visualizations summarizing the articles main content in the Graphs feature • Satellite imagery analysis available in articles
FarFaces Security
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Advanced mobile biometric matching technology for professional security companies. Up to 15m recognition from any mobile device. Alternative to CCTV.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tearline by NGA at every 3 months against FarFaces Security's every 14 months. Tearline by NGA also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tearline by NGA ships an update every 3 months, FarFaces Security every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tearline by NGA | FarFaces Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | BitCenter UK Ltd |
In-app purchases
Tearline by NGA
No in-app purchases
FarFaces Security
No in-app purchases
