Comparison

Offender Watch Parent vs Anjel

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

Head to head
About

Offender Watch Parent

This app helps parents protect their children from online and home-based dangers. It provides tools to track children's locations, search for registered sex offenders nearby, and receive alerts about potential threats. The app also offers advice on child safety.

Highlights
  • Family location sharing
  • Search registered sex offenders
  • Offender alerts
  • Monitor child's device contacts
  • Child safety advice and articles
  • Contact local law enforcement
Features
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Keep Your Child Safer Online and at Home Sexual predators targeting children online is a scary reality. The OffenderWatch family safety app helps parents protect their children from the unthinkable. Family location sharing allows parents to track their children on a map and see if registered sex offenders live nearby. Parents can also search for registered sex offenders by name or address, see the photo and details about an offender, submit-a-tip about the offender, contact local law enforcement, and get an alert should a registered sex offender move in nearby. (Offender data is for US states only and limited to those offenders published by the state) The OffenderWatch app includes friendly advice and articles about protecting your child at home and online. Unlike other apps, OffenderWatch has partnered with law enforcement to bring the most complete and correct data on registered sex offenders available. Parents subscribe to receive alerts should their child get contacted by a registered sex offender by text, phone call, or email.sets up a contact for an offender. Parents also receive location alerts should their child linger near a registered sex offender’s home. A Protect Plus subscription is just $4.99 per month and covers the entire family. How the OffenderWatch monitoring Works 1 Monitor Your Child’s Device The OffenderWatch app monitors who calls, emails, or messages your child, and tracks the location on of child’s iPhone—working silently in the background and not interfering with the phone’s use. 2 Check Against Sex Offender Data We use the most accurate data available. It is provided directly by the law enforcement agencies who manage registered sex offenders. The app checks to see if a registered sex offender is attempting to contact your child or if your child is lingering near an offender’s address. https://offenderwatch.com/terms-of-use/

About

Anjel

This app helps users create an interactive map to record safety experiences and rate locations globally. Users can contribute to a community-driven safety rating system and receive personalized alerts for unsafe areas.

Highlights
  • Interactive safety map
  • Location safety ratings (Safe, Caution, Danger)
  • User-generated safety experiences
  • Personalized safety alerts
  • Share current safety status
  • Anonymous posting option
Features
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At Anjel, we understand how important safety is to you–and we are here to help. Our application is built on one simple concept: working together to keep each other safe. Users like you create an interactive map that records individual safety experiences and determines the safety rating of locations across the globe. Users can subscribe and personalize an alert feature which will warn them upon entering an unsafe area. Free use of the app includes having access to the map’s rating system and viewing your current safety status, which can be shared with family or friends. Honesty is our best policy: Anjel users set up a profile and post a safety rating of their geographic locations using three color coded categories: Safe, Caution, and Danger. Each category has a selection of icons that can be used to describe each individual experience in that location. We are counting on you to help provide the most reliable and up to date information. By creating a profile, you can view safety ratings in your area and mark them as True or False. You can also comment on existing posts in order to share your own experiences in that location. Don’t worry! You can stay anonymous if you want. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy: http://18.216.195.252/privacy • Terms of use(EULA): http://18.216.195.252/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Offender Watch Parent4 screens
Anjel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Anjel at 75% against Offender Watch Parent's 28%. Anjel also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.0) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Offender Watch Parent sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Anjel sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anjel holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Offender Watch Parent's written reviews are positive against 75% of Anjel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offender Watch Parent ships an update every 3 weeks, Anjel monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Offender Watch Parent versus Anjel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffender Watch ParentAnjel
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (26 ratings)4.2 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWatch Systems, LLCRoman Marchuk

Customer experience

Offender Watch Parent

All ratings26 ratings
Positive23.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative73.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative67.4%

Anjel

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Offender Watch Parent

Subscriptions2
  • Family Protect Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Offenderwatch SVN Subscription$9.991 Year
7 purchases

Anjel

Subscriptions6
  • Anjel Guard (Students)$0.492 Months
  • Anjel Guard$0.991 Month
  • Anjel Notification (Students)$0.993 Months
Show 3 more
  • Subscription $1.99$1.991 Month
  • Subscription $9.99$9.991 Month
  • Subscription $39.99$39.991 Month
One-time1
  • One Time Search $1.99$1.99

Questions

Is Offender Watch Parent free?
Offender Watch Parent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anjel free?
Anjel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Offender Watch Parent or Anjel?
Anjel is rated higher. Offender Watch Parent averages 2.0 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Anjel averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do Offender Watch Parent or Anjel have ads?
Neither Offender Watch Parent nor Anjel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offender Watch Parent or Anjel?
Offender Watch Parent ships an update every 3 weeks, and Anjel monthly. Most recently, Offender Watch Parent was updated on September 21, 2026 and Anjel on June 11, 2026.

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