Comparison

Offender Watch Parent vs Thrive STB

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

Thrive STB

Features
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Stay connected with the Thrive STB community. With our app you can: - Post in our community feed - View our upcoming events - Manage your profile - Engage in our chat rooms

Screenshots

Offender Watch Parent4 screens
Thrive STB3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thrive STB at none against Offender Watch Parent's 2. Offender Watch Parent's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Thrive STB asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Offender Watch Parent versus Thrive STB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffender Watch ParentThrive STB
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB2 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWatch Systems, LLCCreate Community

Bugs and requests

Offender Watch Parent

Reported bugs

32 issues
  • App does not work
  • App hacks software
  • App is buggy
  • App barely functions
  • App does nothing
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  • No pictures or addresses shown
  • App is a scam
  • Pay prompt pops up randomly
  • App does not work in specific locations
  • Hard to navigate
  • No search results
  • App asks for money for subscription
  • Paid version not working
  • App shows black screen
  • App is useless
  • Locations in error or lack information
  • Addresses not on any offender registries
  • App does not start up or open
  • App has no changes after upgrade
  • Subscription button does nothing
  • App tells you to look it up yourself
  • Free version doesn't do anything
  • No way to contact support
  • App shows name and address only
  • App keeps pinging phone as pedophile
  • App doesn't search
  • App gives error codes
  • App shows "Unable to continue" or "try again later"
  • Profile information not available
  • App has stopped working
  • Cannot set up username/password from app
  • Email and phone number invalid when contacting support

Requested features

6 requests
  • Show offender images
  • Show list of convictions
  • Provide direct link to offender profile
  • Dark mode toggle
  • Better instructions for setup
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  • Ability to submit information about offenders

Thrive STB

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Offender Watch Parent

Subscriptions2
  • Family Protect Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Offenderwatch SVN Subscription$9.991 Year
None

Thrive STB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offender Watch Parent free?
Offender Watch Parent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thrive STB free?
Thrive STB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Offender Watch Parent or Thrive STB have ads?
Thrive STB shows ads; Offender Watch Parent does not.

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