Comparison

Offender Watch Parent vs Radius

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

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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

Radius

Connect with people nearby who share your passions. Plan real-life meetups with interest-based matching and integrated safety features. Customize your profile to express your unique style.

Highlights
  • Interest-based matching
  • Custom HTML profile editor
  • Meetup planning with location suggestions
  • Live location sharing during meetups
  • One-tap SOS emergency alerts
  • In-app messaging
  • Adjustable search distance
Features
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**Meet people near you who share your interests.** Radius is a proximity-based social app that helps you find people nearby who enjoy the same things you do — and actually meet up in person. Interest-based matching, real meetup planning, and built-in safety tools, all in one place. **How it works** Tell us what you're into — coffee, hiking, board games, live music, working out, photography, whatever it is — and Radius matches you with people nearby who share those interests. Once you're both interested, Radius helps you take the next step: choosing a real place to meet, nearby and convenient for both of you. **Make your profile actually yours** Radius gives you a custom HTML profile editor so you can build your own page with your own style, layout, and personality. Add a photo gallery, pick your own colors and fonts, write your own bio your way. No two Radius profiles look alike. **Built for meeting up in person** Once you're matched, you can chat in the app, pick a meetup spot together with both people confirming the location, get suggested places nearby tailored to your shared interests, and track live location during your meetup so you both know when the other is close. **Safety first** Radius is built with real safety tools at every step: - One-tap SOS alerts during any active meetup - Live location sharing on the way to your meetup spot - Built-in reporting and blocking tools - Adjustable distance preferences - 18+ only **Why Radius** Radius was built around a simple idea: the fastest way to expand your social circle is to actually meet someone in person, doing something you both already enjoy. Whether you're new in town or just looking to meet more people, Radius turns a shared interest into a real face-to-face connection. **What you get** - Interest-based matching across dozens of categories - Custom HTML profile editor - Mutual meetup location selection with built-in suggestions - Real-time location sharing during meetups - One-tap SOS emergency alerts - In-app messaging - User reporting and blocking tools - Adjustable search distance

Screenshots

Offender Watch Parent4 screens
Radius4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Radius at 3.7 against Offender Watch Parent's 2.0. Radius also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Offender Watch Parent's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3). On price, ads, 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. Radius asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Radius holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Offender Watch Parent has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Offender Watch Parent versus Radius: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffender Watch ParentRadius
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (26 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWatch Systems, LLCEDUARDO ANTONIO VILLALOBOS

Customer experience

Offender Watch Parent

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

Radius

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
Show 27 more
  • 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
Show 1 more
  • Ability to submit information about offenders

Radius

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

Radius

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Offender Watch Parent free?
Offender Watch Parent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Radius free?
Radius is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Offender Watch Parent or Radius?
Radius is rated higher. Offender Watch Parent averages 2.0 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Radius averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Offender Watch Parent or Radius have ads?
Neither Offender Watch Parent nor Radius shows ads.

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