Comparison

Ather vs Philately Passport

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

Head to head
About

Ather

Manage your electric scooter remotely. Track its location, plan rides, and control dashboard features via Bluetooth. Schedule service, find charging stations, and monitor battery status for a seamless riding experience.

Highlights
  • Scooter location tracking
  • Bluetooth connectivity for alerts
  • Ride planning and navigation
  • Service request and roadside assistance
  • Charging station finder
  • Battery status monitoring
  • Document storage
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Stay connected to your Ather scooter, always. The app lets you locate your scooter, plan your rides, place a service request, and track your scooter's charge. In short, your entire ride is on the phone too. Why is this app a must-have? 1) Track your scooter’s location. 2) Connect to your scooter via Bluetooth™ for call alerts and music control on the dashboard. 3) Send the location coordinates to your Ather scooter, even when you're away. 4) Find the nearest Ather Grid if your scooter needs to be charged on the way. 5) Check the range available for your next ride. 6) Place a request for vehicle service or to resolve a glitch. And for any roadside assistance, we are just a tap away. 7) Receive important alerts like new software updates and other critical details about your scooter. 8) Upload documents like your DL, insurance, and keep them handy on your scooter’s dashboard.

About

Philately Passport

Features
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Philately Passport is a digital companion for Indian philately enthusiasts — a place to discover pictorial cancellations, visit post offices, and build a personal stamp and cancellation collection as a gamified digital passport. Discover → Visit → Collect → Complete is the heart of the app: find pictorial cancellations near you or across India, record your visit with a photo, add it to your digital collection, and watch your Passport fill in state by state. Features: • A Digital Philately Passport — your collector identity, India journey map, cancellation journey, and themed special collections in one place • Pictorial cancellation discovery with real post-office locations across every Indian state, sorted by distance when you allow location • Record a cancellation with a photograph, notes and a location signal • Challenges and collectible achievement badges that track your real collecting, not a fixed list • A short-form Philately Academy for learning the basics of the hobby • Works entirely offline — your passport lives on your device, with no account to create and nothing uploaded • Export your whole passport, photographs included, whenever you want a backup Philately Passport is an independent, unofficial companion app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by India Post. Digital records created in the app are personal collection records only and do not constitute official India Post verification. Catalogue information is partly community-sourced — confirm availability and opening hours before visiting.

Screenshots

Ather4 screens
Philately Passport4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ather at none against Philately Passport's shown. Philately Passport's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ather versus Philately Passport: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtherPhilately Passport
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (278 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings278 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size674 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperATHER ENERGY LIMITEDkarthik p

In-app purchases

None

Ather

No in-app purchases

None

Philately Passport

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ather free?
Ather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Philately Passport free?
Philately Passport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ather or Philately Passport have ads?
Philately Passport shows ads; Ather does not.

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