PlateSpot vs States & Plates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlateSpot
Engage in the classic license plate spotting game on road trips. Track plates from all US states, Canadian provinces, and Mexican states, learning fun facts about each. Explore international plates to expand your game.
- Track license plates seen
- Plates from 50 US states
- Canadian provinces and Mexican states
- Plate information and facts
- International plate browsing
- Match license plates easily
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Play the License Plate Game with Plate Spot! Plate spot is the ultimate license plate game app that lets you keep track of all the license plates you see along the road. Never be bored on a road trip again and keep the family entertained with the all time classic license plate game. Plate Spot offers plates from all 50 states in the United States as well as all plates from Canadian provinces and Mexican States! Learn about each plate's state that you claim with pictures, nick names, background information and more! All license plates are displayed clearly so you can match any license plate easily. Easily see and track license plates you have seen already and which license plates you haven't seen. Easily browse license plates in other other countries and take the License Plate Game to the international level. Plate Spot is your license plate tracker and License Plate Game for your road trip.
States & Plates
Enhance your road trips by logging license plates you encounter. Earn achievements and review your past journeys. This interactive game makes travel more engaging.
- Track license plates
- Earn badges
- View previous trips
- Interactive road trips
- License plate logging
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Road trips become interactive with this app! Easily track the license plates you see while riding on your next trip. Earn badges, view previous trips and so much more!
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Verdict
PlateSpot and States & Plates both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of States & Plates's written reviews are positive against 48% of PlateSpot's. States & Plates also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). PlateSpot's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. PlateSpot sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. States & Plates asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PlateSpot against 4.7 for States & Plates. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlateSpot has 17K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of PlateSpot's written reviews are positive against 100% of States & Plates's.
PlateSpot ships an update every 2 months, States & Plates every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlateSpot | States & Plates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Villegas Ventures LLC | Stephen Breski |
Customer experience
PlateSpot
States & Plates
Bugs and requests
PlateSpot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Caused cellular data issues
- Difficult to claim plates quickly
- Missing some Canadian provinces
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to compete with friends
- Save/export trip data
- Add more license plate types (territories, Indian reservations, etc.)
- Tracking by person in the car
- Add state symbols, mottos, and other details
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- Ability to view past results/trips
- Less intrusive ads or paid version
States & Plates
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PlateSpot
- Go Ad Free$1.99
- Plate Spot Plus$2.99
States & Plates
No in-app purchases
Questions
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