WhatStats vs VIGILATE Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatStats
Analyze your WhatsApp chat history with detailed statistics and visualizations. Discover message patterns, emoji usage, and create shareable summaries of your conversations. Offers a Spotify Wrapped-style experience for your chats.
- Track message counts and participants
- Analyze messages per participant
- Visualize message activity over time
- Spotify Wrapped-style chat summaries
- Emoji usage patterns and favorites
- Dark mode and intuitive UI
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WhatStats is an application that allows you to see statistics of your WhatsApp Chats. Track your messages, emoji usage, and much more! To generate statistics you simply have to export your chat from WhatsApp and send it to WhatStats. After that WhatStats will generate statistics. WhatStats will generate statistics locally on your device and will not share it with other services. WhatStats will show you: • Total messages and total participants per Chat (since the group was created) • Messages per participant • Percentage of messages of each participant • Date of the first message • Bar/Line Chart for messages by Day, Week, and Month to see when a specific participant was most active. NEW: Chat Wrapped - Experience your chat history in a beautiful Spotify Wrapped style presentation! • See your total messages and messages per day • Discover who starts the most conversations • Find out who takes the longest to reply • Identify your chat's "ghosting champions" • View your emoji usage patterns and favorites • Explore your chat timeline and most active hours • Share beautiful visual summaries of your chat statistics Besides that WhatStats has a beautiful Darkmode and easy-to-use UI. To import chats: 1. Open WhatsApp and select a chat 2. In the Menu click export chat 3. Select "without Media" 4. When the chat is finished exporting select more in the ShareSheet 5. Click WhatStats 6. Press yes to add the chat to WhatStats Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
VIGILATE Control
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The VIGILATE Smart Home Alarm System is a simple, easy to use wireless security system. It connects to the internet by LAN or WiFi, provides 4G backup communication and has built in battery backup which can keep the system powered for more that 8 hours without external power. The VIGILATE Control App can manage your home enviroment at anytime, from anywhere, in real-time. The App can manage all the VIGILATE security devices including Motion Sensors (Pet Immune available), Keypads, Door/Window Sensors, Remote Controls, Smoke Detectors, Roller Door Sensors. Add Smart Cameras to record and watch live HD Video and Smart Bulbs to control lighting senerios. VIGILATE security devices are added to the system in seconds, just by scanning the QR code through the VIGILATE Control App. You can customise the system to receive push notifications or SMS texts in the event of an alarm activation. You can also easily share the VIGILATE Smart Home Alarm System with Family and friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VIGILATE Control at none against WhatStats's 2. VIGILATE Control also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). WhatStats's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 17 months). On price, ads and device support 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. WhatStats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. VIGILATE Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
WhatStats ships an update every 6 weeks, VIGILATE Control every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and December 8, 2025 respectively.
| Parameter | WhatStats | VIGILATE Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julian Beck | LSC Security Supplies |
In-app purchases
WhatStats
- WhatsStats Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- WhatStats Pro$14.99
VIGILATE Control
No in-app purchases
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