Comparison

Paws Location vs Phone Status

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

Head to head
About

Paws Location

This app uses your Apple Watch's GPS to display your current location's street address, city, region, and country. It's designed as a quick tool to find your location, useful for services like ordering taxis. A complication is also available for your watch face.

Highlights
  • View current street address
  • Display city, region, and country
  • Uses Apple Watch GPS
  • Watch face complication
  • Quick location retrieval
Features
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This app and complication is installed on the Apple Watch, and uses GPS positioning to view information about the current location. The app show an address or landmark name based on position, using the Apple Watch's built-in GPS feature. Open the app to update of the current position, and using the geographic data get an approximate estimation of street address, city, region, and country. The app is intended primarily as a handy companion to easily retrieve the street address of your current location, for instance when you need to order a taxi. The accompanying complication feature is nice-to-have on the watch face, to display location information. The complication shows the name of the city and country at the latest location update. Depending on watch face and complication type less information may be shown. Note that the complication is not updated in real time, but with some delay. Updates are dependent on the clock's update cycles for complications and the availability of GPS services. As the GPS consume battery, updates are therefore limited when the app is not active on screen.

About

Phone Status

Features
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Phone Status keeps you informed about your iPhone's vital stats — right from your Apple Watch. Monitor your iPhone's battery level, charging status, and network connection at a glance. Phone Status sends this information to your Apple Watch, where it's always visible as a complication on your watch face. FEATURES - Real-time battery level with colour-coded gauge (green, yellow, red) - Charging status with bolt indicator - WiFi and mobile data detection - Low Power Mode detection - Apple Watch complications in multiple styles and sizes - Watch battery level monitoring - Low battery haptic alert on your wrist - Full charge notification COMPLICATIONS - Circular gauge — battery level with network icon - Phone + Watch — dual battery gauge - Battery only — clean minimal gauge - Inline — single line for minimal watch faces - Rectangular — wide banner with full details Phone Status runs quietly in the background, keeping your Watch updated automatically.

Screenshots

Phone Status4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Phone Status at Free against Paws Location's $0.99. Phone Status also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Paws Location's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Phone Status is free to download; Paws Location costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paws Location ships an update every 4 months, Phone Status daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paws Location versus Phone Status: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaws LocationPhone Status
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrey Paws ABFABIO PACHELLI PACHECO

In-app purchases

None

Paws Location

No in-app purchases

None

Phone Status

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paws Location free?
Paws Location costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phone Status free?
Phone Status is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paws Location or Phone Status have ads?
Neither Paws Location nor Phone Status shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paws Location or Phone Status?
Paws Location ships an update every 4 months, and Phone Status daily. Most recently, Paws Location was updated on November 3, 2026 and Phone Status on November 5, 2026.

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