Paws Location vs Phone Status
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View current street address
- Display city, region, and country
- Uses Apple Watch GPS
- Watch face complication
- Quick location retrieval
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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.
Phone Status
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Paws Location | Phone Status |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grey Paws AB | FABIO PACHELLI PACHECO |
In-app purchases
Paws Location
No in-app purchases
Phone Status
No in-app purchases









