Comparison

Product Hound vs NCDOT

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

Head to head
About

Product Hound

This app helps you stay informed about product recalls to protect your family from potential safety hazards. Scan product labels with your phone, and receive alerts if the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall.

Highlights
  • Scan product labels
  • Track product recalls
  • Receive safety alerts
  • Monitor Consumer Product Safety Commission notices
  • Free to use
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Unsafe products lead to millions of injuries, thousands of fatalities each year plus significant property damage. Staying up to date on product recalls can help keep you and your family out of harm’s way. Product Hound will track recalls for you and let you know when there’s a safety issue with your products—at no cost to you. Our mission: to empower you to manage your home products easily so you can protect what matters most. Just use your phone to scan products around your house. Once you scan a label into Product Hound, we’ll be on guard for you. If the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall on one of your products, we’ll notify you.

About

NCDOT

Features
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NCDOT RFID/Barcode Data Capture

Screenshots

Product Hound3 screens
NCDOT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: NCDOT at 3 against Product Hound's 1. NCDOT also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Product Hound versus NCDOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProduct HoundNCDOT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohnson-Rauhoff, Inc.RFID Solutions, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Product Hound

No in-app purchases

None

NCDOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Product Hound free?
Product Hound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NCDOT free?
NCDOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Product Hound or NCDOT have ads?
Neither Product Hound nor NCDOT shows ads.

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