Sherlock Holmes Detect vs Pawn Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sherlock Holmes Detect
This application connects to a specialized SH box to analyze diamond images. It uses various illuminations to capture photos and distinguish between natural and lab-grown diamonds.
- Connects to SH box
- Bluetooth/cable connectivity
- Diamond image analysis
- Distinguishes natural vs. lab-grown diamonds
- Multiple illumination settings
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This app connects your phone to an SH box (purchased separately). Using Bluetooth or cable, the App gives a series of commands to the box. It takes pictures of diamonds and diamond jewelry under different illuminations and analyzes the pictures. The end result enables the user to distinguish between natural diamonds and lab-grown diamonds.
Pawn Buddy
This app simplifies pawn shop transactions by offering quick calculations for buyback and re-pawn scenarios. It also handles sales tax and scrap gold valuations for various karats.
- Calculate buyback amounts
- Calculate re-pawn amounts
- Add/subtract sales tax
- Calculate scrap gold values
- Support for any gold karat
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Quickly calculate buyback and re-pawn math, add or subtract sales tax and calculate scrap gold values for gold in any karat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pawn Buddy at 5.0 against Sherlock Holmes Detect's 3.7. Sherlock Holmes Detect's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pawn Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sherlock Holmes Detect has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sherlock Holmes Detect ships an update monthly, Pawn Buddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sherlock Holmes Detect | Pawn Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mejix | Aaron Plassmeyer |
In-app purchases
Sherlock Holmes Detect
No in-app purchases
Pawn Buddy
No in-app purchases
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