NFound vs PinBoards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NFound
This app helps reunite lost people, pets, and items with their owners. Users can quickly post details about missing or found entities, with real-time updates displayed on an interactive map. The platform prioritizes fast data entry without requiring sign-up.
- Post missing people, pets, or items
- Post found people, pets, or items
- Real-time data updates
- Interactive map with visual categorization
- Fast data entry
- No sign-up required
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Nothing is really lost until you stop looking. NFound is a lost-and-found network for the things and the people you cannot replace. Report what is missing, see what has been found near you, and reach the finder in the app. A MAP OF WHAT IS MISSING NEAR YOU Every report — a missing person, a lost pet, a found wallet — lands on a map with a photo, where it was last seen and how long ago. Filter by people, pets or items. Turn on alerts for your own area and hear about a new report as it goes up. REPORT IN ABOUT A MINUTE Pick what happened, add photos, drop the place on the map. It is live immediately, and neighbors who asked for alerts are told. TALK TO WHOEVER FOUND IT Chat, voice and video calls are built in. No phone numbers are exchanged unless you want them to be. TRACKING GROUPS FOR THE PEOPLE YOU WORRY ABOUT Invite family or close friends. Everyone decides for themselves whether to share their location, and can stop at any time. A group sees where its members are now; anyone who wants a trail can switch one on for themselves. Location sharing runs in the background only while it is switched on. SOS One button tells your emergency contacts where you are, starts sharing your position, and puts the local emergency number one tap away. NFOUND TAGS A steel QR + NFC tag for a collar or a bag. Whoever finds it scans it with any phone — no app, no account — and sees the profile you wrote and a way to reach you. One-time purchase, free shipping, no subscription. RUN BY A NONPROFIT NFound is made by NFound Samaritan Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in California. The app is free. Tags and donations pay for it. Privacy policy: https://nfound.org/privacy Terms: https://nfound.org/terms
PinBoards
Organize group conversations and tasks with a unique pinning system. Easily categorize messages, assign colors, and add notes to keep discussions focused and accessible. Collaborate on ideas and receive notifications for updates.
- Organized group chats by pins
- Categorize messages and notes
- Assign unique colors to pins
- Create and share subtopics
- Customizable notifications
- Collaborative features
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Pinboards makes group chat easier to use. Never get lost in your messages again. Collaborate with teams without the mess of multiple groups. With our app, you can streamline your tasks and ideas effortlessly. Our intuitive organization system helps you reclaim your valuable time for what truly matters. Our app keeps your messages organized and separated by pins, so you can easily find what you need without the clutter. With easy-to-use tools and features designed to keep you organized and focused, you'll be able to stay on top of your projects and goals like never before. No more hunting for lost messages. Your messages are neatly categorized within each pins, ensuring you can quickly locate any important information or discussion. Create a new board in just a few clicks, giving you a dedicated space to organize your thoughts on a particular topic. Assign a unique color to each pin to make it easy to recognize and differentiate from others. Add notes to your pin to keep all your information in one place. Create subtopics for each of your ideas, making it easier to manage and find among all of your notes. Share subtopics with others to collaborate and get feedback, making it easier to work together on projects or ideas. Our app sends you notifications when someone has made a change to a task or subtopic. You can customize your notification settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PinBoards at every 4 days against NFound's every 6 weeks. PinBoards also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). NFound's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NFound against 5.0 for PinBoards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NFound has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
NFound ships an update every 6 weeks, PinBoards every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | NFound | PinBoards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Zamma Technology Group | Isherpreet Singh |
Customer experience
NFound
PinBoards
In-app purchases
NFound
No in-app purchases
PinBoards
No in-app purchases









