Comparison

Responder.ai vs Phone Reveal

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

Head to head
About

Responder.ai

Locate registered sex offenders in your vicinity across the United States. Check addresses, contacts, or specific offender names. Features daily updated data and mapping capabilities for enhanced safety awareness.

Highlights
  • Find offenders near current GPS location
  • Check offenders near friends' addresses
  • Search offenders by any US address
  • Search offenders by name and offense
  • Match faces in photos to offender databases
  • View offender details, photos, and offenses
  • Map offender proximity to your location
Features
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Responder.ai puts what is happening around you on one dark map: local crime reports, police and fire dispatch calls, and live weather and earthquake warnings. Pick your radius and get a push notification when something lands inside it. CRIME NEAR YOU See police reports around your home, work or anywhere you are. Break-ins, assaults, thefts, traffic incidents and fires, each with a distance, a time and an address. Crime reports cover 24 US cities. Some reports are published days after the event, and every report shows when it happened. LIVE DISPATCH CALLS In San Francisco and Seattle, see police and fire dispatch calls as they come in. WEATHER AND EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS, NATIONWIDE Tornado, flood, severe storm and other active warnings from the National Weather Service, plus earthquakes from the USGS. Tap any alert for the full official text, the area it covers and when it expires. ALERTS INSIDE YOUR ZONE Choose 1, 3, 5 or 10 miles. When a new incident or warning falls inside your zone, you get a push notification. ONE ALERTS FEED Every incident and warning nearby in one scrolling feed, newest first. Share any alert or jump straight to it on the map. OFFENDER REGISTRY Browse registered offenders near you from public registry records. Text only: name, address, distance and offense details, no photos. EXPLORE ANY AREA Pan the map to check a neighborhood before you move, travel or send your kids somewhere new. The map loads crime, alerts and registry entries for wherever you look. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Open the app and the map is there. Your location is used to show and send alerts near you. RESPONDER PREMIUM Responder.ai is free to download. Full incident details, exact addresses and sources, and full registry records need a Responder Premium subscription, offered weekly or yearly as an in-app purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. DATA SOURCES Weather alerts: National Weather Service (NOAA). Earthquakes: U.S. Geological Survey. Crime reports and dispatch calls: official open data published by city and police agencies. Offender registry: public state registry records. Data can be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate. Always check with the official source. IMPORTANT Responder.ai is not an emergency service and is not affiliated with any government agency, police department or 911 service. In an emergency, call 911. Do not use registry information to harass or threaten anyone. Misuse may be a crime. Terms of Use: https://responder.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://responder.ai/privacy

About

Phone Reveal

Identify unknown callers by performing reverse phone number lookups. Enter a number to find the associated name or location. Supports US/CA numbers and allows users to report spam to improve accuracy.

Highlights
  • Reverse phone number lookup
  • Identify unknown callers
  • Supports cell and land lines
  • US/CA number support
  • User-reported spam identification
Features
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Perform reverse phone number lookups to figure out who is calling you! Enter a phone number, and the app will attempt to lookup the name. Simple as that. Reverse lookup works for both cell phones, and land lines. Accuracy may vary since not all information is publicly available. Individuals can show up as their full name, or the city/State that their number is registered in if their name is not available. Phone Reveal only supports US/CA numbers with a +1 country code. Users help improve accuracy of this app over time by reporting when a number is a spam caller. No account is ever required, Phone Reveal is completely free to use. We NEVER ask for any personal information from you. There is no paid version of this app. If you're being asked for payment information, you are NOT in Phone Reveal! Phone Reveal is 100% free and supported entirely through ads. By using this application you agree to the entirety of our Terms of Service located here: http://skiily.com/tos/reveal.html

Screenshots

Responder.ai4 screens
Phone Reveal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Responder.ai and Phone Reveal both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Phone Reveal's written reviews are positive against 9% of Responder.ai's. Phone Reveal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Responder.ai's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Responder.ai sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Phone Reveal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Responder.ai against 4.6 for Phone Reveal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 9% of Responder.ai's written reviews are positive against 78% of Phone Reveal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Responder.ai ships an update every 2 months, Phone Reveal every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Responder.ai versus Phone Reveal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResponder.aiPhone Reveal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9K ratings)4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.9% of reviews78.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better1.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperExtruder App Inc.Skiily LLC

Customer experience

Responder.ai

All ratings3,944 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive8.9%
Neutral15.6%
Negative75.6%

Phone Reveal

All ratings1,769 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative15.8%

User reviews

Responder.ai

From 3.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick access to critical information
  • 👍 Great for informing users about local offenders

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate or outdated information
  • 🐛 Inconsistent data (same offender info across multiple locations)
  • 🐛 Search and map functions not working properly
  • 🐛 Photos/descriptions not matching offenders
  • 🐛 Missing known offenders from the database

Phone Reveal

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful app
  • 🚀 Works great
  • ⭐ Awesome
  • ⭐ Excellent app
  • ⭐ Best app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lots of ads
  • 🐛 Ads block information
  • 🐛 Inaccurate information
  • 🐛 Useless
  • 🐛 Disappointing

Bugs and requests

Responder.ai

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Offenders' last offense dates all showing as March 1997
  • Offenders' ages and physical descriptions not matching
  • Duplicate entries for the same offender
  • App crashing or not loading at all

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update app with latest offender data
  • Improve search and mapping functionality
  • Ensure photos and descriptions accurately match offenders

Phone Reveal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads block access to information
  • Crashes or freezes
  • Inaccurate or incomplete information

Requested features

3 requests
  • More detailed information
  • Ability to identify names of callers
  • Less ads

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Responder.ai

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Premium Weekly$7.997 Days
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  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
None

Phone Reveal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Responder.ai free?
Responder.ai is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phone Reveal free?
Phone Reveal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Responder.ai or Phone Reveal?
Phone Reveal is rated higher. Responder.ai averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Phone Reveal averages 4.6 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Responder.ai or Phone Reveal have ads?
Responder.ai shows ads; Phone Reveal does not.
Which is updated more often, Responder.ai or Phone Reveal?
Responder.ai ships an update every 2 months, and Phone Reveal every 14 months. Most recently, Responder.ai was updated on October 31, 2026 and Phone Reveal on November 6, 2026.

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