ShowFinder vs Spott (Car spotting)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShowFinder
Discover automotive events, cruise-ins, and museums across the US and Canada. Browse detailed event information, view photo galleries, save favorites, and share with friends. Submit corrections or new events to keep the database comprehensive.
- 90,000+ automotive events
- 4,700+ cruise-ins
- 300+ museums
- Location-specific results
- Photo galleries
- Save events to favorites
- Add events to calendar
- Share events via social media/text/email
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ShowFinder is your personal guide to over 90,000 automotive events, 4,700 cruise in's & 300 museums in the US and Canada. Our collection of data is the largest of its kind serving you location specific results, photo galleries and event info which is easy to save and share with friends! This app is created for auto show lovers by auto show lovers! With ShowFinder you can select specific states you would like to find events in, or use your GPS location and select a radius. When browsing events check out photo galleries to see cars from that event. When you find an event worth saving you can add it to your favorites list and also save it to your local calendar. We even save the specific dates & times in your calendar for each event. If you really like what you see and want to share it, you can choose to post the event to Facebook, Twitter, Email or Text it to a friend. If by chance you find some info to be incorrect in ShowFinder, you can easily submit to us your changes for review. Also, if you don’t see your event added, you can submit it from the app and we will contact you to verify the info before posting. ShowFinder is dedicated to providing the most complete list of updated and accurate auto event’s in the US and Canada. We hope you enjoy using our app as much as we enjoyed making it :)
Spott (Car spotting)
Log cars you see in your surroundings and connect with a community of fellow car enthusiasts. Receive alerts when rare vehicles are spotted nearby, fostering a shared passion for automotive discovery.
- Log spotted cars
- Follow other enthusiasts
- Get nearby car alerts
- Community interaction
- Car discovery
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Report cars that you spot on the road or in the city. Follow other car spotting enthusiasts and get notified if a car has been spotted near your location. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShowFinder at none against Spott (Car spotting)'s 2. ShowFinder also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). Spott (Car spotting)'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months) and rating (3.5 vs 3.3). On price 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
Both are free to download. Spott (Car spotting) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ShowFinder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spott (Car spotting) holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowFinder has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShowFinder ships an update every 10 months, Spott (Car spotting) every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShowFinder | Spott (Car spotting) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (24 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SHFT LLC | Tobias Johansson |
Customer experience
ShowFinder
Spott (Car spotting)
Bugs and requests
ShowFinder
Reported bugs
9 issues- App doesn't work at all
- App not working
- SSL Error at launch
- App starts to open then closes
- Getting security warning
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- Certificate Invalid
- App isn't always accurate
- Stopped loading results
- Can't add to calendar
Requested features
6 requests- Fix the app so it works
- Add times for meets
- Add an option for time when submitting events
- Improve accuracy of dates and times
- Allow zip code search instead of only location service
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- Enable adding events to calendar
Spott (Car spotting)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShowFinder
No in-app purchases
Spott (Car spotting)
- Spott Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Spott Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
Questions
Is ShowFinder free?
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