Crime Watcher vs CopDash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crime Watcher
Access real-time crime reports for cities worldwide, updated daily. Search any address for incident details, property information, and street views where available. Stay informed about various crime types.
- Real-time crime reports
- Daily updates for most cities
- Address search functionality
- Incident property and location details
- Street view integration
- Covers shootings, vandalism, arrests, robbery
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Crime Watch is the leading app to find out what crime is happening in the world today. Get instant access to crime reports updated daily for almost every city! Search for any address and get instant results. Access information on the property and location of the incident. Complete with street view's where available. *Shootings *Vandalism *Arrests *Robbery *Much More Free for a limited time!
CopDash
This app centralizes a department's disparate tools and resources, offering improved organization and accessibility. It aims to streamline workflows and enhance integration for efficient operations.
- Order and accessibility for departmental tools
- Integration of scattered resources
- Streamlined workflows
- Centralized information hub
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CopDash brings order, accessibility, and integration into a department's scattered tools and resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CopDash at 5.0 against Crime Watcher's 1.4. CopDash also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months). Crime Watcher's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
CopDash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively.
Crime Watcher ships an update every 31 months, CopDash every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crime Watcher | CopDash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Williams Web Works LLC | CopDash LLC |
Customer experience
Crime Watcher
CopDash
In-app purchases
Crime Watcher
No in-app purchases
CopDash
No in-app purchases
