Comparison

Set Spotter vs SurlfBird

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

Head to head
About

Set Spotter

This augmented reality app uses your iPhone's camera to find sets in the card game Set®. It can highlight all visible sets or simply display the set count to help you decide when to deal more cards.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality set detection
  • Highlights all visible sets
  • Displays set count
  • Adjustable highlight feature
  • Camera-based card scanning
Features
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Set Spotter turns your iPhone into an augmented-reality set finder for the card game Set®. Point the camera at a grid of cards and Set Spotter will highlight all the sets it sees. If you want to use it during a real game to determine if more cards should be dealt then you can turn off the highlight feature in the settings page and only the set count will be shown in the bottom left.

About

SurlfBird

This utility app extracts URLs from .url files on your iPhone or iPad. It then opens the URL directly in Safari, streamlining the process of accessing saved web links from your desktop.

Highlights
  • Extracts URLs from .url files
  • Opens URLs directly in Safari
  • Supports shared file storage integration
  • Simple and lightweight utility
  • No extra internet traffic
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SurlfBird solves a long-standing problem. You run a Windows desktop computer and an iPhone/iPad side by side. You use a shared file storage like ownCloud, Nextcloud, Dropbox, WebDAV or something similar to transfer your data between the devices. This works fine for office documents, text documents. If, like me, you like to save URLs from internet sessions in your shared storage for later reading or as a reminder, you will find a .url file when viewing the replicated storage on the iOS device. You can copy its contents to the Notes application and click the link there. Now you have SurlfBird to help you. Just share the url file with SurlfBird and it will grep the URL from the .url file and open Safari with that URL. Very small and simple application, no extra internet traffic or anything.

Screenshots

Set Spotter1 screens
SurlfBird2 screens

Verdict

The call

Set Spotter and SurlfBird are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Set Spotter against 5.0 for SurlfBird. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Set Spotter versus SurlfBird: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSet SpotterSurlfBird
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1616.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge del AlamoDokumenta (LU)

Customer experience

Set Spotter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SurlfBird

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Set Spotter

No in-app purchases

None

SurlfBird

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Set Spotter free?
Set Spotter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SurlfBird free?
SurlfBird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Set Spotter or SurlfBird?
Set Spotter and SurlfBird are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Set Spotter or SurlfBird have ads?
Neither Set Spotter nor SurlfBird shows ads.

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