Chipolo vs Findthing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chipolo
This app enhances your ability to locate misplaced items with free features like calling your phone and customizing ringtones. It also offers unique functionalities such as using the device as a remote camera shutter for perfect group photos.
- Call Your Phone
- Customize Ringtone
- Remote Camera Shutter
- Find Lost Items
- Personalize Finding Experience
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Enhance your finding experience with free features, like Call Your Phone, Change Ringtone, and more. HOW IT WORKS The Chipolo app offers free finding features that help you find your phone and let you customize your finding experience. It also has a few fun features! You can give each Chipolo its own ringtone or take the perfect group photo with Chipolo as a remote camera shutter. WHAT IS (A) CHIPOLO? Chipolo Bluetooth tracking tags are designed to help you live your life to the fullest by giving you peace of mind. With Chipolo, you don’t have to worry about misplaced or lost keys, wallets, backpacks, or anything at all ever again. Wherever you are, Chipolo’s got your back. WHY DOWNLOAD THE CHIPOLO APP? For the free extra features, of course! Do you misplace your phone a lot? Then the Call Your Phone feature is the perfect fit for you. Want to customize your Chipolo’s ringtone? Consider it done! Love taking group pictures? You’ll love the Take a Selfie feature. 1 CALL YOUR PHONE Always looking for your phone? Here’s a quick fix – double-press your Chipolo to make your phone ring and find it in a matter of seconds. 2 CUSTOMIZE CHIPOLO’S RINGTONE If your Chipolo’s chirp is driving you cuckoo, you can change its ringtone with just a few taps and give each Chipolo a unique personality. And even better news – the ringtone library will keep getting bigger! 3 USE CHIPOLO AS A REMOTE CAMERA SHUTTER So you want to take a group selfie, but you weren’t blessed with long limbs? Chipolo can help! With the Take a Selfie feature, you can double-press your Chipolo to take a photo and capture precious moments perfectly. Awkward angles? Not in Chipolo's equation. Get your Chipolo at chipolo.net and master the art of finding your things in an instant! Chipolo – Search less. Smile more.
Findthing
Locate misplaced items like keys, wallets, or even pets with this app. It connects to a smart device to help you find your belongings by ringing them. Share device access with family and friends, and benefit from a community lost and found feature.
- Ring connected devices to find items
- Share device management with family
- Record device connection locations
- Lost and found community assistance
- Track keys, wallets, pets, and valuables
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[Product introduction] Findthing app, works with Nut device to help you find things easily. When you can't find the key, wallet, credit card and other items at home, office or on a trip, you can quickly and easily find the items by ringing the Nut device! [Functions] 1. Find easily Open the app, ring the device, find easily! 2. Share the device Share the device with your family and friends, manage together! 3. Location record App will record the locations where the mobile phone and the device connect. 4. Lost and found community If the device is lost, all app users will help to find. [Suitable items] Keys, wallets, bank cards, passports, toys, valuables, other easily misplaced items, and small pets such as cats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chipolo at 4.6 against Findthing's 2.6. Chipolo also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 33%) and ratings volume (18K vs 37). Findthing's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Chipolo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chipolo has 18K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Chipolo's written reviews are positive against 33% of Findthing's.
Chipolo ships an update every 3 weeks, Findthing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chipolo | Findthing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (18K ratings) — better | 2.6 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chipolo d.o.o. | Beijing Zizai Technology Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Chipolo
Findthing
Bugs and requests
Chipolo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Bug Issues
- Crashes
- Keeps disconnecting
- Sound doesn't work
Requested features
3 requests- Needs warning
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Findthing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chipolo
No in-app purchases
Findthing
No in-app purchases
