StrictlyBased vs SpectrumScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StrictlyBased
This app helps you make informed decisions about everyday products by providing instant, insightful feedback on groceries and personal care items. It aims to simplify conscious shopping in a crowded market.
- Instant product feedback
- Informed purchasing decisions
- Conscious shopping guide
- Grocery and personal care scanning
- Insightful product analysis
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StrictlyBased is an app designed to revolutionize your shopping experience for groceries, personal care products, and more. In a market saturated with choices, StrictlyBased provides instant, insightful feedback on everyday products, empowering you to make informed and conscious decisions about the items you bring into your life. EULA: https://www.strictlybased.com/terms.html Privacy: https://www.strictlybased.com/privacy.html
SpectrumScan
This app helps individuals with sensory sensitivities navigate public spaces. It crowdsources real-time sound and light data to provide accessibility insights about environments, aiding those with conditions like autism or ADHD.
- Real-time sound and light data crowdsourcing
- Accessibility insights for public spaces
- Supports individuals with sensory sensitivities
- Aids navigation for autism, ADHD, SPS
- Digital health tool for environmental awareness
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SpectrumScan is a digital health app that helps individuals with sensory sensitivities (common to autism, ADHD, SPS, etc) navigate public spaces by crowdsourcing real-time sound and light data and providing accessibility insights about their environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SpectrumScan at none against StrictlyBased's shown. StrictlyBased's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (19 vs 6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. StrictlyBased sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month and SpectrumScan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for StrictlyBased against 5.0 for SpectrumScan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
StrictlyBased ships an update every 4 days, SpectrumScan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StrictlyBased | SpectrumScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | STRICTLYBASED LLC | Daivurjnt |
Customer experience
StrictlyBased
SpectrumScan
In-app purchases
StrictlyBased
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
SpectrumScan
- SpectrumScan Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
