Lost Map vs Thing Finder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Map
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Lost Map – A Smarter Way to Reclaim Lost Items Lost Map is an innovative lost-and-found app designed to help users quickly recover lost belongings through community collaboration and a map-based interface. Whether you’ve lost something or found an item, the process is fast and intuitive: users can upload descriptions, locations, and photos of lost or found items, which are then displayed on a map to help connect owners with finders. Unlike traditional methods—such as bulletin boards, social media posts, or police reports—Lost Map focuses on speed, simplicity, and visual clarity. By marking a lost item directly on the map in just three steps, users can share or locate items more efficiently than ever before. The app is ideal for both everyday situations and special cases: commuters or students who lose wallets or IDs, travelers looking for misplaced luggage or souvenirs, or neighbors sharing found items within their communities. The visualized map view enhances spatial awareness, helping users see where items are located at a glance, boosting both confidence and recovery rates. Traditional lost-and-found methods suffer from scattered information, slow updates, and lack of real-time communication. Lost Map solves these problems by centralizing user-uploaded data and integrating it with map technology—making the recovery process simpler, faster, and more collaborative. While the app currently focuses on core functionality, future updates aim to expand its features for an even smoother lost-and-found experience.
Thing Finder
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Stop searching and start finding. Thing Finder is your second brain for the physical world. Using advanced AI and visual intelligence, it remembers exactly where you put your most important items so you don’t have to. [Key Features] • Instant Visual Bookmark: Snap a photo in seconds of where you’re hiding your passport, parking your car, or storing seasonal decor. • Semantic Search: Just ask Siri, "Where are my hiking boots?" and Thing Finder pulls up the exact photo and location. • Privacy-First: All images and labels are stored securely on your device with Silicon-level privacy. We never see your home, and your data never leaves your phone. • Spatial Awareness: View your items on a high-precision map with saved context to get back to the right area quickly. [Use Cases] • Home Organization: Keep track of items in the attic, garage, or junk drawer. • Travel: Remember which hotel safe you put your jewelry in. • Professional: Index tools in a warehouse or files in a storage unit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lost Map at 12.0 against Thing Finder's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Lost Map sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Thing Finder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lost Map | Thing Finder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PING HSIANG HU | Shalini Kadavill |
In-app purchases
Lost Map
- 抖內 $10.00$0.29
- 抖內 $31.00$0.99
- 抖內 $52.00$1.99
Thing Finder
- Thing Finder Subscription Monthly$1.991 Month
- Thing Finder Subscription$14.991 Year









