Crowngard vs Network APIs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crowngard
A free mobile registry for reported stolen or lost watches. It helps prevent resale of stolen items and allows tracking by resellers, law enforcement, and dealers. Submit your watch entry to contribute to a global database.
- Report stolen or lost watches
- Prevent resale of stolen items
- Track stolen items
- Free service
- Mobile-first registry
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The World's largest mobile-first registry for reported stolen or lost watches. With theft rising and many services behind paywalls, this is a free service that allows anyone to submit their entry to avoid resale while resellers, law enforcement, and dealers can track stolen items.
Network APIs
This app provides a silent, background security layer for device sign-ins. It uses SIM-based network authentication to confirm your device automatically, eliminating the need for passwords or prompts for fast and secure access.
- Silent background security
- Operator protected authentication
- SIM-based network authentication
- Automatic device detection
- Fast and secure access
- No passwords or prompts required
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This app adds a seamless extra layer of security by quietly confirming your device during sign‑in. It works in the background—no passwords, codes, or prompts—helping keep your access fast and secure. The mechanism uses operator protected, SIM based network authentication to automatically detect the customer device and ensure secure access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Crowngard at 13.4 against Network APIs's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Crowngard against 5.0 for Network APIs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crowngard | Network APIs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sumito Ahuja | AT&T Services, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Crowngard
No in-app purchases
Network APIs
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Crowngard free?
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