Comparison

Lost Cat vs KidsRadar

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

Head to head
About

Lost Cat

Features
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Has your cat gone missing? Found a stray cat? For 18 years, Lost Cat has been helping people reunite cats with their families, in 50 countries. 1 million listings posted, 5 million helpful messages and 400,000 cats reunited: join a community that rallies for every cat. • Post a listing in minutes: photo, description and where the cat was lost or found. • Create alerts based on your criteria and get notified as soon as a matching listing is posted. • View listings on an interactive map centered on your location. • Chat with people who have seen or taken in a cat through built-in messaging. • Get real-time notifications for new listings near you and for your new messages. • Find all your listings in your account. When a cat goes missing, every minute counts. Download Lost Cat and help every cat find its way home.

About

KidsRadar

Features
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KidsRadar – Parental Control & Family GPS KidsRadar is a parental control app for parents and guardians. You set it up on your own phone, add your child's device, and manage everything from your account — location, safe places, screen time and app limits. Features for parents • See where your child is, in real time • Safe Places with arrival and departure alerts • Location history, so you can review the day • Screen time insight and app limits on your child's device • SOS alerts from your child when they need help • Battery level warnings, so you know before their phone dies • A private family space for messages between you and your child Whether your child is walking to school, visiting friends or travelling without you, KidsRadar keeps you informed. How it works 1. Install KidsRadar on your phone and create your family. 2. Generate a pairing code from your parent account. 3. Install KidsRadar on your child's phone and enter that code. 4. Manage locations, alerts and limits from your device. Parents stay in control Only a parent can create the family, add a device or change a setting. A child's device cannot register itself, and cannot alter or remove the protections a parent has set. Subscriptions are purchased and managed by the parent. Privacy Location and activity are visible only to the parents and guardians in your own family. KidsRadar does not share your family's data with other users, and nothing is monitored until a parent has paired the device and granted the required permissions on it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lost Cat4 screens
KidsRadar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lost Cat at none against KidsRadar's 2. KidsRadar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. KidsRadar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Lost Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Cat ships an update every 2 months, KidsRadar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Lost Cat versus KidsRadar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost CatKidsRadar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB85 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAviironPatchworkGames

In-app purchases

None

Lost Cat

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

KidsRadar

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Lost Cat free?
Lost Cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KidsRadar free?
KidsRadar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lost Cat or KidsRadar have ads?
Neither Lost Cat nor KidsRadar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lost Cat or KidsRadar?
Lost Cat ships an update every 2 months, and KidsRadar every 3 days. Most recently, Lost Cat was updated on November 5, 2026 and KidsRadar on November 9, 2026.

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