Comparison

SpySeek vs Links Scanner

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

Head to head
About

SpySeek

This app helps you detect and avoid dangerous links, QR codes, and fake websites. It offers two modes for quick checks or detailed analysis, ensuring safer online decisions.

Highlights
  • Detect suspicious links before opening
  • Scan URLs for phishing and scams
  • Check QR codes for malicious links
  • Inspect shortened URLs
  • Review threat signals and blacklist hits
  • Easy and Expert modes for analysis
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SpySeek is a privacy-first phishing checker, scam link detector, and suspicious URL scanner that helps you check risky links before you open them. Phishing links, fake websites, scam QR codes, shortened URLs, malicious redirects, fake login pages, and crypto wallet traps can look convincing. SpySeek helps you detect dangerous links, inspect suspicious URLs, and make safer decisions before you tap. Built for both everyday users and advanced users, SpySeek combines a simple Easy mode with a more detailed Expert mode. You get fast answers when you want clarity, and deeper threat context when you need evidence. FEATURES • Check suspicious links before opening them • Scan URLs for phishing, scam sites, fake websites, and risky redirects • Detect fake login pages and suspicious domains • Scan QR codes for hidden malicious links • Check links found in screenshots • Expand and inspect shortened URLs • Review blacklist hits and threat signals • Spot crypto scams, wallet phishing, and Web3 fraud links • Use optional VirusTotal scans for URLs, hashes, and files • View local MD5 hashes before file-based VirusTotal scans EASY MODE Easy mode is designed for speed and clarity. Paste a link, scan a QR code, or inspect a screenshot and get a result in plain language. No clutter, no unnecessary jargon, just the information you need to decide whether a link looks low risk, suspicious, or dangerous. EXPERT MODE Expert mode gives you a deeper security view with more technical detail. Review phishing indicators, redirects, blacklist matches, domain clues, and risk evidence in one place. It is ideal for users who want stronger analysis without losing readability. OPTIONAL VIRUSTOTAL INTEGRATION SpySeek includes optional VirusTotal checks for deeper threat intelligence. You can scan URLs, hashes, and files using your own API key. VirusTotal is only used when you choose it, so you stay in control. PRIVACY FIRST • No account required • No tracking • No ads • Privacy-focused design • Optional online checks only when needed • VirusTotal scans only when you trigger them IMPORTANT NOTICE SpySeek is an informational security tool for suspicious links and files. It does not guarantee that every phishing attack, malicious URL, scam website, or malware threat will be detected. Results may be limited by available data, external sources, or evolving attack methods. Always use your own judgment before opening unknown links, files, or QR codes. If you want a phishing checker, suspicious link scanner, fake website detector, QR code scam checker, URL safety tool, or crypto scam link detector, SpySeek helps you act before it is too late.

About

Links Scanner

Features
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URL Scanner helps you check any link before you tap it — with privacy built in from the start. Paste or type a URL and run an instant offline scan on your iPhone or iPad. The app analyzes links on-device for phishing patterns, typosquatting, brand impersonation, suspicious shorteners, risky TLDs, and more. No account required. WHAT YOU GET • Instant offline scan — fast on-device analysis with no network required • Clear risk verdicts — Safe, Caution, or Dangerous with a 0–100 risk score • Deep Scan on demand — optional reputation checks only when you tap Deep Scan • Safe Browser — open links in an isolated session with warnings for risky URLs • PDF security reports — export and share professional scan reports • Scan history — stored locally on your device (can be disabled or cleared) • English & Arabic — full UI and PDF support with native RTL layout • Accessibility — VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, larger text, high contrast, and reduce motion options • Share extension — send links to URL Scanner from other apps PRIVACY FIRST Offline scans stay on your device. Deep Scan sends only the URL you choose to external reputation services — never in the background. The app does not use analytics and does not require sign-in. Optional API keys in Settings can enhance Deep Scan with additional reputation sources if you choose to add them. Download URL Scanner and browse with confidence.

Screenshots

SpySeek4 screens
Links Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SpySeek at none against Links Scanner's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SpySeek versus Links Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpySeekLinks Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay VodenicharovAbdulrazaq Alonazi

In-app purchases

None

SpySeek

No in-app purchases

None

Links Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpySeek free?
SpySeek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Links Scanner free?
Links Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpySeek or Links Scanner have ads?
Links Scanner shows ads; SpySeek does not.

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