Comparison

SenseRadar vs Bug Detector

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

Head to head
About

SenseRadar

Transform your phone into a multi-sensor detector to identify hidden cameras, listening devices, and trackers. Utilizes various sensor modules and AI analysis to provide a risk assessment for your privacy.

Highlights
  • Multi-sensor detection (Network, Bluetooth, EMF, Optical, Ultrasonic, LiDAR)
  • One-tap radar scan with live risk score
  • AI-assisted lens detection
  • AI security report generation
  • Privacy-focused on-device analysis
  • Bluetooth distance tracking (Pro)
Features
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Turn your phone into a multi-sensor detector. SenseRadar helps you spot potential hidden cameras, listening devices and trackers in hotel rooms, rentals, offices and changing rooms — anywhere your privacy matters. ONE-TAP RADAR Start a combined scan with a single tap and follow a live risk score on the radar screen. 6 SENSOR MODULES • Network — scans the Wi-Fi network for suspicious devices such as IP cameras • Bluetooth (BLE) — finds nearby Bluetooth devices and trackers like AirTag; track their distance on a live radar (Pro) • EMF — measures electromagnetic anomalies using your phone's magnetometer • Optical — AI-assisted lens detection reveals reflections from hidden camera lenses • Ultrasonic — emits inaudible 18–22 kHz signals and analyses the reflections • LiDAR — builds a depth map of surfaces on supported iPhone models AI RISK ANALYSIS Generate an AI security report for the devices found: overall security score, suspicious device flags and clear recommendations. PRIVACY FIRST Sensor analysis runs on your device and your scan data is never sold. The optional AI features send only what they analyse — the photo you capture or the list of devices found — to Google's Gemini API, and only when you start them. SENSERADAR PRO Advanced features (EMF analysis, Bluetooth distance radar, AI reports) are part of the SenseRadar Pro auto-renewing subscription. Purchases can be restored at any time. IMPORTANT This app does not guarantee definitive detection; it provides risk assessment only. Results depend on your phone's hardware sensors and the environment. Offline or hardware-isolated devices that emit no radio signals may not be detected. SenseRadar is a supplementary aid and does not replace a professional security sweep. In suspicious situations, perform a physical search and contact the relevant authorities. Terms of Use (EULA): https://senseradar.net/en/terms

About

Bug Detector

Features
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Stakeout is a listening stakeout. You put the phone down, walk away, and come back to a timestamped tape of the steady tones it heard in the near-ultrasonic band — the range above ordinary hearing that a phone microphone can still sample. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES There is no live spectrum in this app. No waterfall, no decibel meter, no needle to watch. That is deliberate. A meter tells you about the instant you happen to be looking at it; a tape tells you what happened while you were not in the room. The running screen is a session clock and a log, and the output is evidence with timestamps. TEST YOUR OWN PHONE FIRST Before a session, run the self-test. Stakeout plays 16, 18, 20 and 21 kHz through the speaker, measures what your microphone returns, and prints the measured response for each one. Not a spec sheet copied from somewhere — your handset, in your room, at your volume. Microphone response above 20 kHz varies enormously between phones, so the honest thing is to measure it and show you, rather than promise a flat response nobody can guarantee. THE TAPE Every row is one event: the wall-clock time it started, the frequency, how long it held, and how far above the room's own noise it sat. Times are zero-padded and absolute — never "3 minutes ago" — because a log you might act on needs real timestamps. Tones that stop and restart are folded into one row with a count, so a pulsing source reads as one finding rather than forty. A tone has to hold for at least two seconds to be logged at all. That single rule removes almost everything a room throws at a microphone: a chair scraping, a door, a cough, a passing car. THE UNVERIFIED BAND The region above 20 kHz is drawn differently and labelled unverified, because that is the truth: it sits where phone microphones start to roll off and where your particular handset may hear nothing at all. The self-test is what tells you which side of that line you are on. WHAT YOU GET FREE - The full near-ultrasonic detector, 15 to 22 kHz - Sessions up to 15 minutes - Three saved tapes - The loopback self-test, unlimited - Steady tones in the audible band logged as events WHAT PRO ADDS - Sessions with no time limit, running all night - Every tape kept, not only your last three - Export a tape as plain text, timestamps and all - Detection strictness: loose, standard or strict BEING HONEST ABOUT THE LIMITS A phone cannot scan the radio spectrum. It cannot detect an analogue transmitter, and it cannot find a wired or fully passive microphone — those things emit nothing a microphone can hear. Any app claiming otherwise is selling you a feeling. What a phone can do is listen very carefully, in a band you cannot. A tone in your tape is something worth explaining. It is not, on its own, proof of surveillance — ultrasonic tones also come from motion sensors, some televisions, rodent repellers, cleaning equipment and a surprising number of ordinary appliances. The app gives you the evidence and the timestamps; the conclusion is yours. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no analytics and no tracking. Audio is analysed live on the device and is never recorded, saved or uploaded — the tape holds numbers, not sound. The only connection the app makes is the subscription check with the App Store. SUBSCRIPTION Stakeout Pro is $3.99 per week with a 3-day free trial, or $17.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SenseRadar4 screens
Bug Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SenseRadar at 3 against Bug Detector's 1. SenseRadar also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SenseRadar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Bug Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SenseRadar versus Bug Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSenseRadarBug Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHALIL KARATEKINEmine Saridogan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SenseRadar

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly7 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Year trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Bug Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is SenseRadar free?
SenseRadar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bug Detector free?
Bug Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SenseRadar or Bug Detector have ads?
Neither SenseRadar nor Bug Detector shows ads.

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