Return Window Radar vs Refund Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Return Window Radar
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Return Window Radar is the quiet, private way to make sure you never miss a return deadline — or leave a refund on the table. Most of us lose money the same way: we mean to return something, the window quietly closes, and that’s that. Return Window Radar watches every return window for you and shows, at a glance, exactly how much money you can still get back. Everything stays on your iPhone. No account. No cloud. No tracking. WHY YOU’LL LIKE IT • See what’s still returnable — and the total dollars on the table — the moment you open the app. • A countdown for every purchase: what’s due today, what’s expiring soon, what’s safe. • Gentle reminders before a window closes, so a deadline never sneaks past you. • Track refunds you’ve recovered, so you can watch the money you didn’t lose add up. SCAN A RECEIPT, DONE Scan a receipt with your camera — or pick one from Photos — and Return Window Radar reads it on-device and fills in the store, date, and total for you. Snap it, confirm, and it’s tracked. KNOWS THE POLICIES Add a store and the app suggests its return window automatically from a built-in catalog of common retailers — so you don’t have to look it up. ADD IT TO YOUR CALENDAR Send any return deadline to Apple Calendar with a tap, if you’d rather be reminded there. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Return Window Radar has no servers and no analytics. Your purchases, receipts, and reminders live only on your device and are never uploaded — receipt text recognition happens entirely on-device. Stop giving away money you could get back. Put your returns on the radar.
Refund Radar
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The money is still yours. It's just that nobody is watching it right now. A return window that closes quietly. A refund that never arrives. A trial month that turns into a yearly contract. The same side wins every time — and it isn't you. Refund Radar keeps an eye on the deadlines and speaks up before it's too late. HOW IT WORKS • Add it: merchant, amount, purchase date. The app suggests the return window. • Get reminded: in time, by notification and email, with the lead time you choose. • Get it back: a template letter is ready, and the refund stays visible until the money lands. WHAT YOU KEEP IN VIEW • Return deadlines for everything you ordered • Open refunds, until they're actually credited • Subscriptions and contracts, before they quietly renew • Warranties, with the matching receipt beside them • Your savings balance: what you clawed back, in black and white WITH PRO • Connect a mailbox — Gmail, Outlook or via forwarding. Orders are recognised automatically. • Photograph a receipt and the entry writes itself: merchant, amount and return window are read out. • Family access for the household. PRIVACY Servers in the EU, GDPR-compliant. No ads, no tracking, nothing passed to third parties. Mailbox access can be revoked at any time, and Refund Radar only looks at what appears to be an order. The app speaks English and German. You can delete your account directly in the app, whenever you like. REFUND RADAR PRO Pro unlocks: • Unlimited entries — the free plan stops at 10 • Connect Gmail and Outlook directly • Forwarding for iCloud, GMX, web.de, Yahoo and other providers • AI reads deadline, merchant and amount from your receipts • Escalating reminders and priority alerts • Track refunds through to the credit note Plans: • Pro monthly — renews every month • Pro yearly — renews every year The price for your region is shown in the App Store before you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Billing runs through your Apple account, where you can manage and cancel it at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.refundradar.de/agb Privacy Policy: https://www.refundradar.de/datenschutz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Refund Radar at every 2 days against Return Window Radar's weekly. 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. Return Window Radar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Refund Radar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Return Window Radar ships an update weekly, Refund Radar every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Return Window Radar | Refund Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Antonio Vargas | Christian Turcu |
In-app purchases
Return Window Radar
- Radar Pro - Unlimited Tracking$2.99
Refund Radar
- Pro monthly$1.991 Month
- Family monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro yearly$19.991 Year
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- Family yearly$39.991 Year
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