Flock Clocker vs DontFlockMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Flock Clocker
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Flock Clocker maps where government surveillance cameras are deployed across the United States and shows the public contracts and spending that pay for them, all from public records. Automated license plate readers (ALPR) and similar surveillance camera systems record the movements of millions of ordinary drivers, the overwhelming majority never suspected of any crime. They are spreading fast, often funded through government procurement and approved in city council meetings most residents never see. Flock Clocker mines those public records nationwide, government procurement filings, council agendas, and cooperative-purchasing records, and puts what it finds on a searchable public map backed by cited sources. Mass surveillance, made legible. CIVIC TRANSPARENCY, ON THE RECORD This is a public-records transparency and accountability tool. Flock's network was built to follow the movements of millions of drivers. Flock Clocker was built to do the opposite: it maps the contracts, not the cars. It does not track anyone, scan plates, route around anything, or show real-time positions. Coverage is displayed as generalized area zones, never exact pinpoint locations. We map infrastructure and public spending, not people. FREE - A nationwide surveillance camera coverage map, shown as generalized coverage areas. - Coverage near you or near any address you search. Know what your city signed up for. - Per-area detail: camera count, operating agency, deployment status (deployed, under contract, proposed, or vote scheduled), and a link to the public record behind it. - Follow the public money: the contracts and public spending that fund the cameras. - One saved area. - A free report-an-inaccuracy channel on every record. - Our published methodology and provenance pages. No account is required to use the free map. EVERY RECORD TRACES TO ITS SOURCE Every record carries its source and confidence. Confirmed deployments, contracted plans, and community sightings stay clearly separate. Community sightings come from OpenStreetMap and are labeled "community sighting, unverified." Built to be checked, not believed. WATCH (coming soon) Notifications when coverage changes in areas you care about, including newly proposed deployments and renewal votes. Multiple watched areas. Basic coverage history. PRO (coming soon) The full contract and spending layer, historical coverage trends, agency and jurisdiction analytics, and data export with provenance intact. For journalists, researchers, attorneys, and advocacy organizations. PRIVACY No account needed for the free map. Location is used only while the app is open, to center the map near you. There are no advertising or tracking SDKs in this app. We never sell or share your location or any other personal data, to anyone, in any form. DATA SOURCES AND LICENSING U.S. government procurement and public meeting records, cited per record. Community sightings from OpenStreetMap, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL): openstreetmap.org/copyright. Published by Crossroads Technologies, LLC. flockclocker.com Public-records transparency for surveillance infrastructure and the public money behind it. TERMS OF USE Auto-renewable subscriptions in this app are governed by the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
DontFlockMe
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DontFlockMe is a GPS navigation app with one extra talent: it knows where automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are, and it can route around them the same way other apps route around tolls. Every route shows you the honest tradeoff. The fastest route and the protected route sit side by side: how many known cameras each one passes and how many minutes the cleaner route costs. You pick. Your choice, your drive. WHAT YOU GET - Turn-by-turn navigation with voice guidance, speed limits, and live rerouting - A nationwide map of 120,000+ community-reported ALPR locations, updated nightly - Protected routing that treats cameras like tolls: avoid them when you want to - Camera alerts while you drive, even without a route - Community reports: cameras, police, speed traps, crashes, hazards - Honest coverage: the app tells you when an area is lightly mapped instead of pretending to know PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE No account. No sign-in. No analytics SDKs, no ad SDKs, no trackers. Maps, routing, and search run on our own servers, so no map or routing provider sees your location either. Routes are computed in real time and never stored. If you buy Pro, Apple handles the payment, so we never learn who you are. Camera locations come from public community mapping and user reports. Coverage is strong in well-mapped areas and thinner elsewhere; the app always tells you which one you are in. DontFlockMe Pro unlocks camera-avoidance routing and patrol alerts. Pick your door: monthly, yearly after a free week, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Lifetime means the life of the app: if it is ever sunset, the final update makes Pro features free for everyone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dontflockme.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flock Clocker at none against DontFlockMe's 3. DontFlockMe's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. DontFlockMe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Flock Clocker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flock Clocker ships an update every 2 weeks, DontFlockMe daily. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Flock Clocker | DontFlockMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crossroads Technologies | Garrett Keith |
In-app purchases
Flock Clocker
No in-app purchases
DontFlockMe
- Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Pro Annual$49.991 Year
- DontFlockMe Pro Lifetime$79.99
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