ZuckOff vs Genderwave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZuckOff
This app detects and alerts you to the presence of nearby camera glasses and headsets via Bluetooth. It provides details on detected devices, signal strength, and a history of sightings, all while keeping your data private on your device.
- Detects camera glasses and headsets
- Bluetooth announcement listening
- Manufacturer and device recognition
- Confidence rating for detections
- Detailed sighting logs
- Signal strength for proximity
- Privacy-focused, no data sharing
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Camera glasses announce themselves over Bluetooth. ZuckOff listens for those announcements and tells you when a lens is in the room. ■ What it spots • Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, by the manufacturer signature in their Bluetooth advertisement • Snap Spectacles • Display glasses and headsets, including Quest and Vision Pro, are named in the log but never flagged: a headset is a camera you can see coming • The full list, and how each one is recognised, is in the app ■ The evidence, shown • Every flag lists what matched, whether that was a manufacturer ID, a service UUID or an advertised name • Confidence is rated possible, likely or strong, and the app says which • You can disagree with it, because the reasoning is never hidden ■ Every device, logged • Sightings keeps a record of all Bluetooth devices heard nearby, glasses or not • A signal timeline for each device • Own a pair yourself? Mark them once and they stop raising alerts ■ On Apple Watch • Check around me scans from your wrist for fifteen seconds and shows the same evidence as the iPhone • Meeting mode, part of Pro, keeps scanning until you tap Stop and buzzes when a pair turns up • watchOS only lets the watch listen while ZuckOff is open on its screen. With Always On that includes time with your wrist down, and the Return to Clock setting can stretch it to an hour • With Pro, a watch face can show the last verdict from your iPhone ■ On your Mac • ZuckOff for Mac is on the Mac App Store, for macOS 15 or later. It listens from the menu bar or the Dock • Pro bought on your iPhone unlocks it on a Mac signed in with the same Apple Account ■ Shortcuts and Siri • Start scan, Stop scan, Get scan status and Get suspect count work in the Shortcuts app, in automations and with Siri • An automation can stop the scan when you get home, even with ZuckOff closed, and start it again when you leave • Starting a scan with ZuckOff closed needs Pro with background scanning on. Without Pro the action asks to open the app ■ How close, not which way • Signal strength gives a rough distance and no direction at all • ZuckOff shows proximity bands rather than an arrow, because an arrow would be invented ■ What it cannot do • Glasses advertise loudest while powering on, pairing, or leaving the case. Once paired to their owner's phone they can go quiet, so silence here does not mean nobody is recording • A detection does not mean anyone is recording either. ZuckOff sees that a device is nearby and nothing about what its owner is doing with it ■ Your data stays on your phone • No account, no analytics • The log never leaves unless you export it yourself, or choose to send a hardware report for a device ZuckOff does not recognise, so new glasses can be added later • A report shows you exactly what it contains before anything is sent • Your iPhone shares its last verdict with your paired Apple Watch and nothing else ■ ZuckOff Pro Scanning is free and always will be. Pro is for the times you are not looking at the screen: background monitoring, alerts, the Live Activity, the Home Screen widget, meeting mode and the watch face on Apple Watch, sighting history beyond 24 hours, and CSV export. $9.99 per year, with the first week free. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and renewals are managed in Settings on your device. A lifetime option is also available: one payment, no subscription, Family Sharing on. One purchase covers iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac. ZuckOff is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Meta Platforms, Luxottica, Ray-Ban, Oakley or Snap. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Genderwave
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Genderwave is a private, on-device voice gender AI analysis tool and pitch tracker built specifically for voice training, voice feminization, and masculinization practice. Whether you are actively working on trans voice training or simply curious about your vocal pitch and characteristics, Genderwave offers instant, real-time feedback with complete privacy. REAL-TIME PITCH VISUALIZATION Watch your pitch move across masculine, androgynous, and feminine target frequency ranges as you talk. The scrolling live chart helps you visualize pitch shifts instantly. ON-DEVICE AI VOICE ANALYSIS Analyze your voice pitch after every sentence or view a rolling 30-second average. Get detailed confidence scores, median pitch (Hz), pitch range, and track your progress over time. HANDS-FREE HEADPHONE AUDIO CUES Practice your voice during real daily conversations, not just in front of a screen. Turn on discreet audio cues to get immediate, subtle headphone feedback whenever your pitch strays outside your target range. With your permission, Genderwave can continue monitoring and giving feedback even when backgrounded or with your screen locked. ANALYZE AUDIO & VIDEO FILES Have a speech, recording, or video that you want to analyze? Select any video from your Photos library or an audio file from Files. Genderwave will process the voice locally on your device without needing to upload anything. 100% PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE • No account or sign-up required. • All pitch tracking and AI analysis runs locally on your iPhone. • No audio recordings or analysis data ever leave your phone or get stored on servers. • Created by a trans woman for the trans community. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscriptions. No advertisements. No hidden fees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ZuckOff at Free against Genderwave's $0.99. Genderwave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On ads 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
ZuckOff is free to download; Genderwave costs $0.99 up front. ZuckOff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Genderwave asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ZuckOff | Genderwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Szydlowski | alana. sh |
In-app purchases
ZuckOff
- Zuckoff Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Zuckoff Pro Lifetime$29.99
Genderwave
No in-app purchases









