tinyFinder vs Lost Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tinyFinder
Attach this small, lightweight device to your valuables to prevent loss. It connects via Bluetooth to your smartphone, allowing you to track items within a 150-foot range. Receive alerts and visual radar guidance to easily find misplaced belongings or monitor family members and pets.
- Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity
- 150-foot tracking range
- Visual radar distance and movement display
- Audible and visual alerts for out-of-range items
- Two-way tracking to find your phone
- Email notifications for tracking events
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tinyFinder is a revolutionary device that will help you prevent losing your valuable things. It is a quarter-sized device that can be easily attached to anything, and it connects via Bluetooth 4.0 with your smart device and can be traced through the tinyFinder App within a certain range. With tinyFinder, you don’t have to worry about losing your keys, cell phones or wallets again, and you’ll be able to closely monitor the location of your family members such as children or pets to prevent them from wondering off. Size & Weight: tinyFinder is about the size of a quarter, and it’s only about 0.5 inch thin. It's also very lightweight at 0.35 oz. Battery life: tinyFinder uses a standard watch battery, which will last for a year in standby mode. Range: tinyFinder can trace your valuables up to 150 feet/45M in an open area. Radar: The radar gives you a visual image on your smart device of the distance and movement of the object you want to keep track of. Alarm: If the object you’re tracking with tinyFinder moves beyond the 150 feet/45M range or any lesser range you choose, tinyFinder will light and alarm. Email notification: Tracking record will be sent to your email address when you turn on email notification and when tinyFinder activates. 2-way tracking: The button on tinyFinder helps to locate your smart device if you happen to misplace it. tinyFinder, Find It Easier. *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Lost Map
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Lost Map – A Smarter Way to Reclaim Lost Items Lost Map is an innovative lost-and-found app designed to help users quickly recover lost belongings through community collaboration and a map-based interface. Whether you’ve lost something or found an item, the process is fast and intuitive: users can upload descriptions, locations, and photos of lost or found items, which are then displayed on a map to help connect owners with finders. Unlike traditional methods—such as bulletin boards, social media posts, or police reports—Lost Map focuses on speed, simplicity, and visual clarity. By marking a lost item directly on the map in just three steps, users can share or locate items more efficiently than ever before. The app is ideal for both everyday situations and special cases: commuters or students who lose wallets or IDs, travelers looking for misplaced luggage or souvenirs, or neighbors sharing found items within their communities. The visualized map view enhances spatial awareness, helping users see where items are located at a glance, boosting both confidence and recovery rates. Traditional lost-and-found methods suffer from scattered information, slow updates, and lack of real-time communication. Lost Map solves these problems by centralizing user-uploaded data and integrating it with map technology—making the recovery process simpler, faster, and more collaborative. While the app currently focuses on core functionality, future updates aim to expand its features for an even smoother lost-and-found experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tinyFinder at none against Lost Map's 3. tinyFinder also leads on iOS requirement (6.1 vs 12.0). Lost Map's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lost Map sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. tinyFinder asks for nothing beyond the download.
tinyFinder ships an update fortnightly, Lost Map every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tinyFinder | Lost Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skywind Inc. | PING HSIANG HU |
In-app purchases
tinyFinder
No in-app purchases
Lost Map
- 抖內 $10.00$0.29
- 抖內 $31.00$0.99
- 抖內 $52.00$1.99









