Comparison

Find a Grave vs SaferCar

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

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About

Find a Grave

Access the world's largest free online collection of burial information. Search millions of graves, add new memorials with photos and GPS, and find loved ones' resting places. Honor ancestors by creating memorials and sharing discoveries.

Highlights
  • Search 250+ million graves
  • Add memorials and photos
  • Record GPS locations
  • Create ancestor memorials
  • Share discoveries
  • Manage user profiles
Features
Currently charting
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The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world’s largest free online collection of burial information. Quickly search more than 265 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. Easily add information for multiple graves by photographing and then uploading them for future transcription. Find and visit a loved one’s final resting place anywhere, anytime. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. All this and more with just a few taps. Features: + Access the largest online collection of burial info for free + Find cemeteries near you and locate grave sites of your loved ones through a simple search + Add headstones photo and GPS coordinates + Create memorials with bios and photos + Share discoveries through Facebook, emails, text messages + Manage your profile and see the profiles of others + Track your own memorials, photos, and virtual cemeteries

About

SaferCar

Stay informed about automotive safety recalls directly from the official source. Enter your vehicle's VIN or details about tires and car seats to receive background notifications for any safety recalls affecting your owned equipment. Access NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings and car seat tools.

Highlights
  • Vehicle recall notifications
  • VIN entry for multiple vehicles
  • Recall alerts for tires and car seats
  • NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings
  • Car seat installation tools
  • Background operation for alerts
Features
Currently charting
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SaferCar is your connection to automotive safety recall information directly from the official source—the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Every year, NHTSA manages millions of recalls affecting vehicles, tires, car seats and related equipment. SaferCar will notify you about any safety recalls affecting your vehicle or equipment as long as you leave it running in the background. With the SaferCar app, you can: • Enter a vehicle identification number (VIN) for as many vehicles as you own. Your virtual garage will accept VINs for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, motorcycles and more. • Enter any related automotive products you own that could be subject to safety recalls, like tires, car seats and trailers. • Opt-in to receive notifications on your mobile device for each of the vehicles and products you’ve entered. • Know you’ll be better informed should any recall impact your vehicle or related equipment. • Check out NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings, and our online car seat tools that help you find the right seat, understand ease-of-use and check to make sure it’s installed correctly. • Know that NHTSA will never store or share your user data. To protect your privacy, NHTSA doesn’t store your device or VIN information on a server in order to send you a notification when a new recall is issued. This means SaferCar needs to run in the background so it can check for recall updates periodically from your device. If you force quit SaferCar, immediately reopen the app. From Apple: You should force an app to close only if it’s unresponsive.

Screenshots

Find a Grave4 screens
SaferCar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Find a Grave at 4.7 against SaferCar's 2.8. Find a Grave also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). SaferCar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Find a Grave holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find a Grave has 3.7K ratings behind it against 117, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Find a Grave's written reviews are positive against 21% of SaferCar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find a Grave ships an update every 9 days, SaferCar every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Find a Grave versus SaferCar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind a GraveSaferCar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better2.8 (117 ratings)
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews — better20.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3.7K — better117
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#210#209 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB71 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAncestry.comNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Customer experience

Find a Grave

All ratings3,713 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral10.8%
Negative29.1%

SaferCar

All ratings114 ratings
Positive43.9%
Neutral9.6%
Negative46.5%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative66.7%

User reviews

Find a Grave

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent app for family history research
  • 🚀 Easy to use and navigate
  • 🚀 Helpful for finding and visiting graves
  • 🚀 Valuable resource for genealogy
  • 🚀 Great for volunteering and contributing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Inaccurate or incomplete information
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with strangers creating memorials
  • 🔒 Difficult to manage memorials and correct errors
  • 💡 Limited functionality compared to website

SaferCar

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✅ App recognizes valid VINs
  • ✅ Recall information is useful
  • ✅ Barcode scanning works sometimes
  • ✅ App updates quickly
  • ✅ Good for tracking recalls

Room to improve

  • ❌ VIN lookup errors
  • ❌ Vehicle selection limited
  • ❌ App crashes frequently
  • ❌ Requires app to be open
  • ❌ Poor user interface

Bugs and requests

Find a Grave

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Server errors and inability to load memorials
  • Issues with uploading and editing photos
  • Problems with signing in and accessing account features
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to message other users within the app
  • Improve search functionality and allow for more flexible searches
  • Integrate with Ancestry.com for seamless family tree integration
  • Add option to set default location/cemetery preferences
  • Improve GPS and mapping features to better locate graves

SaferCar

Reported bugs

58 issues
  • VIN Lookup Error
  • App crashes on opening
  • App freezes after prompts
  • App won't open with iOS 14
  • App flickers and disappears
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  • Initial load stuck on 'what's new' pop-up
  • App crashes repeatedly
  • App won't launch
  • App instantly closes
  • VIN entry fail is persistent
  • Cannot scan VIN
  • Too many characters in VIN message
  • VIN already in use error
  • Recall details not accessible by tapping
  • App shows incorrect vehicle year
  • Search tool broken, fixed list only
  • Cannot add second car
  • VIN not recognized
  • Models not available
  • Cannot find VIN entry option
  • App doesn't work after iOS 14 update
  • App crashes when trying to launch
  • App stops working with iOS 14
  • App crashes upon launch
  • Database not up to date
  • VIN not recognized for motorcycle
  • Cannot add vehicles or devices
  • Home icon doesn't direct to home page
  • App doesn't take VINs
  • VIN lookup fails every time
  • Backend problem prevents VIN submission
  • Cannot add older vehicles
  • VIN entry fails
  • App doesn't find truck
  • App can't find any vehicles from VIN search
  • App cannot find camper van VIN
  • App crashes on opening
  • App doesn't work
  • App crashes repeatedly
  • App won't open
  • App crashes when trying to launch
  • App crashes
  • App doesn't work after iOS 14 update
  • App crashes when trying to launch
  • App stops working with iOS 14
  • App crashes upon launch
  • Database not up to date
  • VIN not recognized for motorcycle
  • Cannot add vehicles or devices
  • Home icon doesn't direct to home page
  • App doesn't take VINs
  • VIN lookup fails every time
  • Backend problem prevents VIN submission
  • Cannot add older vehicles
  • VIN entry fails
  • App doesn't find truck
  • App can't find any vehicles from VIN search
  • App cannot find camper van VIN

Requested features

12 requests
  • Allow searching for any vehicle recalls, not just owned ones
  • Remove vehicle tracking limit
  • Allow users to write notes for vehicles
  • Adjust notification times
  • Improve VIN barcode auto-identification
Show 7 more
  • Allow VIN identification from cropped photos
  • Improve contrast and placement of 'add vehicle' button
  • Add a 'My Garage' section that doesn't replace the home screen
  • Allow adding more than one vehicle
  • Enable VIN pasting
  • Server-side recall checking for privacy
  • Allow users to search for any vehicle recalls, not just owned ones

In-app purchases

None

Find a Grave

No in-app purchases

None

SaferCar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find a Grave free?
Find a Grave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SaferCar free?
SaferCar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find a Grave or SaferCar?
Find a Grave is rated higher. Find a Grave averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.7K ratings, while SaferCar averages 2.8 from 117 ratings.
Do Find a Grave or SaferCar have ads?
Neither Find a Grave nor SaferCar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Find a Grave or SaferCar?
Find a Grave ships an update every 9 days, and SaferCar every 6 weeks. Most recently, Find a Grave was updated on October 29, 2026 and SaferCar on October 29, 2026.
Which is more popular, Find a Grave or SaferCar?
Find a Grave currently peaks at #210 in the App Store charts, and SaferCar at #209. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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