Comparison

Nut vs uTracing

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

Head to head
About

Nut

This app pairs with a smart tracker to help you locate misplaced items. It allows you to make the tracker beep, find your phone using the tracker, and receive alerts when your phone and tracker are disconnected. You can also share tracker access with others and view the last known location.

Highlights
  • One-touch item finding
  • Smart disconnection alerts
  • Phone anti-lost feature
  • Group sharing for trackers
  • Location history recording
Features
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Introduction: The Nut app works together with the Nut smart tracker. Bind Nut smart tracker with your important items, if you cannot find the items, you can make the Nut smart tracker beep, then find it. If your phone or items cannot be found, you can use the Nut smart tracker to call your phone, and vice versa. Both your phone and the tracker will alert you when they are disconnected so that neither your phone nor the important item will get lost. Specialties: · One Touch Find: Call your Nut tracker through one touch in the Nut app. · Smart Alert: The Nut app will alert you when your Nut tracker gets disconnected. · Mobile Anti-lost: Your Nut tracker will alert you when you leave your phone behind. · Group Sharing: Share your Nut with others to find the Nut tracker, which can support up to 20 accounts. · Location Record: The Nut app will record the location wherever the tracker got disconnected to help you search for it.  Scenarios: · Bind your Nut tracker with your keys or wallet so that you will find them easily and never leave them behind. · Attach your Nut tracker to your remote control so that you can easily find it. · Bind your Nut tracker with your bags so that you will never forget them wherever you go. · Take your Nut tracker with you so that you will never forget or lose your phone.

About

uTracing

This app helps you keep track of your belongings, kids, or pets using Bluetooth Low-energy technology. It connects to smart devices to prevent loss and offers features like phone finding and self-portraits within a set distance.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth Low-energy tracking
  • Anti-lost functionality
  • Find your phone feature
  • Self-portrait mode
  • Connects to keys, bags, kids, pets
Features
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Thank you for choosing the smart anti-lost products iTag based on Bluetooth. iTag is a kind of Bluetooth Low-energy product which based on the newest Bluetooth 4.0 version. It can chain user' s easy-lost & valueble belongings (such as keys, handbags etc.)kids or pets together with smart phones through specified App software within a setting Bluetooth connection distance. In the effective distance it can realize the functions of anti-lost, looking for smart phones, self-portrait. "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."

Screenshots

Nut4 screens
uTracing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nut at 52% against uTracing's 0%. Nut also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (878 vs 4). uTracing's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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

Nut holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nut has 878 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Nut's written reviews are positive against 0% of uTracing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nut ships an update every 3 weeks, uTracing every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nut versus uTracing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNutuTracing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (878 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings878 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Zizai Technology Co.,Ltd.Universal Ascent Holdings Limited

Customer experience

Nut

All ratings878 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative37.3%

uTracing

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Nut

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Unable to connect or unbind tags
  • Quiet zones not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reverse tracking to find phone from tag
  • Apple Watch integration
  • More customizable alert settings
  • Improved battery life indicator

uTracing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nut

No in-app purchases

None

uTracing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nut free?
Nut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is uTracing free?
uTracing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nut or uTracing?
Nut is rated higher. Nut averages 4.4 out of 5 from 878 ratings, while uTracing averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Nut or uTracing have ads?
Neither Nut nor uTracing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nut or uTracing?
Nut ships an update every 3 weeks, and uTracing every 9 days. Most recently, Nut was updated on October 23, 2026 and uTracing on October 24, 2026.

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