Nut vs iHere 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- One-touch item finding
- Smart disconnection alerts
- Phone anti-lost feature
- Group sharing for trackers
- Location history recording
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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.
iHere 3
This app helps you locate misplaced items like keys and your phone within a 75-foot range. It also functions as a remote camera shutter and voice recorder, allowing you to capture moments from a distance.
- Find keys and other items
- Locate your iPhone
- Save and find your car's location
- Remote camera shutter
- Remote voice recorder
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The iHere gadget combines with the iHere3 app to help you find your most important items easily within a 75-foot range. iHere also offers a remote camera shutter and remote voice recorder function to help you capture important memories. 1) Find your keys: Attach iHere to your keys or any item. Tap the item you wish to find on the iHere3 app to ring iHere. iHere also will beep when you are moving 2) Find your iPhone: Press the button on iHere to ring your iPhone. This works even when your phone has been muted. 3) Locate your car: Click the button on iHere to save your car's location to the iHere3 app before leaving your car. Later, use the app to locate your car. 4) Take photos remotely: Take the perfect photo and selfie. No need to stretch your arms or ask someone. Click the button on iHere to remotely control your device's camera. 5) Record voice remotely: Click the button on iHere to control your device's voice recorder remotely. Easily record voice memos, music and performances from a distance without holding your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nut at 4.4 against iHere 3's 2.3. Nut also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 30%) and ratings volume (878 vs 34). iHere 3's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nut holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nut has 878 ratings behind it against 34, 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 30% of iHere 3's.
Nut ships an update every 3 weeks, iHere 3 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nut | iHere 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (878 ratings) — better | 2.3 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.0% of reviews — better | 30.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 878 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Zizai Technology Co.,Ltd. | No NDA Inc |
Customer experience
Nut
iHere 3
User reviews
Nut
From 878 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to set up and use
- 🚀 Effective at finding lost items
- 💡 Replaceable batteries
- 🔒 Reliable connection
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections and false alarms
- 🔋 Significant battery drain on phone
- 🔕 Lack of silent mode or customization options
- 📍 Inaccurate location tracking
iHere 3
From 34 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Rechargeable fobs are useful
- 👍 Works well for finding lost keys
- 👍 Loud beep compared to competitors
- 👍 Can find phone with device
- 👍 Can find keys with phone
Room to improve
- 🐛 Defective products frequently
- 🐛 Hard to configure
- 🐛 WiFi switching issues
- 🐛 Frequent connection drops
- 🐛 Poor customer service
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
iHere 3
Reported bugs
39 issues- Device not charging
- Flashing green and red light
- Device not holding a charge
- Device not working unless plugged in
- Device not working after charging
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- Device loses contact with phone
- Device shows incorrect location
- Separation alarm beeps continuously
- App running in background after closing
- Device does not ring when button is pressed
- Inaccurate battery percentage display
- Apple Watch app displays in Mandarin
- Bluetooth connection is inconsistent
- Device randomly starts beeping
- Separation alarm cannot be turned off
- Button press inadvertently triggers phone ring
- App crashes during firmware update
- App stuck in update loop
- Last seen location is outdated
- No separation warning provided
- App crashes on launch
- App constantly requests to pair
- App keeps installing updates
- New menu is incomplete
- Cannot locate car on map
- Cannot locate iPhone on map
- App consumes high battery percentage
- App crashes when using voice recorder
- No more find phone option
- Map locator function is confusing and buggy
- Map shows phone location, not device location
- App requires Bluetooth to be open to work
- App stats won't work with Bluetooth 4
- Update disconnected users from devices
- App crashes on iOS 9
- App crashes on new iPod touch
- App crashes on iPhone 4s
- Map locator screen is buggy and difficult to use
- App requires constant re-pairing
Requested features
25 requests- Fix bugs with charging and battery life
- Improve customer service response time
- Allow use without mic and camera access
- Allow location access only while using the app
- Make button less prone to accidental triggers (e.g., 3 consecutive clicks)
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- Provide a push notification for low battery
- Adjustable distance for separation alerts
- Fix Apple Watch app language issue
- Add volume control
- Turn off beeping when Bluetooth connects/disconnects
- Improve car finding explanation/setup
- Add time delay for selfies
- Fix app crashing issues
- Fix update loop issues
- Improve map locator functionality
- Show last seen location of the iHere device on the map
- Allow app to work in background without being open
- Fix issues with finding car and iPhone on map
- Fix voice recorder crash
- Add find phone option back
- Improve UI navigation
- Add FAQ access within the app
- Fix pairing and update installation issues
- Fix issues with Bluetooth 4 compatibility
- Allow turning off the 'phone finder' feature
In-app purchases
Nut
No in-app purchases
iHere 3
No in-app purchases









