SpotCrime+ vs BarterFly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpotCrime+
Access real-time crime information and alerts across the US, UK, and Canada. View a crime map with details on various incidents like robberies, thefts, and assaults. Pinpoint your location to get breaking crime stories and neighborhood safety updates.
- Real-time crime information
- Crime alerts
- Crime map with incident details
- Location-based crime reporting
- Neighborhood and street-level data
- Free email alerts
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Get near real time crime information and crime alerts for most areas in the US, United Kingdom, and parts of Canada. Buying a new home or traveling to a new area - check your safety with the SpotCrime App. The app provides a crime map linked to many crime sources around the country. Giving you nearby details on: * Robberies * Thefts * Arsons * Shootings * Arrests * Burglaries * Assaults * Vandalisms By pinpointing your location through the GPS on your phone, SpotCrime accesses its current database to provide you with current events and breaking crime stories around you. Get crime in your zip code right down to your neighborhood and street block. We are committed to help inform the public and increase everyone’s safety. Spot crime with SpotCrime, and get out of the crime spot. Don’t let anyone take your mojo. Crime data is provided by police departments, sheriff agencies, news media. In some cases, data is provided through 911 CAD (dispatch services) and information may be updated at a later time. This is a great tool for neighborhood watch organizations. If you don’t see crime data on the map, ask your local police department to be transparent with their crime data and SpotCrime will map it for free. No charge to the police department, no charge to you, and free email alerts! We are not providing sex offender information at this time.
BarterFly
Connect with your local community to exchange goods, skills, and services without using cash. Facilitates direct bartering among neighbors.
- Local bartering
- Goods exchange
- Skill sharing
- Service swapping
- Cashless transactions
- Community connection
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Swap goods, skills & services with neighbours. Local barter, no cash needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BarterFly at 5.0 against SpotCrime+'s 3.8. BarterFly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 14 months). SpotCrime+'s advantage is ratings volume (681 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
BarterFly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpotCrime+ has 681 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SpotCrime+ ships an update every 14 months, BarterFly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpotCrime+ | BarterFly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (681 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 681 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ReportSee Inc. | TPOC LLC |
Customer experience
SpotCrime+
BarterFly
Bugs and requests
SpotCrime+
Reported bugs
3 issues- Authentication errors
- Crashes and freezes
- Location services issues
Requested features
3 requests- Date range filter for crime data
- Detailed crime reports within app
- Push notifications for local incidents
BarterFly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SpotCrime+
No in-app purchases
BarterFly
No in-app purchases
