Comparison

SpotCrime+ vs TriedBy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time crime information
  • Crime alerts
  • Crime map with incident details
  • Location-based crime reporting
  • Neighborhood and street-level data
  • Free email alerts
Features
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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.

About

TriedBy

Features
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TriedBy is a short-video feed with one difference: everything in every video is tagged, and every tag has a rating from one to ten. WATCH. EVERYTHING IS TAGGED. Real people doing real things — and every place, product, and experience in the video is a tag, right on screen. No "where was that?" No "drop the link." EVERY TAG HAS A RATING. One to ten, from the person who tried it. Five and up is worth it. A solid rating is their word. An outlined rating is our read of the post until they confirm it — so nothing is ever unrated. SAVE IT, SHOP IT, BOOK IT. Tap a tag and it lands on your Try List. Buy the product or book the place right there, with credit going to the person who showed you. GO DO IT. THEN RATE IT. Check in when you're there, try it for real, and give it your own number. Every try earns points, stamps, and medals. Your rating joins the guide for the next person. FOLLOW PEOPLE WHO'VE ACTUALLY TRIED IT. Every creator has a TriedBy guide: everything they've recommended, rated, sortable by rating, place, price, and category, and shoppable in place. Browse it as a list, a grid, or a map. BUILT FOR DOING, NOT SCROLLING. Your Try List keeps score. Themed lists give you whole adventures to work through. Your passport fills with the countries and cities you've checked in from. Free to download.

Screenshots

SpotCrime+4 screens
TriedBy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TriedBy at none against SpotCrime+'s shown. TriedBy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 14 months). SpotCrime+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpotCrime+ ships an update every 14 months, TriedBy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SpotCrime+ versus TriedBy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpotCrime+TriedBy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (695 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings695 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperReportSee Inc.Bryce GALEN

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

TriedBy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SpotCrime+

No in-app purchases

None

TriedBy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpotCrime+ free?
SpotCrime+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TriedBy free?
TriedBy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpotCrime+ or TriedBy have ads?
SpotCrime+ shows ads; TriedBy does not.
Which is updated more often, SpotCrime+ or TriedBy?
SpotCrime+ ships an update every 14 months, and TriedBy every 5 days. Most recently, SpotCrime+ was updated on October 23, 2026 and TriedBy on October 25, 2026.

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