Mediatek SmartDevice vs Don't Forget Your Phone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mediatek SmartDevice
Connect to MediaTek wearable devices and BLE peripherals to manage alerts, track health data, and set up emergency contacts. Receive real-time notifications for proximity and link loss, and sync activity and sleep data to your iPhone.
- Start/stop alerting remote BLE devices
- Proximity alerts with distance levels
- Link loss alerts
- HealthKit data sync (steps, calories, sleep)
- SOS Call setup
- Time format server
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This application is mainly used for MediaTek wearable devices (also works with BLE peripherals which support BLE proximity and find me profile) This version includes below features. -Start/stop alerting remote BLE devices -Alerting when distance changing (3 levels) between remote BLE device -Alerting when linking loss between remote BLE device -Alarm and vibration setting for proximity profile -HealthKit feature: sync activities(Step Count, Active Colories, Walking + Running Distance) and sleep data to iPhone, save to Health App, and update all data in real time while the Health Data View showing; Saving Blood Pressure and Body Temperature data to Health Store got from wearable device; -SOS Call: edit contact infomation saved on remote wearable device; -Time Format Server: reply current time format (12H or 24H) to remote wearable device after getting request.
Don't Forget Your Phone
This app helps you prevent losing your phone or other Bluetooth devices. It alerts you if your phone goes out of range and can help you locate nearby Bluetooth gadgets with a distance tracker.
- Phone proximity alerts
- Bluetooth device finder
- Distance tracking for devices
- Apple Watch companion app
- Connection state monitoring
- Automatic reconnection
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Don’t Forget Your Phone combines two useful features in one app: • Apple Watch left-behind alerts for your iPhone • Bluetooth device finder for nearby accessories Leave your iPhone behind less often. Start a session from the Apple Watch app and get alerted when your iPhone goes out of range, so you notice it before leaving a car, restaurant, office, or home. Check connection status on your wrist and scan nearby Bluetooth devices. Use signal strength to help locate earbuds, tablets, accessories, and other compatible devices around you. Features • Apple Watch out-of-range alerts • Quick connection status on your wrist • Nearby Bluetooth device scanning • Signal-based device search • Works with many Bluetooth accessories Free mode includes 1 alert per day to try the app. Upgrade with an in-app purchase to unlock unlimited alerts. Please note: Bluetooth connections can occasionally drop for a moment because of system or radio conditions, which may rarely trigger a false alert. Apple Watch monitoring may affect its battery life when more frequent monitoring is needed for faster alerts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mediatek SmartDevice at none against Don't Forget Your Phone's 1. Mediatek SmartDevice also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (116 vs 24). Don't Forget Your Phone's advantage is review sentiment (34% vs 12%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Don't Forget Your Phone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mediatek SmartDevice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Don't Forget Your Phone holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Mediatek SmartDevice's written reviews are positive against 34% of Don't Forget Your Phone's.
Mediatek SmartDevice ships an update every 5 weeks, Don't Forget Your Phone every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mediatek SmartDevice | Don't Forget Your Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (116 ratings) | 2.5 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.1% of reviews | 34.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Airoha Technology Corp. | Daniil Zubach |
Customer experience
Mediatek SmartDevice
Don't Forget Your Phone
Bugs and requests
Mediatek SmartDevice
Reported bugs
15 issues- App fails to detect connected smartwatches
- Bluetooth connection immediately disconnects after pairing
- Cannot add devices through app interface
- Health data not syncing to Apple Health app
- SMS notifications show number instead of contact name
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- App becomes unresponsive in background
- Notifications arrive repeatedly or not at all
- Remote camera feature non-functional
- Date and time cannot be changed on watch
- App crashes when searching for devices
- Connection range limited to 10 meters
- App shows 'Exit safe mode' error on watch
- Messaging interface broken or inaccessible
- Incompatibility with iOS 9+ versions
- App not found in Bluetooth settings on some iPhones
Requested features
13 requests- Update app for iOS 10+ compatibility
- Add watch face customization options
- Enable SMS/WhatsApp message replies from watch
- Implement app download functionality for watch
- Add weather app integration
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- Support for more smartwatch models
- Health data synchronization with Apple Health
- Remote camera capture functionality
- Messaging sync with iMessage
- Profile and sport mode settings
- Battery life indicator display
- Multi-language support
- Improved notification management
Don't Forget Your Phone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mediatek SmartDevice
No in-app purchases
Don't Forget Your Phone
- Unlimited Notifications$3.99
Questions
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