Spotter vs Toon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spotter
This app allows users to track the location of children, the elderly, pets, and valuables using GPS devices. It offers features like real-time tracking, zone alerts, SOS messaging, step counting, and direct calling.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Geofencing and zone alerts
- SOS emergency messaging
- Step counting and activity monitoring
- Direct calling functionality
- Alarm settings
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Spotter®… for everything you love User-friendly GPS trackers and GPS watches for children, the elderly, animals and valuables. The Spotter® app is a professional application developed for Spotter® users. View locations with the track and trace function, set zones, receive SOS messages, set alarms, view the number of steps and call each other. Just a small selection of functions you can use. Download the app and experience the benefits of Spotter® for yourself! Not a user yet? Go to www.spottergps.com and choose the product that suits you.
Toon
Monitor and control your home's energy consumption and generation. Track appliance usage, manage smart devices like lighting and plugs, and view historical energy data. Optimize your energy habits and utilize features like holiday mode for efficiency.
- Energy usage monitoring
- Appliance control
- Smart lighting integration
- Smart plug control
- Historical energy data
- Solar panel output insights
- Holiday mode
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This is the app that comes with Toon, the smart platform that provides insight into your energy usage (and generation). Toon connects your smart appliances and gives you the control. At home, with the display on your wall. Or on the go, with this app. What’s in this app? * Waste checker – get to know the energy usage of your appliances, track down energy guzzlers and stop the waste. * Control Toon on-the-go to prevent unnecessary energy usage * Get historic insight into your energy and gas usage (both in volume and euro's) * Philips Hue lighting - control your colourful lighting remotely * Fibaro smart plugs - get insight into the energy usage of individuals appliances and turn them on and off remotely * Setting your Week program * Solar via the Toon app – insights into the output of your solar panel and graphs. * Holiday mode * Checking the battery life of your Fibaro smoke detectors via the app The Toon app can only be used if you have Toon installed and a Toon subscription. By using this app, you accept the terms and conditions: https://www.eneco.nl/klantenservice/producten-diensten/toon/beginnen/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Toon at 4.6 against Spotter's 1.0. Toon also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). Spotter's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Toon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toon has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Spotter's written reviews are positive against 50% of Toon's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spotter | Toon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spotter BV | Eneco |
Customer experience
Spotter
Toon
In-app purchases
Spotter
No in-app purchases
Toon
No in-app purchases
