Spotter vs Yivi
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.
Yivi
Securely manage your digital identity and control data sharing. Log in and prove who you are without oversharing personal information. Your data remains private and stored only on your device.
- Secure login and data sharing
- Control over shared information
- Data stored locally on device
- PIN code protection
- Open-source development
- Privacy-focused design
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Yivi is an app that lets you easily and securely log in, share data and prove who you are. Without sharing too much about yourself. With Yivi, you take control of your data. You always see what an organisation wants to know about you and you decide whether to share that data. Your data is only stored on your mobile, safely behind a PIN code. No one is watching, not even Yivi. That's how safe it is. Yivi is being developed by the Caesar Groep, and is based on work by the Privacy By Design Foundation. Previously known as “IRMA” the Yivi ID wallet is fully open-source. Yivi website: www.yivi.app/en/ Technical documentation: https://docs.yivi.app/what-is-yivi Source code: https://github.com/privacybydesign
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yivi at 100% against Spotter's 13%. Yivi also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Spotter's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Spotter ships an update every 6 weeks, Yivi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spotter | Yivi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spotter BV | Privacy by Design Foundation |
Customer experience
Spotter
Yivi
In-app purchases
Spotter
No in-app purchases
Yivi
No in-app purchases
