Is there a good app for find my lost device?
Poorly Executed: 12 apps already serve this, and 9 data points mined from real user reviews show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to find my lost device, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| device discovery fails | reliability | 3 | The Roku app never can find my tv on the device!!! |
| cannot reconnect a forgotten device | ux | 1 | Completely impossible to reconnect a device you clicked forget on. No margin for accidents |
| no account recovery after device lost | other | 1 | No help from customer service to get back into the app, even though I am a register user |
| devices disappear from device list | bug | 1 | Devices often will disappear from your device list and there is not way to bring it back on |
| tracker lost before purchase | reliability | 1 | the turtle had lost its tracker before we got it |
| tracking number hard to find | ux | 1 | Too many clicks to find the tracking number |
| cannot delete old device | bug | 1 | connected to an old device that I don't have anymore, cannot delete it |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth Finder | 4.1 | 4,461 | $4.99 |
| Find Air - My Device Tracker | 4.6 | 22,850 | Free |
| Tile - Find lost keys & phone | 4.8 | 1,011,237 | Free |
| Find My Phone By Clapping | 4.4 | 7,257 | Free |
| Finder for Fitbit | 4.0 | 1,168 | $3.99 |
| Find Location: Phone Tracker | 4.3 | 109 | Free |
| Find My Fitbit ++ | 4.4 | 34,137 | Free |
| Find My Friends Phone - iMapp | 4.2 | 5,275 | Free |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 30 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| ferrum/FindMyDevice | abandoned | 7 | Java |
| dakshgodara2001/Find-My-Phone | stale | 5 | Kotlin |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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