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Alternatives to Find My
19 utilities tools sit alongside Find My in this directory. Below is what separates each from Find My on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Find My starts at
- Free
Why people look past Find My
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Find My entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Find My publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free open source BitTorrent client with true thin-client architecture for remote daemon control
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
McDonald's mobile ordering and MyMcDonald's Rewards app used to drive app-exclusive deals and first party data
- Sold on a Free app, revenue from purchases model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
Domino's Pizza ordering app with Piece of the Pie Rewards, built to route orders away from delivery marketplace commissions
- Sold on a Free app, revenue from purchases model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
Free open source keyboard remapper for macOS, working at driver level before the OS sees a keystroke
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
Free open source clipboard history manager for macOS with no account, sync fee or subscription
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
Visual search that identifies objects, text, plants, products and translates text from the camera
- Sold on a Free, bundled into other Google apps model rather than Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud.
Every Find My alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find My (this page) | Free | Free, built into Apple hardware and iCloud | 1 | |
| Deluge | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Find My |
| McDonalds | Free | Free app, revenue from purchases | 1 | vs Find My |
| Dominos | Free | Free app, revenue from purchases | 1 | vs Find My |
| Karabiner-Elements | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Find My |
| Maccy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Find My |
| Google Lens | Free | Free, bundled into other Google apps | 1 | vs Find My |
| qBittorrent | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Find My |
| Rectangle | Free, then $9.99/one-time | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Find My |
| Starbucks | Free | Free app, revenue from prepaid stored value and purchases | 1 | vs Find My |
| Shottr | Free, then $8/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Find My |
| Kap | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Find My |
| Calsense | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Find My |
| EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Find My |
| Hazel | $42/one-time | One-time purchase | 2 | vs Find My |
| Sedaru | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Find My |
| Paste | $29.99/year | Per user per month | 1 | vs Find My |
| BetterTouchTool | $12/one-time | One-time purchase | 2 | vs Find My |
| Magnet | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Find My |
| CleanShot X | $29/one-time | One-time purchase | 2 | vs Find My |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Find My badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Deluge , Free
- McDonalds , Free
- Dominos , Free
- Karabiner-Elements , Free
- Maccy , Free
- Google Lens , Free
- qBittorrent , Free
- Rectangle , Free, then $9.99/one-time
What you would be giving up
Find My is most often brought in for locating a lost or stolen iphone, ipad or mac and remotely locking or erasing it, tracking an airtag attached to keys, a bag or luggage, sharing live location with family members who have mutually agreed to share back, getting an alert if an unknown tracker appears to be travelling with you unexpectedly. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Find My is broadly right and the question is cost, the Find My pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Utilities category lists everything the directory holds, and best utilities tools ranks them.
Find My runs on ios, macos. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Find My alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Find My?
- 19 other utilities tools are listed in this directory, led by Deluge, McDonalds, Dominos, Karabiner-Elements. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Find My?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Deluge, McDonalds, Dominos, Karabiner-Elements, Maccy.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Find My?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Find My?
- Find My is most often brought in for locating a lost or stolen iphone, ipad or mac and remotely locking or erasing it, tracking an airtag attached to keys, a bag or luggage, sharing live location with family members who have mutually agreed to share back, getting an alert if an unknown tracker appears to be travelling with you unexpectedly. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Find My?
- None of the utilities tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Find My alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Utilities, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Find My against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Find My covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every utilities tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Utilities category, 19 tools beside Find My. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.