Buck vs Protect My Phone
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Buck compared with Protect My Phone
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| What it does | Identify coins and banknotes from a photo, see their value
| Open-source Android app for locating and controlling phones you own via SMS
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| Stage | Startup
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| Founded | Not given
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| Based in | IT
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Open source
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| Pricing | Free browsing and collection management. Buck Pro subscription available weekly or yearly; pricing varies by country.
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| Key features | - Identify coins and banknotes from photos
- Estimated value range in home currency
- Scan multiple coins in one shot
- Personal collection with running total
- Access 117,850 catalog records
- Country, denomination, year, and mint mark identification
- Composition, weight, diameter, and mintage information
- Community finds feed for sharing discoveries
- Confidence indicator for identification accuracy
| - SMS-based device pairing with QR-assisted fingerprint verification
- Real-time location tracking with timestamps
- Device status monitoring including battery and network
- Movement update notifications at selected intervals
- Remote sound alert to find phone
- Optional Device Admin remote screen locking
- Custom lock-screen owner text with Device Owner provisioning
- No account or command server required
- Owner-approved consent model for all features
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| What makes it different | - Values anchored to precious metal spot prices
- Same app and index on both iPhone and Android
| - Open source with public source code for transparency and community contributions
- No account or central command server; all communication via SMS
- Explicit dual-owner consent required for all pairings and features
- Works offline with only SMS and carrier dependency
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 1 ● no change since last check | Not checked yet ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 3 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 19 | 9 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 7 | 4 |
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