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PinDrift vs Dr.Fone Virtual Location

Wondershare’s Dr.Fone is the cheapest way into this category and the only one here you can never stop paying for.

The cheapest way in, and the only one here with no way to stop paying.

This page is written by PinDrift, so read it the way you would read any comparison written by one of the two products in it. What we can do is show our own losses, put the numbers where you can check them, and say plainly which parts we could not verify. That is the version worth publishing.

Side by side

PinDriftDr.Fone Virtual Location
Lifetime price$70No lifetime licence
Subscription$9/mo or $60/yr$4.97/mo, $9.97/quarter, or $19.97/yr
Free trialYes, no card and no accountNone (refund policy only)
iPhone appIncluded in every paid planNo iPhone app
Live speed controlAnti-Speed, a live governor on the phoneRoute speed presets, no live governor
Updates after year oneFree, foreverIncluded while subscribed
Desktop platformsWindows and macOSWindows and macOS
AndroidOn the roadmap, not shippingYes

Where Dr.Fone Virtual Location is better

$19.97 for a year is less than a third of our yearly price, and if you need this for one month their $4.97 is the cheapest option anywhere on this site.

Where we are better

There is no lifetime licence, so it never stops costing. Dr.Fone also cross-promotes the rest of the Wondershare suite during install, which is the single most common complaint about it.

The difference that is not on the table

Every tool here, ours included, is a desktop program driving a tethered iPhone. The thing that separates PinDrift is that there is also an app on the phone, included in every paid plan, so the phone can hold and move its own location once it is installed. That is also where Anti-Speed runs: a live governor that holds the speed you report at the limit while the car does whatever it is doing. Nothing else on this page offers it.

What we could not verify

Everything above came from Wondershare’s own pages. These did not, so they are listed rather than asserted:

If you work at Wondershare and any of it is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

Which should you actually buy

For one month, Dr.Fone is cheaper than anything else on this site and we will say so. Past about three and a half years of yearly renewals it costs more than our lifetime, and it never stops. Buy Dr.Fone for a short job, buy ours if this is a thing you expect to keep using.

Frequently asked questions

Is PinDrift better than Dr.Fone Virtual Location?

It depends what you are optimising for, and this page says so in both directions. $19.97 for a year is less than a third of our yearly price, and if you need this for one month their $4.97 is the cheapest option anywhere on this site.

How much does Dr.Fone Virtual Location cost?

Subscription: $4.97/mo, $9.97/quarter, or $19.97/yr. Lifetime: No lifetime licence. PinDrift is $70 once, or $9 a month.

Does Dr.Fone Virtual Location have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app PinDrift includes an iPhone app with every paid plan, which is what lets the phone hold its own location without the computer..

Can Dr.Fone Virtual Location control speed like Anti-Speed?

Not as a live governor, as far as we can tell. Route speed presets, no live governor Anti-Speed runs on the phone and holds the speed you report at the limit while you are actually moving..

Do you have a free trial?

PinDrift has one with no card and no account. None (refund policy only)

Ellis writes the guides here. Mostly that means reading Apple’s developer documentation so you do not have to, and testing what the tracking apps actually do rather than what their marketing says they do.

Try it before you decide

A real free trial: no card, no account. $9 a month, $60 a year, or $70 once.

Download PinDrift $9/mo, $60/yr, or $70 once