# FollowSpy vs Peekd: which follow tracker is worth paying for? > FollowSpy vs Peekd, checked Nov 2026: price per week, refunds, the “chronological” claim, apps, reviews and which follow tracker fits you. Canonical: https://www.peekdapp.com/guides/followspy-alternative/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Languages: [English](https://www.peekdapp.com/guides/followspy-alternative/), [Español](https://www.peekdapp.com/es/guias/alternativa-followspy/), [Français](https://www.peekdapp.com/fr/guides/alternative-followspy/) FollowSpy and Peekd both show who a public Instagram account follows without an Instagram login. Peekd costs about half as much per week and says plainly that its dated timeline starts the day you begin tracking. FollowSpy promises instant, newest-first follow lists without saying how, and its Trustpilot rating is currently withheld over a guidelines breach. If you searched for FollowSpy, you are probably about to pay for it and want a second opinion. Everything here about FollowSpy comes from followspy.ai, its plans, terms, refund and privacy pages, its App Store listing and its Trustpilot page, all checked on November 4, 2026, plus one test lookup. Peekd is our product. We are not affiliated with FollowSpy, Instagram or Meta. ## Try Peekd instead of FollowSpy 1. **Check the account:** Enter the username in the follower tracker on this site. It shows the counts and whether Peekd can track it. 2. **Open Peekd:** Go to app.peekdapp.com or get the iPhone or Android app. You never enter an Instagram login. 3. **Add the username:** Peekd saves the first snapshot of who the account follows and who follows it. 4. **Wait for the first changes:** New follows and unfollows appear with dates, and you get an alert. Public stories open anonymously in the meantime. ## The short answer - **Pick Peekd** if you want to follow one or a few public accounts over time: who they follow and unfollow, with dates, an alert when it happens and anonymous public stories, on the web, iPhone and Android. It’s the cheaper of the two. - **Pick FollowSpy** if you want to look up many different accounts and its Premium plan’s “unlimited” tracking matters more to you than price, and you’re comfortable with its refund rules. Most people who search “followspy” want one thing: to know who a particular person started following. Peekd is built for exactly that. ## FollowSpy vs Peekd at a glance | | FollowSpy | Peekd | | --- | --- | --- | | Instagram login | Not needed | Never asked for | | Price | Starter $12/week (2 accounts), Premium $14/week (unlimited) | Pro $6.99/week or $39.99 every 3 months | | Free plan or trial | None listed | None | | New follows and unfollows | Claims newest-first lists in real time | Dated from the day tracking starts | | Alerts | “Notifications regarding new follower activity” | Real-time alerts for follows and unfollows | | Anonymous public stories | Yes | Yes | | Posts and highlights viewer | Yes | No | | Apps | Web; iPhone app (3.7 stars from 6 ratings, US App Store, Nov 2026); no Android app found | Web, iPhone and Android | | Published limits | Terms: no guarantee of “accuracy of any data” | Yes: public, unverified, up to 10,000 followers | | Private accounts | No | No | Prices are what followspy.ai showed on November 4, 2026. From Germany, its quarterly option showed a “Black Friday” discount in euros. Prices can differ by country and change often. ## The “chronological order” question This is the claim to think about before you pay. FollowSpy says it shows “follows and followers sorted newest to oldest” and that there is “no need to wait or track anything over time”, using “smart API integrations”. It doesn’t say which. The problem is that Instagram doesn’t put dates on another person’s following list, and the order it returns isn’t a reliable timeline. Even DolphinRadar, a large competitor, says on its own site that you can’t reliably turn an existing list into a chronological history. We can’t prove FollowSpy wrong. We can say that you should test it on an account where you already know the answer before you rely on it. Peekd takes the slower, checkable route. On day one it saves the account’s full following and follower lists. From then on every check is compared with the last, and each new name gets the date Peekd first saw it. You won’t see anything from before you started, and we say so on [how Peekd works](https://www.peekdapp.com/how-peekd-works/). What you do see is real. ## What Peekd does better than FollowSpy ### It costs less FollowSpy’s cheapest weekly plan is $12 for two accounts. Peekd Pro is $6.99 a week, or $39.99 every three months, which works out to about $3 a week. ### A timeline you can trust Dates in Peekd mean “first seen by Peekd”, from the day you started. That’s less magic than “instant history”, but you know exactly what it means. Say you start tracking your ex on a Monday. On Thursday Peekd shows two new follows, dated Wednesday. That’s a fact you can act on, or calmly ignore. ### Android as well as iPhone FollowSpy’s website is the main product, and the iPhone app listed under followspy.ai launched in July 2026. We found no Android app linked to followspy.ai. Peekd runs on the web, iPhone and Android with one account. ### Clear limits Peekd publishes what it can’t do: private accounts, verified accounts, accounts above 10,000 followers, history from before tracking, likes, DMs and profile visitors. FollowSpy’s terms say it doesn’t “guarantee accuracy of any data”, which is fair, but its homepage promises a lot more than its terms do. ## We tried FollowSpy We typed a large public account into the search box on the homepage without signing up. The page said “Connecting to Instagram…”, then showed “Instagram servers are temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.” A Cloudflare human check popped up in the corner. That was one attempt from Germany without an account, so it’s not a verdict on the paid product. It does match a theme in its Trustpilot reviews, where several people say the site didn’t load. ## Where FollowSpy is good - **Many accounts.** Premium advertises unlimited tracked accounts and unlimited searches. If you research lots of profiles, that’s a real difference. - **More viewers.** FollowSpy also has post and highlights viewers. Peekd sticks to stories and follow changes. - **Languages.** The site comes in 14 languages. Peekd’s app and site are in English and German. - **No login, like Peekd.** FollowSpy doesn’t ask for your Instagram account, and its privacy policy says it doesn’t store Instagram credentials. ## Is FollowSpy legit? Reviews, refunds and privacy **Reviews.** On November 4, 2026, Trustpilot showed no rating for followspy.ai. Its notice says the rating is unavailable because of a breach of its guidelines, and that it removed fake reviews. Of the 15 reviews left, about half were one star, mostly about charges, refunds and cancelling. The iPhone app had 3.7 stars from 6 ratings on the US App Store. **Refunds.** The terms promise a 7-day guarantee on new purchases. The separate refund policy, dated the same day, says refunds only cover technical failure and that loading data even once counts as use. Read both before you pay, and screenshot your checkout. **Who runs it.** The terms name no company or address, only Delaware law, an email address and a US phone number. The App Store seller is Follower Find LLC. **Your data.** The privacy policy lists your IP address, device and usage data, email and billing details, plus Google Analytics. The plans page also loads Meta, Reddit and Snap ad pixels. None of that is unusual for a subscription site. It just means FollowSpy isn’t as invisible to ad networks as its “100% anonymous” headline suggests. The person you look up isn’t notified either way. ## Who should use which? - **Checking one person** (an ex, a partner, a friend): Peekd. Cheaper, dated, with alerts and stories. - **Bulk research across dozens of accounts:** FollowSpy Premium, if its data holds up in your own test. - **Your own unfollowers:** neither. Use our [not-following-back checker](https://www.peekdapp.com/instagram-not-following-back/), which needs no sign-up. - **Weighing other trackers?** Our [roundup of Instagram tracker apps](https://www.peekdapp.com/guides/best-instagram-tracker-apps/) covers IGDetective, Snoopreport, Recentfollow and more. - **A private account:** neither tool can help. Nothing legitimate can. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is FollowSpy legit? It is a working subscription service, but be careful. Trustpilot withholds its rating over a guidelines breach, its two refund documents contradict each other, and it names no company on its site. Test it on an account you know before relying on it. ### Is FollowSpy free? No. We found no free plan or trial on its plans page. Starter is $12 a week and Premium $14 a week, as shown on November 4, 2026. Peekd has no free plan either; Peekd Pro is $6.99 a week. ### Does FollowSpy notify the person you look up? No. Neither FollowSpy nor Peekd touches the tracked account, so nobody gets a notification. Public stories viewed anonymously don’t add you to the viewer list. ### Why is FollowSpy not working? In our test on November 4, 2026, a lookup returned “Instagram servers are temporarily unavailable”. Trackers depend on access to Instagram that can break at any time. Try again later, or contact its support. ### Can FollowSpy see private accounts? No. FollowSpy says private lists are inaccessible to it. The same goes for Peekd and every honest tool. ### Can I get a refund from FollowSpy? Its terms mention a 7-day guarantee, but its refund policy says only technical failures qualify and any use counts. Email support@followspy.ai quickly if something goes wrong, and keep screenshots. ### Is there a FollowSpy app? Yes, an iPhone app by Follower Find LLC that lists followspy.ai as its website. We found no Android app linked to followspy.ai. 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