The Ick vs Snoopreport: Which Instagram Tracker Is Better? (2026)
Updated September 4, 2026. Competitor facts are taken from Snoopreport's website.
Snoopreport is one of the oldest names in Instagram activity tracking; its website says it has been trusted by 500,000+ users since 2017. The Ick is a newer, narrower tool built around one thing: telling you within the hour when a public profile follows or unfollows someone, or gains or loses a follower. Both work from a public username and neither asks for your Instagram password.
The biggest difference is cadence. Snoopreport delivers weekly and monthly reports; its App Store listing says reports are delivered every Thursday following the week in which tracking begins. The Ick checks each profile every hour and sends a push notification when something changes. The second big difference is scope: Snoopreport tracks likes on photos and reels and offers AI summaries, which The Ick does not do, while The Ick tracks follower-side changes and shows the most recent follows in order, which Snoopreport does not state.
On price, Snoopreport advertises just 0.99 a week on its homepage and its App Store plans run from 4.99 per month for the Personal plan (up to 2 accounts) to 69.99 per month for Professional plus AI (up to 100 accounts). The Ick is 8.99 USD per week or 34.99 USD per year in the US for up to 5 profiles, with lower prices in many countries.
| Feature | The Ick | Snoopreport |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web app at theick.io (works in Safari on iPhone, can be added to the home screen) and an Android app on Google Play. Not currently on the Apple App Store. | Web-based app that works on any web-enabled device, plus an iOS app (Snoopreport Instagram Activity). No Android app is mentioned. |
| Instagram login required | No. You only type a public Instagram username. | No. Snoopreport states it works without connecting any accounts and never asks for the tracked account's password. |
| What it tracks | New follows and unfollows in both directions (who the profile started or stopped following, and who started or stopped following them), follower and following count changes, a history timeline, and a gender breakdown of recent follows. | Likes on photos and reels, follows and unfollows, activity timing and patterns, and an AI summary or psychological profile. Comments and stories tracking are not stated. |
| Shows recency/order of follows | Yes. Most recent follows are shown sorted by recency. | Its App Store description says it tracks who they follow and when. How follows are ordered in the report is not published. |
| Update frequency | Every hour, for each tracked profile. | Weekly and monthly reports. According to the App Store listing, reports are delivered every Thursday following the week in which tracking begins. |
| Profiles per plan | Up to 5 public profiles per subscription. | Personal: up to 2 accounts. Small Business: up to 10. Professional: up to 100. |
| Private accounts | No. Public profiles only. | No. Snoopreport states it only tracks publicly available data and cannot track private Instagram accounts. |
| Pricing (as published) | 8.99 USD per week or 34.99 USD per year in the US, lower prices in many countries. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. | Homepage: just 0.99 a week. Story viewer page: plans start at 4.99 per month. App Store in-app purchases: Personal 4.99/month, Personal + AI 6.99/month, Small Business 14.99/month, Small Business + AI 19.99/month, Professional 44.99/month, Professional + AI 69.99/month. A full web pricing table was not available. |
| Free trial or preview | Yes. Type a username on theick.io and see a 5-step analysis preview before subscribing. | Not published. The site says Snoopreport is free for data science students and researchers. |
| Refund policy | Cancel anytime from Settings. Access continues until the end of the current billing period. | Not published on the pages we could access. |
| Ratings/reviews | Rated 4.6 on Google Play with over 192,000 ratings. | App Store: 4.8 from 23 ratings. The site claims 500,000+ users since 2017. |
How each one works
The Ick records a public profile's follower and following lists every hour and compares each snapshot to the last. New follows, unfollows, new followers and lost followers all become timestamped events, the newest follows are listed first, and a push notification goes out when a change is detected. You can track up to 5 profiles, and the history stays available for as long as your subscription runs. There is also a gender breakdown of recent follows.
Snoopreport, according to its website and App Store listing, also works from public data without connecting any account. It monitors likes on photos and reels as well as follows and unfollows, analyses activity timing and patterns, and on its AI plans produces an AI summary or psychological profile of the tracked account. The output is a report: weekly and monthly, with the App Store listing saying reports arrive every Thursday following the week tracking begins. Whether recent follows are displayed in order is not stated.
The result is two different experiences. The Ick is a live feed you check or get pinged by. Snoopreport is a periodic report you read. If you want to understand what snapshot tracking can and cannot see, read how Instagram follow trackers work.
Pricing in detail
Snoopreport's homepage repeats the line "Get started for just 0.99/week", and its story viewer page says plans start at 4.99 per month. Its App Store in-app purchases give the clearest tier list: Personal at 4.99 per month for up to 2 accounts, Personal + AI at 6.99, Small Business at 14.99 for up to 10 accounts, Small Business + AI at 19.99, Professional at 44.99 for up to 100 accounts, and Professional + AI at 69.99. The dedicated web pricing page could not be loaded when we checked, so treat the web plan table as unconfirmed and check it yourself before paying. No refund policy was published on the pages we could access.
The Ick's prices are on the pricing page: 8.99 USD per week or 34.99 USD per year in the US, with lower prices in many countries. You can pay on the web by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, cancel from Settings whenever you want, and keep access until the end of the paid period. One subscription covers up to 5 profiles.
Per month, Snoopreport's Personal plan is cheaper than The Ick's weekly plan. Per year, The Ick's 34.99 USD plan is cheaper than twelve months of any Snoopreport tier above the base one. The bigger question is what you get: weekly reports on 2 accounts with likes tracking, or hourly follow tracking on 5 accounts with notifications.
Who each one is best for
The Ick is for people who want to know quickly. If you are watching a partner, an ex or a friend and the point is to see who they followed today, hourly checks and a notification beat a report that arrives next Thursday. It also suits Android users, since it has a Google Play app, and iPhone users who are fine with a web app added to the home screen.
Snoopreport is for people who want depth over speed, and especially for anyone who cares about likes. If you want to see which posts an account has been liking, or want a written summary of its activity patterns, Snoopreport offers that and The Ick does not. Its higher tiers with 10 or 100 accounts are also aimed at businesses and researchers rather than individuals.
See the best Instagram follower tracker apps for the wider field, and Snoopreport alternatives if you have used Snoopreport and want something faster.
What Snoopreport does that The Ick does not, and the reverse
In Snoopreport's favour: it tracks likes on photos and reels, analyses activity timing, offers AI summaries on its AI plans, has plans that cover up to 100 accounts, and has a native iOS app. It has also been around since 2017.
In The Ick's favour: hourly checks rather than weekly reports, push notifications when something changes, follower-side tracking (who followed or unfollowed the profile) as well as following-side, recent follows sorted by recency, a gender breakdown of recent follows, an Android app, a free 5-step preview before subscribing, and a clearly published price. The Ick is not on the Apple App Store; the official app page lists where it is available.
Verdict
If the question you are trying to answer is "who did they just follow, and who just followed them?", The Ick answers it within the hour on up to five profiles and tells you when it happens. If the question is "what has this account been liking, and what does its activity look like over a week?", Snoopreport is the tool built for that, and The Ick does not try to be.
Start with the free preview at theick.io to see what hourly follow tracking shows for the profile you care about, then decide whether you also need the report-style depth Snoopreport offers.
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