# Moto Watchdog — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Moto Watchdog by Louis Ellis, rated 4.70/5 from 1,098 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moto-watchdog/id1472947658/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moto-watchdog/id1472947658.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 926 · 4★ 88 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Moto Watchdog? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💰 No monthly fees - 👍 Easy installation and setup - 🚚 Truck activity monitoring (start, stop, idle) - ⚡ Speed limit alerts - 🌍 Works in Mexico - 🚀 Responsive developers - ✅ Great for company vehicles - 💯 Best GPS - 👍 Hassle-free operation - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Good for occasional use **Cons** - 🐛 GPS location gets stuck - ⏳ Laggy ride history - 🔋 Poor battery life - 📍 GPS jumps around - 📱 Map uses a lot of phone power - ⚠️ Inaccurate gas level readings - ⏳ Trip end notifications delayed - 🤔 Confusing history tracking - 🚫 Not 100% reliable **Commonly reported bugs** - GPS location stuck for days - Vehicle status incorrect (towed when active) - Incompatibility with vehicles older than 2018 - Limited vehicle model year support (e.g., RAM 2021 only) - Ride history is super laggy - History not stored past 18 days - App is terrible with no solutions - Tracking does not show time on route **Most requested features** - Manual location updates - Desktop version for fleet monitoring - More icon options for vehicle types - Exporting data - Recalibration for timing accuracy ## Newest reviews (9 of 29) ### 3/5 — Manual updates not possible *2026-05-24* It would have been nice to be able to update the location manually ### 3/5 — Pretty good but timing is off *2025-11-07* I have such high hopes for this app. Unfortunately, it seems that I’m getting notifications of trip end way after the car actually stops. Does it need to be recalibrated?. **Developer response:** Hi, please reach out to support at hello@motowatchdog.com. Sounds like we needs to tweak the settings on your device. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Work in Mexico *2025-04-23* It works good ### 4/5 — Good product, improved app, great support, but… *2024-10-14* the first watchdog i bought failed. i contacted support and they were very responsive, even sent me a new unit, and even followed up after it arrived. good experience all around, but PLEASE do something about the abysmal battery life of the unit! i’ve got mine set to 4 hr updates, and the thing maybe holds a charge for 3 days until its dead. thank you. ### 3/5 — Jumps around *2024-08-27* I would give this app a five start but I hate when you zoom into the map to try and figure out the location, it updates every second and zooms back out. Plus the map uses a lot of power, if you leave the map open for 2 or 3 minutes the phones battery gets really warm. ### 5/5 — Work good *2024-08-26* The only problem is the battery ### 5/5 — Very responsive developers *2024-08-21* I submitted an enhancement suggestion and it was implemented in about a month. ### 5/5 — Moto watchdog *2024-06-18* Fantastic OBD car tracker. No monthly fees ever. Just one payment no SIM card to buy no phone plans great for occasional use family members. ### 3/5 — Tracking *2024-04-24* This app isn’t showing time on the route and I’m trying to figure out if I have to enable the feature or it may not have this feature ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t give me the route. *2026-07-13* It’s unreliable and doesn’t give me the route that was taken. ### 1/5 — Can’t use *2026-07-08* Horrible can’t login can’t sign up total waste ### 1/5 — Not as advertised. *2026-03-31* Not able to track live and to follow the history is quite confusing. Definitely not what I thought I was buying. ### 1/5 — Blows *2026-03-24, version 2.28.0* Don’t buy this if u have a vehicle older the 2018. Won’t work. Won’t see ur vehicle listed. ### 1/5 — limited *2026-02-08* Tried to install on a 2024 RAM 2500 and only option offered for RAM is 2021, no mention of this limitations when purchased ### 1/5 — Non conviviale *2025-04-18, version 2.24.1* Pas d’exportations ### 2/5 — Updates are ruining the app! *2026-08-13* Used to work great. Each frequent update brings poorer performance. Can we please just get it to work then leave the app alone?! ### 2/5 — Not 100% reliable *2026-02-10, version 2.28.0* Be careful if using this app for company vehicles. The information displayed is not always 100% accurate. Sometimes the gas level is in accurate other times the GPS location gets stuck for two days and it doesn’t update. As of right now I have a vehicle that status says that it’s towed when I know very well it’s been active and moving for the past two days but unfortunately, I can’t actually locate it in real time as it seems like the GPS is bugged. I thought maybe the app itself was due for an update, but there’s no updates available. I tried contacting support through their website, but unfortunately, it says that someone will get in touch with me within the next three hours. As this app is used by a business for employees I don’t have three hours to just sit and wait for someone to get back to me. ### 2/5 — App features *2024-07-14* Ride history in the app is super laggy. Does not store history past 18 days ### 3/5 — No reply for help *2026-08-09* I can’t seem to get anybody to reply back to me and half the time I click on the chat window and it won’t let me type anything. I want to simply make the font larger on my reports, when I print them I can’t read them without a magnifying glass. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Product! *2026-08-15* Needed to monitor the safety of the driver and the vehicle. This tracks activity and location very accurately and love that I don’t need to pay for an ongoing subscription. ### 5/5 — Box Trucks *2026-04-07* This is better than all other devices. Buy one and No fees at all. ### 5/5 — Works as advertised *2026-03-30, version 3.0.2* This thing is great! Easy install scan QR code and you’re up and running. I’ve only had it for a month but so far so good a few seconds lag but nothing to complain. Greatest selling point, no monthly fees! Tells me when the truck starts up tells me when the truck is shut off, tells me when it’s idle and how long. It also has several settings like alerts when over a certain mile per hour above the speed limit. Worth the price! ### 5/5 — Works great! *2026-01-10* So nice to know where the company vehicle is located. ### 5/5 — Excellent Directions *2025-12-15, version 2.28.0* Best GPS ### 5/5 — Très bon produit *2025-12-05, version 2.27.2* Très bonne application et bon produit, c’est difficile de trouver un traceur GPS où il n’y a pas de frais mensuels et celui-ci est très bien, j’ai parfois eu quelques questions notamment une fois où j’avais perdu le code pour synchroniser et le traceur avec mon application et le développeur m’a répondu très rapidement à chaque fois ### 5/5 — Junk with no help *2025-10-17, version 2.27.2* Bought this off Amazon , app is terrible, no solutions to help solve issues ### 5/5 — Desktop Version *2025-09-11* The app is great I’d just really like a desktop version to monitor everything since I have a whole fleet of cars ### 5/5 — Perfect for what you need *2025-07-31* Hassle free no payment needed monthly. The only downfall is they need to upload or update the movement when something is just starting off moving. ### 5/5 — Great gps tracker *2025-05-11* It works great, I would just replace the three pictures they have for icons or something different like your own pictures. I have a cargo van and I don’t see something similar to it. My option is only a sedan or a truck, no even close to any of them. But besides that, it works great! I hope you guys keep improving you app. Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*