CUBE Tracker vs SalinasConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CUBE Tracker
Locate everyday items, vehicles, pets, and more with small trackers and an intuitive app. View location history, set boundaries, and share tracker access with others. Find lost items by pinging them or use your tracker to locate your phone.
- Nationwide GPS tracking
- Bluetooth item finding
- Location history and routes
- Customizable tracker boundaries
- Device sharing with family
- Ping tracker to make it ring
- Find your phone feature
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Cube offers small trackers and an easy-to-use app that helps you find everyday items quickly. With Cube GPS track your car, motorcycle, pet, or other valuable items nationwide. Cube also offers Bluetooth trackers for keys, purses, or any household item. Tag with Cube: Attach Cubes to your valuables. View Location History: With Cube GPS view the device's location history, route, speed of travel, and much more. Tracker Boundaries: Set up boundaries and get notified when your Cube GPS leaves or enters those areas. Device Sharing: Share your Cube GPS across multiple accounts so your friends and family can see where your tracker is. Ping it, find it: When near ping Cube via Bluetooth from your mobile phone to make it ring. Find Your Phone: Ping your smartphone by pressing the button on your Cube and make it ring – even on silent! Last Known Location: View the last known location of your Bluetooth trackers on a map, and use the distance meter to hone in on your lost device. Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
SalinasConnect
Report city service issues like tree trimming or code violations directly to the City of Salinas. Pinpoint locations, attach photos, and receive status updates via email, text, or voice.
- Submit service requests electronically
- Variety of issue categories
- Pinpoint location with GPS
- Attach photos to requests
- Receive status updates
- Direct dial to City Hall
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Stay connected via SalinasConnect, the service request mobile app for the City of Salinas, California. Need a tree trimmed? Tired of seeing that abandoned vehicle on your street? Have a code violation you want to report? Report it to the City using SalinasConnect. • Submit service request electronically • Choose from variety of issues • Pinpoint the location with GPS • Attach a photo • Receive e-mail, text, or voice message status updates • Link to the City’s website and social media platforms • “One Call to City Hall” direct dial button How does it work? 1. Resident places service request via SalinasConnect; 2. SalinasConnect stores, processes and automatically routes the request to the correct department; and 3. Notification is then provided to the resident via text, email or a phone call when the issue has been resolved. The City of Salinas, through SalinasConnect, is committed to ensuring that your requests and concerns are addressed more efficiently through the use of technology. SalinasConnect provides residents with reasonable response times to service requests, improves customer service, increases effective communication, and boosts overall responsiveness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CUBE Tracker at 4.8 against SalinasConnect's 2.6. CUBE Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 33%). SalinasConnect's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CUBE Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CUBE Tracker has 6.5K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of CUBE Tracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of SalinasConnect's.
CUBE Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, SalinasConnect every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CUBE Tracker | SalinasConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.5K ratings) — better | 2.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cube Tracker LLC | City of Salinas, California |
Customer experience
CUBE Tracker
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In-app purchases
CUBE Tracker
No in-app purchases
SalinasConnect
No in-app purchases
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