LoJack vs TeloGate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LoJack
Enhance vehicle safety with real-time GPS tracking and recovery services. Receive alerts for speed, battery status, and GeoFence boundary crossings. Monitor multiple vehicles and stay informed about potential safety recalls.
- Real-Time GPS Tracking
- Stolen Vehicle Recovery
- Speed Alerts
- Low Battery Alerts
- GeoFences
- Multi-Vehicle Support
- Vehicle Recalls
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LoJack helps keep you and your loved ones safe behind the wheel. Get speed, low battery, and GeoFence entry / exit alerts, all from the convenience of your phone. Find and recover your car using real-time GPS tracking. Key Features: • Real-Time GPS Tracking – Know where your vehicle is at all times • Stolen Vehicle Recovery – Contact our concierge service 24x7. We will work with law enforcement directly to recover your vehicle. • Track My SVR – Create a live tracking link you can share with authorized law enforcement officers. This link allows viewers to see your vehicle’s movement updates as they happen. • Speed Alerts – Set a speed limit and get notified when car exceeds a designated safe speed. Great for helping new drivers be safe. • Low Battery Alerts – Monitor battery status to proactively avoid being stranded • GeoFences – Set up a location boundary and receive an alert when the GeoFence is crossed • Multi-Vehicle Support – For LoJack families with multiple connected LoJack vehicles, you can add up to five vehicles in one account. • Vehicle Recalls - LoJack will alert you regarding any potential safety recalls on your vehicle. RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: Eligible LoJack subscribers will have the option to renew their LoJack subscription from within the LoJack app. Not all subscribers will have this option. Renewing LoJack continues access to our current feature set and access to future updates from LoJack. All subscriptions are paid in full for 12 months and set to renew annually. PAYMENT AND AUTOMATIC RENEWAL TERMS: IF YOU RENEW TO THE LOJACK VIA THIS APP, PAYMENT WILL BE CHARGED BY APPLE TO YOUR APPLE ID ACCOUNT AT CONFIRMATION OF PURCHASE. YOUR APPLE ID ACCOUNT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED FOR RENEWAL AT THE APPLICABLE RATE SHOWN TO YOU AT THE TIME OF SUBSCRIPTION EVERY CALENDAR MONTH (FOR MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS) OR EVERY YEAR (FOR ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS) WITHIN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE CURRENT BILLING PERIOD. YOU WILL BE CHARGED IN ADVANCE. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW EACH MONTH OR YEAR UNLESS IT IS CANCELED AT LEAST 24-HOURS BEFORE THE END OF THE CURRENT PERIOD. TO CANCEL, PLEASE TURN OFF AUTO-RENEW AT LEAST 24-HOURS BEFORE THE END OF THE CURRENT PERIOD. YOU CAN TURN OFF AUTO-RENEW AT ANY TIME FROM YOUR ITUNES ACCOUNT SETTINGS. CANCELATION TAKES EFFECT AT THE END OF THE CURRENT BILLING PERIOD. BY DOWNLOADING THE LOJACK APP, you agree to: • The automatic renewal terms stated above. • LoJack by Spireon’s Privacy Policy: http://www.spireon.com/privacy-policy/ • LoJack by Spireon’s Terms of Use: https://www.spireon.com/terms-of-use/ • Apple Terms of Sale: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
TeloGate
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TeloGate is the companion app for residents and property owners whose community, driveway, or property is protected by a Telogate-branded gate controller. Sign in with your TeloGate account and TeloGate does the rest. HANDS-FREE AUTO OPEN Turn on Auto Open once per entrance and TeloGate handles the rest. As you drive toward a gate, your phone senses the approach and opens it before you get there — no fumbling for a fob, no stopping to reach for your phone, no digging through apps. When the gate opens, TeloGate speaks a short confirmation so you know it's ready. CARPLAY Your gates now appear on your car's CarPlay display. The four closest gates are shown at the top and update as you drive; the rest are listed alphabetically below. Tap a gate to open it — a green check confirms the gate opened, and TeloGate speaks the confirmation hands-free. Everything the driver needs, one glance, one tap. ONE-TAP MANUAL OPEN Prefer to open the gate yourself? Every entrance in your list has a large Open button. One tap, one instant unlock — even if you never enable location tracking at all. FAVORITE ENTRANCES Mark your most-used gates as Favorites. Favorites stay pinned to the top of the Entrances list, sorted by proximity — the closest gate is always the top row. Other gates appear alphabetically below. VISITOR AND GUEST MANAGEMENT Create, view, and update visitor codes right from the Guests tab — one-time codes, date-ranged guest passes, or permanent access for recurring visitors. Everything you can do on the TeloGate portal, now from your phone. DRIVEN BY YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT BY YOU The list of gates you can access is published by your community administrator through the TeloGate portal — no manual setup, no per-gate configuration. When the administrator adds a new gate or takes one out of service, your app updates automatically. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY - Your location is used only on your device. It is never sent to ZipDX or any third party. - No ads. No analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs of any kind. - Optional Performance Reporting (off by default) lets you send short GPS clips of gate approaches to support — your name and account are not attached; a random per-installation identifier is included so support can correlate multiple reports from the same device. - Your sign-in credentials are stored encrypted in the iOS Keychain, protected by device passcode and — optionally — Face ID or Touch ID. - See our full privacy policy at https://www.telogate.com/privacy. CAREFUL WITH POWER TeloGate uses a tiered location model to preserve battery life. While you're at home the app runs in a low-power mode; when you leave, it ramps up accuracy just enough to detect gate approaches; when you're far from any of your gates it goes dormant entirely until you return. You can turn location tracking off at any time. DIAGNOSTICS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING If Auto Open doesn't behave the way you expect, an optional Diagnostics tab shows exactly what the app sees for each gate — live distance, speed, heading, and whether each firing condition is currently met — so you can figure out why a trigger fired (or didn't). REQUIREMENTS - iOS 26.5 or later. - CarPlay: compatible vehicle or head unit. - A TeloGate account. If you don't have one yet, ask your community administrator to invite you. - For Auto Open only: "Always Allow" location permission. Manual Open works with location tracking off. SUPPORT support@zipdx.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TeloGate at none against LoJack's 1. TeloGate also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). LoJack's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and device support 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. LoJack sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $129.99 per year. TeloGate asks for nothing beyond the download.
LoJack ships an update every 2 months, TeloGate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LoJack | TeloGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (94K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 94K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spireon, Inc | ZipDX LLC |
Bugs and requests
LoJack
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notifications not working as expected
- App unable to locate vehicle
- Inconsistent data/location updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to update account information
- Option to remove dealer notifications
- Downloadable trip/mileage reports
- More customizable geofencing
TeloGate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LoJack
- LoJack Subscription One Year$129.991 Year
TeloGate
No in-app purchases









