Vine Smart Control vs GPS Track Services
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vine Smart Control
Control your home's temperature with a programmable schedule for unlimited settings across different hours, days, and weeks. Receive alert messages for abnormal temperature changes and instantly adjust your smart thermostat settings.
- Programmable temperature schedules
- Unlimited settings
- Temperature alert messages
- Instant thermostat adjustment
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1.Program a schedule of unlimited temperature settings for different hours, days, and weeks 2.Alert messages for abnormal changes in room temperature 3.Instant Smart Thermostat (ST) temperature setting
GPS Track Services
This app provides a dedicated interface for customers of specific automotive financing services. It displays relevant information based on user login and includes features like VIN barcode scanning.
- Customer profile display
- VIN barcode scanning
- App-exclusive features
- Access to previous web app features
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The GPS Track Services app is intended for existing Buy Here Pay Here, New Car and Consumer services customers of Positioning Universal, its sister companies and affiliated distributors. This all in one app determines which profile you should see based on your login and shows you the appropriate view. This app includes all the features of our previous mobile web application, plus some new app only features (such as VIN barcode scanning).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS Track Services at 68% against Vine Smart Control's 7%. GPS Track Services also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
GPS Track Services holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Vine Smart Control's written reviews are positive against 68% of GPS Track Services's.
Vine Smart Control ships an update every 3 months, GPS Track Services every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vine Smart Control | GPS Track Services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (124 ratings) | 3.3 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.8% of reviews | 67.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIBO (XING CONNECTED) INFOTECH INC. | Positioning Universal Inc |
Customer experience
Vine Smart Control
GPS Track Services
Bugs and requests
Vine Smart Control
Reported bugs
41 issues- App crashes constantly
- App not responding
- Thermostat settings change without user input
- App does not show actual ambient temperature
- App goes offline frequently
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- Date and time do not update
- Temperature doesn't update on phone
- Cannot connect remotely after update
- App fails to connect to thermostat
- App not working after uninstall/reinstall
- App does not correctly show thermostat settings
- App shows change but doesn't update itself
- Wi-Fi connection issues
- App crashing often
- Date and time do not stay correct
- Cannot adjust temperature in app
- Cannot set date & time
- Cannot register for account
- App requires frequent reinstallation
- Software kinks causing issues
- Cannot login, username/password not recognized
- App not working with latest iOS
- Parameter error messages
- Thermostat locked, requires unplugging
- App doesn't notice commands
- Cannot connect to Wi-Fi
- Device and app stopped communicating
- Time zones incorrect
- Multiple phones cannot connect
- Thermostat goes offline via app
- App disconnects from Wi-Fi
- Server issues
- White font on white background
- Missing 'next' button
- App resets itself
- Login errors
- Thermostat constantly drops Wi-Fi
- App shows offline
- Login timeout
- Wi-Fi cutting off
- Expired security certificate
Requested features
4 requests- Fix app crashing issues
- Improve app user-friendliness
- Add coloring to the mobile app
- Implement geo-fencing
GPS Track Services
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vine Smart Control
No in-app purchases
GPS Track Services
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Vine Smart Control free?
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Which has better reviews, Vine Smart Control or GPS Track Services?
Do Vine Smart Control or GPS Track Services have ads?
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