Comparison

Alert vs Locàite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Alert

This app acts as a personal alarm and remote monitor, detecting changes in sound, light, motion, or faces to trigger alerts. It offers customizable sensitivity and the ability to share alarms with friends for remote monitoring.

Highlights
  • Detects sound, light, motion, and faces
  • Customizable alarm sensitivity
  • Remote monitoring with friends
  • Optional pre-alarm alerts
  • Records short videos before alarm
  • Dark screen mode with torch
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Alert is a personal alarm and remote monitor that reacts to sound, light, motion and faces! Alert triggers an alarm based on detecting people's faces or changes in sound, light or motion. When a trigger is detected you have the option to cancel, postpone or just let it sound an alarm. You control sensitivity to detect the slightest sound, change in lighting, vibration or even the number of people detected. At night time use Alert's dark screen and trigger the torch. Share alarms with friends using Alert to remotely monitor on an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. • Detect if anybody enters a room. Use as a portable alarm. • Share your activity levels with a friend, whilst retaining privacy. Are you home? Do you have company? • Alert yourself or friends when a security, fire or medical device alarm sounds. • Warn children that they are getting too loud or wake people when they snore! Alert Version 1.0 Features • Trigger alarm when you detect sound, light, motion or people • Remotely monitor and share alarms with other Alerts users with Apple Game Center • Option to share a short video recorded before alarm • Option to quietly alert you before an alarm • Select alarm sensitivity and sounds • Apple TV sounds alarms and displays what your iPhone or iPad detects

About

Locàite

Features
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Locàite is the companion app for our Locaite.me range of Personal GPS tracker, SOS and fall alarm pendants. Together, they give you peace of mind and extra reassurance that your loved ones are safe and well, without taking away their precious independence. Simple by design, Locaite is perfect even for the least tech-savvy of us to master in minutes. Locaite is wholly owned, developed and managed in the UK by Càite Ltd.

Screenshots

Alert4 screens
Locàite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Locàite at Free against Alert's $2.99. Locàite also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 42 months). Alert's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Locàite is free to download; Alert costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alert ships an update every 42 months, Locàite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alert versus Locàite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlertLocàite
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiTrack Systems LimitedCàite Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Alert

No in-app purchases

None

Locàite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alert free?
Alert costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Locàite free?
Locàite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alert or Locàite have ads?
Neither Alert nor Locàite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alert or Locàite?
Alert ships an update every 42 months, and Locàite every 4 months. Most recently, Alert was updated on September 27, 2026 and Locàite on September 29, 2026.

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