Geofence Alerts vs I'm here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geofence Alerts
Receive notifications when you enter or leave a specified geographical area. Useful for travel, navigation, and remembering important items before departing a location.
- Enter/leave region notifications
- Customizable geofence radius
- Map-based geofence setup
- Departure reminders
- Location tracking alerts
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Geofence is the best app that you can use get notified while entering or leaving a region. Where can we use the app?? 1) While travelling in train or a car, listening to songs or sleeping, this app will alert you that you are about to reach your destination and you can be conscious. 2) While searching a new unknown place, this app will let you know that you are in track and searching the location properly. 3) You can get intimated when you are leaving a location, so that you can double check you took keys, ID card and access card. How to use the app to start tracking location? 1) Accept the Location notifications alert that pops up when you open the apps for the first time 2) Click Add/Delete Geofence and when you are on map view, long press on any location that you want to track. A annotation will drop and you will be notified when you enter that region . 3) Default settings- Always notifies when you are entering a region with in 100 meters radius. 4) You can change the default settings and get notified while leaving a location, by clicking on settings cog present with any annotation. Note:- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
I'm here
This free map application offers easy-to-use navigation from your current location or a specified starting point. Select routes for various transportation methods and utilize automatic navigation with voice announcements, even when other apps are in use or the screen is off. It also includes direct calling to search results and social media posting.
- Route selection by transportation mode
- Turn-by-turn navigation with voice
- Automatic navigation with background updates
- Direct calling from search results
- SNS and memo posting
- Search history function
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"I'm here" is a free map application with easy operation. Equipped with a navigation function to the destination from the current location or the input start point. With a simple operation, you can check not only the route from your current location, but also the detailed route from the input start point to the destination in advance, so it is very convenient! Only iPad version can be displayed horizontally. ◆ Route for each means of transportation can be selected: · By tapping the transportation mode display button or the place name of the list, the route of each transportation method (walking, car etc) is displayed in order. ◆ Navigation function installed: - You can also transition to the navigation screen by tapping the navigation button or by long pressing the place name in the search result list. · The navigation function is displayed in list form at the point where the direction changes, and you can check the way from the current location by tapping that point. · During navigation, tap the update button on the upper left to update the route from the current location you are moving. ◆ Automatic navigation function installation: After transitioning to the navigation screen, when you tap the "AUTO" button in the upper right corner, automatic navigation with instruction indication popup at the corner and voice announcement (earphone OK) starts. Tap "OFF" to exit the automatic navigation mode. As the map scrolls in rotation according to the direction in which you are walking, depending on the way you are walking, it will not be said "Which way are you heading?", You can go smoothly to your destination . Also, in the case of the automatic navigation mode, even if you are using other applications, even if you turn off the screen, you are updating your location information so you will announce with an announcement when you reach the corner. In other words, if you are walking with earphones inserted, the iPhone will tell you which way you can go next, even if it is in your pocket. ※Caution Since the automatic navigation mode is always functioning to update the current location information, the battery consumption increases. If you do not use it, turn it off, please close the application and be careful not to waste the battery. ◆ Direct calling to the search result phone number: · Equipped with call function from search result annotation. You can call the store directly from this application. ◆ SNS / memo posting function: You can post to SNS (Twitter, LINE, Facebook, etc.) and memos from the current location button. Depending on the app, you can also post images. ◆ With search word history function: · When you tap the BookMark button on the search bar, the history of the word searched up to now is displayed in list form below the search bar. It is now possible to search by selecting the word selected from the list. · The history data can be deleted all in the history by tapping "clear history" button displayed in the list. You can also delete any word individually by swiping each history word to the left. ※ The maximum number of history words saved is 30 cases. If it exceeds 30, the oldest search word will be deleted. ◆ Search word complementing function (Available for iOS 9.3 and above): · As you enter the search word, data close to the word you are entering is displayed in list format under the search bar. It is now possible to search by selecting the word selected from the list. ◆ Note: Ads will be hidden if you pay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: I'm here at 100% against Geofence Alerts's 0%. I'm here also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Geofence Alerts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. I'm here sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Geofence Alerts asks for nothing beyond the download.
I'm here holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Geofence Alerts's written reviews are positive against 100% of I'm here's.
Geofence Alerts ships an update every 3 months, I'm here every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geofence Alerts | I'm here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | katuri dinesh | Masashi Sasaoka |
Customer experience
Geofence Alerts
I'm here
In-app purchases
Geofence Alerts
No in-app purchases
I'm here
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