Comparison

Locatometer vs BAPI BLE Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Locatometer

This app displays your current speed, altitude, heading, latitude, and longitude. You can easily share this location data via various messaging platforms and customize map views and speedometer colors. It supports both Imperial and Metric systems.

Highlights
  • Real-time speed display
  • Altitude and heading tracking
  • Latitude and longitude coordinates
  • Location data sharing
  • Selectable map types
  • Customizable speedometer colors
  • Imperial/Metric system support
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Want to know how fast you are going? Locatometer, short for location meter, displays your speed along with the following information: 1. Speed 2. Altitude (relative to sea level) 3. Heading 4. Latitude 5. Longitude 6. Location Accuracy Share all of the above information using Instagram, Messages, AirDrop or email. User selectable map types include: Normal, Satellite or Hybrid. User selectable speedometer colors include: Blue, Green, White and Yellow. Easily set the display for either the Imperial or Metric system.

About

BAPI BLE Scanner

This app scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices and displays their signal strength (RSSI). It helps determine the reliability of wireless sensor systems in a given environment before installation.

Highlights
  • Scans for BLE devices
  • Displays RSSI signal strength
  • Site verification for wireless sensors
  • Filter for BAPI wireless devices
  • Helps determine sensor/gateway placement
Features
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The BAPI BLE Scanner app provides a simple way to check if BAPI’s wireless sensors will work in your environment. The app automatically scans your environment for BLE devices and displays them with their RSSI value, giving you and indication of the signal strength in your environment. Using the BAPI BLE Scanner app and one of BAPI’s wireless sensors, you can test your environment to see if to see how reliably a wireless sensor system will perform. BAPI’s wireless system consists of sensors and gateways. Sensors will send readings to the gateway, the gateway can then send readings to our cloud monitoring system or to an HVAC system. You can use the BAPI BLE Scanner to perform a site verification in your environment. Contact BAPI to order one of our wireless sensors. Once you receive your sensor, power it on and place it at a location that you want to measure. Open the BAPI BLE Scanner app on your smart device and position yourself where you would like to place a gateway. You can adjust the settings to only see BAPI wireless devices. You can then look at the RSSI value to determine if the sensor will be able to communicate reliably with the gateway and adjust the gateway or sensor position as needed. You can then repeat this process for each point you want to measure. The BAPI BLE Scanner makes it easy to determine how many sensors and gateways you will need for your environment and where to place them. You can then be confident that your wireless system will be able to communicate reliably. Contact us to start the site verification process

Screenshots

Locatometer4 screens
BAPI BLE Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BAPI BLE Scanner at none against Locatometer's 1. BAPI BLE Scanner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Locatometer's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Locatometer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BAPI BLE Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Locatometer against 5.0 for BAPI BLE Scanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locatometer has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Locatometer versus BAPI BLE Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocatometerBAPI BLE Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp Viper Inc.Building Automation Products, Inc

Customer experience

Locatometer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BAPI BLE Scanner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Locatometer

One-time1
  • Ad Free$4.99
None

BAPI BLE Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locatometer free?
Locatometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BAPI BLE Scanner free?
BAPI BLE Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Locatometer or BAPI BLE Scanner?
BAPI BLE Scanner is rated higher. Locatometer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while BAPI BLE Scanner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Locatometer or BAPI BLE Scanner have ads?
Locatometer shows ads; BAPI BLE Scanner does not.

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