Dérive app vs Locationfo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dérive app
Explore urban spaces in a spontaneous and engaging way. This app merges Situationist ideals with digital tools to encourage unplanned discovery and break daily routines. It aims to open up new urban experiences by introducing external suggestions into your city explorations.
- Spontaneous urban exploration
- Unplanned discovery
- Digital tool for city exploration
- Breaks daily routines
- Introduces external suggestions
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Dérive app is created as a simple but engaging platform that allows users to explore their urban spaces in a care-free and casual way. It takes the ideals of the Situationists and merges it with digital means in order to create a tool that allows for the exploration of urban space in a random unplanned way, as a game. Too often in urban centers we are controlled by our day to day activities thus closing off urban experiences that exist around us. Dérive app was created to try to nudge those people who are in this repetitive cycle to allow the suggestions and subjectivities of others to enter into their urban existences.
Locationfo
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LocationInfo is a tool for outdoor enthusiasts, ham radio operators, and anyone who needs precise location data and solar/sky conditions. It gives you detailed location info and solar activity in one simple interface, with sun and moon times and sensor data, all computed on your device. Nothing is sent to servers; no data is stored, analyzed, or shared. No ads. Precise location: Latitude and longitude (decimal degrees and DMS) Maidenhead locator (8-character, including extended square) UTM coordinates (zone, easting, northing) MGRS coordinates Altitude, speed, and air pressure (from the device barometer) Compass heading and heading accuracy Big Info Large, easy-to-read display of main location data: Speed in multiple units (km/h, mph, knots, m/s, etc.) Altitude change rate and angle of travel (from weighted history; angle shown only when climb/descent ≥ 0.5 m/s) Sensors (device motion) G force and total acceleration (orientation-independent) Motion speed (m/s) from integrated acceleration Smoothed user acceleration and gyro (X, Y, Z) Battery Battery level and charging state Sun and moon: Sunrise and sunset, civil twilight Golden hour and blue hour Moonrise and moonset Solar weather (if applicable) Real-time solar data, X-ray flux, K-index and A-index, sunspot numbers, solar wind, aurora activity, SNR estimates, and color-coded indicators for disruptive conditions. Misc: Horizontal and vertical accuracy Location source (GPS / Wi‑Fi / cellular, inferred from accuracy) Everything is calculated from your location and device sensors on the device only. Unit preferences can be customized where offered.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dérive app at every 6 weeks against Locationfo's every 9 months. Dérive app also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dérive app ships an update every 6 weeks, Locationfo every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dérive app | Locationfo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Babak Fakhamzadeh | Jouni Erola |
In-app purchases
Dérive app
No in-app purchases
Locationfo
No in-app purchases







