Nextome Indoor Positioning vs Caltech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nextome Indoor Positioning
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Nextome Indoor Positioning is a free application for testing with Nextome's technology. The goal of the app is to show an example of the features offered by the Nextome SDK. This app will works only in a building covered with Nextome technology. Nextome is leader in indoor positioning. It localizes, guides and tracks users and asset with a simple to install, ready-to-use and low cost solution.
Caltech
Navigate campus buildings with smart indoor maps, even without GPS. Find and get directions to campus news, events, and points of interest like restaurants and restrooms.
- Indoor smart maps
- GPS-independent navigation
- Campus news and events
- Searchable points of interest
- Zoom event viewing
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The Caltech app provides services to the network of users that are somehow related to this physical campus. You have access to the campus news and events and can also view Zoom events in the App. A key element of this system is for users to access smart maps of the buildings and locate/navigate themselves even indoors where GPS does not work! You can search for places that are by now marked in these buildings for example restaurants, cafes, WC, elevators, etc. You can also navigate yourself to any of the places of interest. (This feature is currently in limited mode; contact us for more) Feel free to explore and let us know what you think! Caltech is powered by Vicinia smart enterprise solutions from cntxts Inc.
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Verdict
Nextome Indoor Positioning and Caltech are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Nextome Indoor Positioning ships an update every 5 weeks, Caltech monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nextome Indoor Positioning | Caltech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nextome s.r.l. | cntxts Inc |
In-app purchases
Nextome Indoor Positioning
No in-app purchases
Caltech
No in-app purchases
