Comparison

Locate vs Stoak

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

Head to head
About

Locate

This app automatically logs your time based on your location, helping you understand how you spend your day. It offers manual tracking, detailed reports, and export options to manage your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Automatic time tracking by location
  • Manual time logging
  • Intuitive chart view
  • Export logs as PDF/CSV
  • Passcode protection
  • Categorize timers
  • Add notes to sessions
Features
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Do you want to be more aware how you spend your time? Do you ever wonder how much time did you spend in the gym? Do you struggle logging the times you work on your projects? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this app is for you! With Locate you don’t have to worry about this stuff anymore. This is the most intelligent time tracker in the App Store. What Locate offers you: - Automatic time tracking based on your location - Manual time tracking - Intuitive chart view of your day - Export as a PDF option - Export as a CSV file option - Passcode Protection - to keep your logs safe - Supports all the screen sizes - Detailed report screen to keep track your logged times - An intelligent reminder system to help you with precise time logging - Categorize timers into groups - Add notes to each session Pro feature: The app includes a 1 year long auto-renewable subscription, which will unlock premium features and costs $9.99 / year. It will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account and will automatically renew unless you canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Though your subscription for the current year cannot be canceled, you can turn auto-reneval off in your account settings after purchase. See instructions here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 You can read the terms of use and privacy policy here: http://matekovacs.com/eula

About

Stoak

Features
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You spend your life somewhere. Stoak shows you where. Stoak runs quietly in the background and turns all of it into a personal heat map of your time. No check-ins. No manual logging. No effort. Just go about your day and Stoak does the rest. What Stoak maps: Your time. Not your steps, not your route. Just where you are and how long you stay. The longer you're somewhere, the hotter it burns on your map. Explore your habits: Switch between Today, Yesterday, This Week, and This Month to see how your patterns shift over time. Your map tells a story about where you work, where you unwind, and where you always end up. Pin your places: Drop pins on locations that matter to you like home, work, or your favorite coffee shop, and see dedicated stats for each one. Built for your life: Stoak runs passively using iOS visit monitoring, designed to be as battery-friendly as possible. Check in whenever you want and your heat map is always up to date. Stays on your lock screen: A Live Activity keeps your current fueling session visible at a glance, right from your lock screen. Your data, your privacy: Everything stays on your device and syncs privately across your devices via iCloud. Stoak never sells or shares your location data.

Screenshots

Locate4 screens
Stoak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stoak at none against Locate's 1. Stoak also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Locate's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Locate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Stoak asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locate ships an update monthly, Stoak every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Locate versus Stoak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocateStoak
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTeleprompter LLCJaylen Smith

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Locate

Subscriptions1
  • Pro mode$9.991 Year
None

Stoak

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locate free?
Locate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stoak free?
Stoak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Locate or Stoak have ads?
Neither Locate nor Stoak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locate or Stoak?
Locate ships an update monthly, and Stoak every 4 days. Most recently, Locate was updated on October 15, 2026 and Stoak on October 1, 2026.

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