Traccar Manager+ vs GPS51
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traccar Manager+
Manage your GPS tracking devices with this unofficial mobile client. It connects to your self-hosted Traccar server, an open-source platform supporting over 100 protocols and devices.
- Manage GPS tracking devices
- Connects to Traccar server
- Supports over 100 protocols
- Works with self-hosted instances
- Open-source server integration
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Traccar Manager+ (unofficial) is a mobile application to manage GPS tracking devices. It requires a Traccar server instance to work. Traccar (Server) is a free open source server that supports more than 100 different protocols and GPS tracking devices. You can use this application with your own hosted instance of Traccar. For more information visit https://www.traccar.org/.
GPS51
Monitor and manage the location, historical routes, and alerts for various trackers and IoT devices. View real-time fuel consumption, video feeds, and two-way audio. Supports multiple tracker protocols and IoT devices.
- Real-time location tracking
- Historical route playback
- Alerts and geofencing
- Fuel consumption monitoring
- Video and audio streaming
- Support for various tracker protocols
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The platform allows users to comprehensively view and manage the position, trajectory, alerts, geofencing, dwell points, telephone alarms, and remote command transmission for diverse GPS trackers and IoT devices. It also provides live online access to fuel usage, video feeds, and intercom functions. The system is compatible with multiple tracker communication protocols and various IoT device types.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Traccar Manager+ at 4.3 against GPS51's 3.7. Traccar Manager+ also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). GPS51's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Traccar Manager+ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Traccar Manager+'s written reviews are positive against 57% of GPS51's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Traccar Manager+ ships an update every 3 weeks, GPS51 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Traccar Manager+ | GPS51 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Kruzhkov | 深圳安诺盛科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Traccar Manager+
GPS51
In-app purchases
Traccar Manager+
No in-app purchases
GPS51
No in-app purchases
