Lightning GPS vs Optimus Tracking Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightning GPS
Monitor the real-time location and status of your tracking units from anywhere. View vehicle states, track movement, and access historical event data. Receive and manage notifications, share locations, and send commands through a user-friendly interface.
- Real-time unit location tracking
- Vehicle state monitoring
- Event timeline viewing
- Notification management
- Location sharing via links
- Command sending
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Track your Lightning GPS units from virtually anywhere in the world. The application from Lightning developers offers basic functionality in a user-friendly mobile interface. - Unit list management. Get all the necessary information on Vehicle state(Moving,idle Ignition), data actuality and unit location in real time. - Tracking will allow you to monitor location for your tracking units. - View the "Timeline” of events to see data from the tracker's available sensor data. - Receive and view notifications and manage notifications in the app. - Create links and share unit locations using the Locator function. - Send Commands. . - Suitability for smartphones and tablets.
Optimus Tracking Pro
Manage your fleet remotely with real-time vehicle location tracking. Share asset locations, set up geofences, and receive instant notifications. Access historical data and generate reports to optimize productivity and reduce costs.
- Real-time vehicle location
- Asset sharing
- Geofence creation
- Push, email, and SMS notifications
- Journey history
- Distance and status reports
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Optimus Tracking Pro is an application for mobile devices that integrates part of Optimus Tracking Corp's services. Vehicle location, assets for individual and corporate clients, allowing you to manage your fleet remotely, easily, and safely. You can share the real-time location of your assets, create Geofences, activate notifications via Push, email, and SMS, view the history of your asset journeys, create reports of distance traveled and the current status of your vehicles. Increase productivity and lower your fleet costs. Visit https://optimustracker.com/ for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Optimus Tracking Pro at 4.3 against Lightning GPS's 3.3. Optimus Tracking Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (230 vs 21). Lightning GPS's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 24%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Optimus Tracking Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Optimus Tracking Pro has 230 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Lightning GPS's written reviews are positive against 24% of Optimus Tracking Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lightning GPS ships an update every 7 months, Optimus Tracking Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightning GPS | Optimus Tracking Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (21 ratings) | 4.3 (230 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 230 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrickHouse Electronics LLC | CHURPSE GPS TRACKING INC. |
Customer experience
Lightning GPS
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In-app purchases
Lightning GPS
No in-app purchases
Optimus Tracking Pro
No in-app purchases
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