Code5Group vs PenPoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Code5Group
This application provides law enforcement with a streamlined mobile interface for accessing tracked devices. It offers faster login and enhanced features for convenient tracking on smartphones and tablets.
- Mobile access to tracked devices
- Faster login
- Enhanced mobile features
- Smartphone and tablet compatibility
- Law enforcement focused
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Code 5 Group mobile app is an easier way for law enforcement to access their tracked devices on a smartphone or tablet. Faster login and additional mobile features make the app more convenient when using a smartphone for tracking.
PenPoint
This app provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data for law enforcement investigations. It helps users understand target locations by mapping cellular tower sectors and ping services.
- Secure mobile access to surveillance data
- Mapping of cellular tower sectors
- Precision location ping services
- Analysis of target location patterns
- Support for law enforcement investigations
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PenPoint works with PenLink’s on-premise software, PLX, to conduct lawful communications surveillance operations in support of law enforcement investigations. PenPoint provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data collected and stored by a PLX system. Specifically and primarily, PenPoint helps mobile users understand the probable whereabouts and location patterns of targets by mapping cellular tower sectors and precision location ping services offered by several mobile carriers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PenPoint at 8 against Code5Group's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Code5Group against 5.0 for PenPoint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PenPoint has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Code5Group ships an update every 3 months, PenPoint every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Code5Group | PenPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 461 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Nannis | Pen-Link, Ltd. |
Customer experience
Code5Group
PenPoint
In-app purchases
Code5Group
No in-app purchases
PenPoint
No in-app purchases
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