Beacon Alert vs btSWARM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beacon Alert
This app allows you to manage multiple beacons and receive notifications when they enter or exit your proximity. It supports adding up to 20 beacons through in-app purchases.
- Manage multiple beacons
- Add up to 20 beacons
- Receive entry/exit notifications
- Beacon enabled device required
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Never lose track of what matters. Beacon Alert helps you monitor Bluetooth beacons and records where they were last seen. Receive alerts when a beacon disappears and quickly navigate back to its last known location. Perfect for keys, bags, equipment, pets, vehicles, and anything equipped with a compatible Bluetooth beacon. FEATURES • Monitor multiple beacons • Instant alerts when a beacon goes out of range • Notifications when a beacon returns nearby • Save the last known location automatically • View lost locations by beacon name • Rename and organize beacons • Open saved locations in Apple Maps or Google Maps • Background monitoring support • Clean and easy-to-use interface • Privacy focused — your data stays on your device BEACON ALERT PRO Unlock even more features with Beacon Alert Pro: • Unlimited saved beacons • Lost location history • Custom beacon names • Advanced notifications Beacon Alert is designed to help you find and recover important items faster and with confidence.
btSWARM
This utility app helps locate proprietary beacons within shipments sent to retailers. It provides a specialized tool for tracking goods in transit.
- Locate proprietary beacons
- Track shipments to retailers
- Specialized utility tool
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The SWARM application is customized to locate proprietary beacons placed inside shipments sent to retailers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: btSWARM at none against Beacon Alert's 1. btSWARM also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 48 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Beacon Alert sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. btSWARM asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beacon Alert against 5.0 for btSWARM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Beacon Alert ships an update every 48 months, btSWARM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beacon Alert | btSWARM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Carlos Chaparro | Bluepixel Technologies LLP |
Customer experience
Beacon Alert
btSWARM
In-app purchases
Beacon Alert
- Beacon Alert Pro$1.99
btSWARM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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