Sonar Mobile vs LockSwitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonar Mobile
Locate Bluetooth devices and monitor environmental conditions in real-time. Gain insights into asset usage and maintenance needs without traditional tracking solutions. Jumpstart your business's digital transformation with this powerful IoT tool.
- Real-time asset location
- Environmental condition monitoring
- Bluetooth device tracking
- Predictive maintenance alerts
- Asset usage insights
- Digital transformation tool
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Easily find assets and monitor environmental conditions from the palm of your hand with Sonar powered by Thinaer. Built on the Thinaer IoT platform, Sonar is the first-ever tool of its kind to see and locate your Bluetooth devices and use them to create a powerful People, Places, and Things view of your business. - What if you could locate your equipment in real-time without leaving your desk? - What if you could monitor and manage environmental conditions from virtually anywhere? - What if your equipment could raise its hand when it needed maintenance? - What if you knew how your assets were being used and could adjust inventory with the click of a button? - What if you could do all that and more without all the overhead of traditional RTLS or RFID tracking solutions? Sonar Mobile, powered by Thinaer. Built for healthcare but agnostic enough for every industry. Download Sonar Mobile and jumpstart your digital transformation.
LockSwitch
Create custom widgets for your device's lock screen to automate tasks. Access a library of actions or build your own, and personalize with thousands of icons or photos. Widgets sync across devices via iCloud.
- Custom lock screen widgets for app automation
- Library of system and third-party app actions
- Create your own custom actions
- Personalize widgets with 3,500+ icons or photos
- iCloud sync across devices
- App themes and alternate icons
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LockSwitch is a must-have for anyone wanting more control over their lock screen. Easily make custom widgets that trigger actions on your device when you tap them. Access the library of widget actions for system and third-party apps, or you create your own. ——— Features ——— - Create custom lock screen widgets for app automation. - Access a wide array of actions for system and third-party apps, or create your own. - Personalize your widgets with over 3,500 icons to choose from or choose a custom photo. - Widgets automatically sync across all of your devices with iCloud. - App themes and alternate app icons. ——— Support ——— If you enjoy using the app, please leave an excellent review and consider purchasing LockSwitch Pro, which will support me (Matt) as I'm the only person building this app. Please contact me on the support screen via the app settings tab if you have any issues, feedback, or feature requests. ——— Subscriptions ——— If you purchase a LockSwitch Pro subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://mdssoftware.co/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://mdssoftware.co/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LockSwitch at 4.8 against Sonar Mobile's 4.2. Sonar Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. LockSwitch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sonar Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
LockSwitch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively.
Sonar Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, LockSwitch every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonar Mobile | LockSwitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advantix THINaër LLC | MasterMind Software LLC |
Customer experience
Sonar Mobile
LockSwitch
In-app purchases
Sonar Mobile
No in-app purchases
LockSwitch
- LockSwitch Pro$2.991 Month
- LockSwitch Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year









