LoJack Go vs ShieldGPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LoJack Go
Stay connected to your car with real-time GPS tracking, speed alerts, and low battery notifications. Set up geofences to monitor vehicle arrivals and departures, all from your smartphone.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Speed alerts
- Low battery notifications
- Geofence creation
- Vehicle location monitoring
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LoJack Go helps keep you and your loved ones constantly connected to your vehicle. Get speed, low battery, and landmark notifications, all from the convenience of your phone. Find your car at all times using real-time GPS tracking. Key Features • Real-Time GPS Tracking – Know where your vehicle is at all times • Speed Alerts – Establish a speed limit and be alerted any time your vehicle exceeds that speed. • Low Battery Alerts – Monitor and be notified of your vehicle's battery to avoid the hassle of your vehicle not starting. • GeoFences – Create geographic points of interest to be alerted when your vehicle arrives to or leaves from those areas.
ShieldGPS
Monitor the real-time location and history of your GPS trackers. Receive alerts for movement, speed, and status changes, and set up geofences for important area notifications. Some devices also offer mileage and driving behavior tracking.
- Real-time GPS tracker location
- Location history with playback
- Map and satellite views
- Movement and speed alerts
- Geofence creation and alerts
- Mileage and driving behavior tracking
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Access your ShieldGPS GPS tracker(s) realtime location and location history with playback. Switch between map and satellite views. Receive notifications when your GPS tracker moves, speeds or changes its status. Create geofences to mark important areas that alert you when your tracker enters or exits somewhere important. Select devices also support mileage, dangerous driving and trip tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: LoJack Go at 33K against ShieldGPS's 17. ShieldGPS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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 — 4.9 for LoJack Go against 4.9 for ShieldGPS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LoJack Go has 33K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LoJack Go ships an update every 3 months, ShieldGPS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LoJack Go | ShieldGPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (33K ratings) | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spireon, Inc | OG Systems, LLC (CA) |
Customer experience
LoJack Go
ShieldGPS
Bugs and requests
LoJack Go
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- Notifications not working
- Account issues and lack of support
Requested features
4 requests- Add door lock/unlock feature
- Improve real-time location updates
- Provide driving route details
- Enable navigation integration
ShieldGPS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LoJack Go
No in-app purchases
ShieldGPS
No in-app purchases
