LiveWire · vs BackTrace Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveWire ·
This app offers real-time location tracking for team members, enhancing situational awareness for first responders. It also includes push-to-talk walkie-talkie functionality for seamless team communication.
- Real-time team location view
- Situational awareness for first responders
- Push-to-talk walkie-talkie functionality
- Team coordination
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LiveWire provides a situational awareness for first responders, enabling a real-time location view of team members. Coordinate with your team in walkie-talkie fashion by utilizing LiveWire's push-to-talk functionality.
BackTrace Mobile
This investigative tool allows law enforcement agencies to search for arrested individuals and their interactions with law enforcement. It is a unique service feature paired with specific software.
- Search arrested persons
- View law enforcement interactions
- Investigative tool
- Paired with GTBM software
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Backtrace is a unique service feature paired with GTBM’s software. This investigative tool provides all Law Enforcement Agencies the ability to search for persons who have been arrested and their interactions with Law Enforcement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LiveWire · at 4.3 against BackTrace Mobile's 3.0. BackTrace Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
LiveWire · holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of LiveWire ·'s written reviews are positive against 33% of BackTrace Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LiveWire · ships an update every 2 months, BackTrace Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveWire · | BackTrace Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | GTBM Inc |
Customer experience
LiveWire ·
BackTrace Mobile
In-app purchases
LiveWire ·
No in-app purchases
BackTrace Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LiveWire · free?
Is BackTrace Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, LiveWire · or BackTrace Mobile?
Do LiveWire · or BackTrace Mobile have ads?
Which is updated more often, LiveWire · or BackTrace Mobile?
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