Comparison

GoBack Medals vs Cogent Beacon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GoBack Medals

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This is the official iOS® application for the GoBack™ Bluetooth pet medals. GoBack medals are Bluetooth devices that individual owners or professional veterinarians can attach to pets to help identify and locate them. For more information about GoBack, go to : https://GoBack.eu/ GoBack users portal and online database : https://portal.goback.eu/ The iOS app for iPhone® and iPad® provides the following functionalities : • Activate and register new medals, and assign them to pets • Write information such as the pet owner's name, phone number & address in the medal's memory • Read medal id and tag id more conveniently by scanning QRcode and barcode to activate a new medal in only two simple steps • Scan for nearby medals, get alerts when medals are ranging in, along with proximity estimation based on signal strength and mark the medal location on the map • Show newly detected medal's status (if the medal has been registered with the online database) • Contact medal carrier's owner with the integrated messaging utility • Specify veterinary name and contact information to the carrier of a medal and these information will be shown to any user detecting its medal in range or doing a search on it • Register any QRcode-bearing medal in the online database, even if it is not a GoBack medal • Search for any medal in the online database by scanning its QRcode (also works with medals other than GoBack medals)

About

Cogent Beacon

Features
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Cogent Beacon puts the power of unit tracking in your pocket. Cogent Beacon is a companion app for Cogent Cloud Management Suite. This provides access to geofenced SMART Zones, current unit locations, and unit location history. This app does require purchasing licenses for Cogent Tracker devices and a registration to the Cogent Cloud portal to utilize the features within this app. The Cogent Beacon mobile app does not share your current position to any third parties and is strictly used to reference your current location in relation to units you are monitoring within your account.

Screenshots

GoBack Medals4 screens
Cogent Beacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cogent Beacon at every 3 weeks against GoBack Medals's every 2 months. GoBack Medals's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoBack Medals ships an update every 2 months, Cogent Beacon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
GoBack Medals versus Cogent Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoBack MedalsCogent Beacon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperATRIA-TRADINGViviScape

In-app purchases

None

GoBack Medals

No in-app purchases

None

Cogent Beacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoBack Medals free?
GoBack Medals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cogent Beacon free?
Cogent Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoBack Medals or Cogent Beacon have ads?
Neither GoBack Medals nor Cogent Beacon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoBack Medals or Cogent Beacon?
GoBack Medals ships an update every 2 months, and Cogent Beacon every 3 weeks. Most recently, GoBack Medals was updated on October 26, 2026 and Cogent Beacon on November 3, 2026.

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