Timegate Location Manager vs Alert!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timegate Location Manager
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If your company is using Timegate V18.5 release or above, then its possible to upgrade and configure your system to use this application, please contact Innovise or your Timegate account manager for further details. If you use Service Delivery to create Tours, part of that process involves configuring location details for sites. The Timegate Location Manager app enables you to create and maintain all of the site location settings conveniently whilst onsite, without the need to use the web client. You can enter the Name and Notes for a site, select whether it is a Tour Point, select its Location Type, add Tags QR or NFC Tags and set the GPS Longitude/Latitude details.
Alert!
This secure platform facilitates information sharing and messaging for retailers and businesses in the evening economy. It's designed for easy use, developed in collaboration with crime partnerships.
- Secure information sharing
- Messaging between retailers
- Crime and risk intelligence
- Easy-to-use interface
- Developed with business improvement districts
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Alert! is the best secure platform for information sharing and messaging between retailers and evening economy. We have worked with business improvement districts and crime partnerships across the country to create a modern and easy to use app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alert! at every 3 weeks against Timegate Location Manager's every 5 months. Timegate Location Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timegate Location Manager ships an update every 5 months, Alert! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timegate Location Manager | Alert! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Innovise Software | Shop Safe Ltd |
In-app purchases
Timegate Location Manager
No in-app purchases
Alert!
No in-app purchases
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