PenPoint vs StarLight EVO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenPoint
This app provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data for law enforcement investigations. It helps users understand target locations by mapping cellular tower sectors and ping services.
- Secure mobile access to surveillance data
- Mapping of cellular tower sectors
- Precision location ping services
- Analysis of target location patterns
- Support for law enforcement investigations
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PenPoint works with PenLink’s on-premise software, PLX, to conduct lawful communications surveillance operations in support of law enforcement investigations. PenPoint provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data collected and stored by a PLX system. Specifically and primarily, PenPoint helps mobile users understand the probable whereabouts and location patterns of targets by mapping cellular tower sectors and precision location ping services offered by several mobile carriers.
StarLight EVO
Gain real-time situational awareness and analytics across multiple jurisdictions. This tool is designed for the public safety sector and beyond, offering comprehensive insights.
- Multi-jurisdictional awareness
- Real-time data
- Advanced analytics
- Public safety focus
- Cross-jurisdictional insights
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This application provides multi-jurisdictional real-time situational awareness and analytics for the Public Safety sector and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StarLight EVO at every 3 weeks against PenPoint's every 2 months. PenPoint's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PenPoint against 5.0 for StarLight EVO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PenPoint has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PenPoint ships an update every 2 months, StarLight EVO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PenPoint | StarLight EVO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 461 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pen-Link, Ltd. | Transglobal Business Systems Inc. |
Customer experience
PenPoint
StarLight EVO
In-app purchases
PenPoint
No in-app purchases
StarLight EVO
No in-app purchases
