Comparison

GPS Tracker vs Tile Server

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

Head to head
About

GPS Tracker

Monitor the real-time location, battery status, and speed of tracked units. Receive instant push notifications for important status updates and view all alerts in a convenient list.

Highlights
  • Real-time unit location tracking
  • Battery status monitoring
  • Speed and direction display
  • Event and odometer tracking
  • Push notifications for alerts
  • Alerts list view
Features
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* GPS Tracker will show the details about the unit such as its location, battery, speed, direction, event, odometer, cellular signal, etc. * This app will also display the unit's location on the map. * Alerts about units current status will be received as a push notification and all the received alerts are displayed in list view.

About

Tile Server

Features
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Portable Tile Server - allows you to serve Map Tiles (XYZ or WMTS) URL's to mapping clients/apps/software or to advanced map viewer. Load MBTILES or GPKG (GeoPackage) SQLite Databases/files that contain raster tiles, vector tiles, elevation/terrain tiles, other tile data in the tile_data blob. Serve Static Geospatial Data (GIS) files like KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, CSV, GPX, CZML, SHP, 3DTiles, 3DModels (gltf/glb) and others. This is basically a file server that any file type including zip file has an endpoint and accessible for streaming or downloading across the network. NO DATA is Provided with the app. The User Side-Loads their own data via itunes FileSharing or iCloud Discover-able Endpoints and webpages WiFi turned on is required to run this app and have it get an IP Address from the network. This is a local IP Address NOT internet accessible. So only users on your local network can access this data. ipaddress:8080/discover - web page listing of all the tile layers and static files ipaddress:8080/services - JSON response and access to tile.json for each layer ipaddress:8080/map - advanced map viewer with quick access to tile layers and adding local Shapefiles, GPKG, GeoJSON, KML, GPX, CSV ipaddress:8080/wmts - XML getcapabilities response The app also features a tile details view of each tile service. That includes data from the metadata table and the URL's and TileJSON The app can serve data to other apps or desktop/laptop GIS mapping software on the network. ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro can access it via OGC WMTS. Other mapping clients can use the Standard XYZ Tile Server URL (like : http://ipaddress:8080/getGPKGRasterTile/name/{z}/{x}/{y}.png or http://ipaddress:8080/getMBTilesRasterTile/name/{z}/{x}/{y}.png) The Map is accessible on the same device (phone/tablet) or from any device/computer on the network. The Map supports digitizing/drawing, has OSM vector tile basemaps with a style picker, raster basemap selector, supports adding mapping service URL's like Raster Tiles, Vector Tiles, WMS and others.The map offers in-app dynamic vector tiling of loaded vector data for optimized handling of large data. Digitize and Draw/Create data and perform Analysis. Tools like Measure distance and area, show coordinates in multiple formats. The app is perfect for sharing data among devices so one device loads all the map tiles and nearby devices can stream it. This could be in response to a natural disaster or other event and a mobile command center is setup and this becomes the map server for sharing data. Notes: GeoPackage Raster Tiles should only be 3857 Spherical Web Mercator /Auxillary Web Sphere Spatial Reference System/Projection. Test at your own risk support for others. MBTILES must have the required tiles table or view and metadata table and should follow 1.2 or 1.3 specification. Encrypted SQLite Databases (SQLCipher or other approaches ) are NOT supported. more information can be found at: http://techmaven.net/portabletileserver For Support Please visit http://support.techmaven.net

Screenshots

GPS Tracker4 screens
Tile Server2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GPS Tracker at Free against Tile Server's $4.99. GPS Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 41 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On 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

GPS Tracker is free to download; Tile Server costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Tile Server every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GPS Tracker versus Tile Server: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS TrackerTile Server
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecuritystores.com Inc.Tech Maven GeoSpatial LLC

In-app purchases

None

GPS Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Tile Server

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Tracker free?
GPS Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tile Server free?
Tile Server costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPS Tracker or Tile Server have ads?
Neither GPS Tracker nor Tile Server shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Tracker or Tile Server?
GPS Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tile Server every 41 months. Most recently, GPS Tracker was updated on October 2, 2026 and Tile Server on August 26, 2026.

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