Comparison

Bad Elf Flex vs Juniper Connect

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

Head to head
About

Bad Elf Flex

This utility app enhances the functionality of Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers. It allows users to monitor hardware health, adjust settings, and update firmware. For the Flex model, it also enables the purchase and application of tokens for advanced features and correction sources like SBAS and RTK.

Highlights
  • Monitor GNSS receiver health
  • Change hardware settings
  • Perform firmware updates
  • Purchase and load Flex Tokens
  • Enable hardware-based features
  • Access correction sources
Features
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This is the free companion utility app for the flexible, intuitive, and affordable Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers. Designed for GIS and survey professionals, the Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini connect to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth and provide high-accuracy location data to ANY and ALL field data collection apps in your workflow. This app allows you to view the health of the Flex and Flex Mini hardware, change settings, and perform firmware updates. For the Bad Elf Flex, the app also supports purchasing and loading Flex Tokens into the hardware for enabling hardware-based features and correction sources. Several correction sources are supported including SBAS, RTK via NTRIP, and Atlas (L-band) satellite corrections. Visit https://bad-elf.com/ to learn more about the Bad Elf Flex and Flex Mini GNSS receivers. NOTES: * This app requires a Bad Elf Flex or Flex Mini to operate. * Our "Bad Elf GPS" companion app supports our legacy mapping-grade receivers: Bad Elf GPS Pro, GPS Pro+, Surveyor, and GPS for Lightning dongle. * Continued use of the GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Juniper Connect

Features
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Juniper Connect is a configuration and communication utility app for all Juniper Systems GNSS receivers and software. With Juniper Connect you can easily establish a connection to a mobile device, change receiver settings, and view GNSS data, such as position, altitude, estimated horizontal error, satellites in fix, and correction service. The following devices and services are compatible with Juniper Connect: • Geode GNSS Receiver • Spire GNSS Receiver • Juniper RTK A common use case for Juniper Connect is that it can also function as a network RTK client and can interface with most mapping applications. Juniper Connect replaces Geode Connect and is the software that allows our hardware to connect to Juniper Systems GNSS receivers. Whether you are using a Juniper Rugged Tablet or Handheld, or connecting via a consumer phone or tablet, Juniper Connect allows your device to seamlessly communicate with the GNSS receiver. Privacy policy: https://www.junipersys.com/Company/Legal

Screenshots

Bad Elf Flex4 screens
Juniper Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bad Elf Flex and Juniper Connect are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Bad Elf Flex ships an update every 2 months, Juniper Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bad Elf Flex versus Juniper Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBad Elf FlexJuniper Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBad Elf, LLC.Juniper Systems, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Bad Elf Flex

No in-app purchases

None

Juniper Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bad Elf Flex free?
Bad Elf Flex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Juniper Connect free?
Juniper Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bad Elf Flex or Juniper Connect have ads?
Neither Bad Elf Flex nor Juniper Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bad Elf Flex or Juniper Connect?
Bad Elf Flex ships an update every 2 months, and Juniper Connect monthly. Most recently, Bad Elf Flex was updated on October 12, 2026 and Juniper Connect on October 14, 2026.

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