VMLocation vs MapMx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VMLocation
This utility allows you to send test GPS location data to your device via Bluetooth. It's designed for developers and testers to simulate GPS signals for app development and debugging.
- Send test GPS location data
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Device simulation
- App development tool
- Debugging aid
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VMLocation is an application which can send test GPS location data to device by bluetooth.
MapMx
Locate lost items and your iPhone using Bluetooth. Ring devices, view last known locations on a map, and use a distance meter to find misplaced trackers.
- Bluetooth item tracking
- Ring lost devices
- Find your iPhone
- Last known location mapping
- Distance meter for finding
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This app use iPhone's bluetooth communication with our products, to achieve the two sides to alarm, data transmission, etc. Find it: When near ping MapMx via Bluetooth from your iPhone to make it ring. Find iPhone: Ping your iPhone by pressing the button on your MapMx and make it ring. Last Known Location: View the last known location of your Bluetooth trackers on a map, and use the distance meter to hone in on your lost device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MapMx at none against VMLocation's shown. MapMx also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15). VMLocation's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (41% vs 31%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 3.1 for VMLocation against 3.1 for MapMx. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of VMLocation's written reviews are positive against 31% of MapMx's.
VMLocation ships an update every 10 days, MapMx every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | VMLocation | MapMx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (69 ratings) | 3.1 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HowHi Lin | Richard Stacey |
Customer experience
VMLocation
MapMx
In-app purchases
VMLocation
No in-app purchases
MapMx
No in-app purchases
