Pinged vs BackTrace Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinged
This utility app helps visualize GPS coordinates and map areas of interest. It can receive location data via email, automatically map points, and notify users of updates. Share locations with teams and set up geofence notifications for movement.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping of locations
- Share pings with teams
- Geofence movement notifications
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Pinged by Badge Apps provides practical resources for many applications where mapping GPS coordinates and a visualizing a radius around those points can be helpful. Pinging a phone? Pinged can receive location data from external sources over email and automatically map the locations and notify you of updates. Share pings with your team, plot points of interest or even receive geofence related movement notifications. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BackTrace Mobile
This investigative tool allows law enforcement agencies to search for individuals who have been arrested and their interactions with law enforcement. It is a unique service feature paired with specific software.
- Search arrested persons
- View law enforcement interactions
- Investigative tool
- Paired with GTBM software
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Backtrace is a unique service feature paired with GTBM’s software. This investigative tool provides all Law Enforcement Agencies the ability to search for persons who have been arrested and their interactions with Law Enforcement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pinged at 4.6 against BackTrace Mobile's 3.0. BackTrace Mobile's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Pinged holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively.
Pinged ships an update every 2 months, BackTrace Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinged | BackTrace Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Benzick | GTBM Inc |
Customer experience
Pinged
BackTrace Mobile
In-app purchases
Pinged
No in-app purchases
BackTrace Mobile
No in-app purchases
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