Pinged vs BackTrace Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinged
This app maps GPS coordinates and visualizes a radius around them for various practical applications. It can receive location data via email, automatically map it, and notify you of updates. Share locations with your team and receive geofence notifications.
- Map GPS coordinates
- Visualize radius around points
- Receive location data via email
- Automatic mapping and notifications
- Share pings with teams
- Plot points of interest
- 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 arrested individuals 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 4.8 against BackTrace Mobile's 3.0. Pinged also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 7). BackTrace Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pinged sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. BackTrace Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinged holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 7 respectively.
Pinged ships an update every 2 months, BackTrace Mobile weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Pinged | BackTrace Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Benzick | GTBM Inc |
Customer experience
Pinged
BackTrace Mobile
In-app purchases
Pinged
- Pinged Premium$14.991 Month
BackTrace Mobile
No in-app purchases
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