Comparison

Hapn GPS vs ShieldGPS

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

Head to head
About

Hapn GPS

This app provides secure and accurate GPS tracking for vehicles, valuables, and loved ones. Monitor devices in real-time with alerts, activity feeds, and detailed insights. Customize map views and receive push notifications for important events.

Highlights
  • Real-time device tracking
  • Customizable map views
  • Activity and alert feeds
  • Push notifications
  • Device status monitoring
  • Aerial view with smart card data
Features
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** This app is a companion app for Spytec and Hapn hardware. The Hapn GPS App provides peace of mind through secure, accurate, and reliable GPS tracking software. Our user-friendly platform includes real-time alerts and in-depth insights to better monitor your vehicles, valuables, and loved ones, and anything you choose to track using our trackers. LATEST FEATURES: Access your Hapn GPS account using the same credentials used on the web platform or create a new Hapn GPS account for free, and add your devices later. Track and zoom into all the devices on your account with an edge-to-edge map. Select any device to lock in the advanced aerial view of your tracker paired with a smart card that brings you weather info, nearby places, and satellite imagery of your tracker’s location. Quickly change between map styles according to your preferences, and toggle on and off smart map objects like boundaries and recent activities. Scroll through your Activity Feed to know everything about any recent or past activity monitored by your tracker. Narrow down your activities by trips, stops, distance, duration, and even by specific tracker, within any date range. Monitor all the important events with the Alert Feed. From low battery, speeding, trip details, boundary events, and many more, you can narrow down and sort your alerts by tracker, alert type, and date range. Receive push notifications based on your configurations and permissions.

About

ShieldGPS

Monitor the real-time location and history of your GPS trackers. Receive alerts for movement, speed, and status changes, and set up geofences for important area notifications. Some devices also offer mileage and driving behavior tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS tracker location
  • Location history with playback
  • Map and satellite views
  • Movement and speed alerts
  • Geofence creation and alerts
  • Mileage and driving behavior tracking
Features
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Access your ShieldGPS GPS tracker(s) realtime location and location history with playback. Switch between map and satellite views. Receive notifications when your GPS tracker moves, speeds or changes its status. Create geofences to mark important areas that alert you when your tracker enters or exits somewhere important. Select devices also support mileage, dangerous driving and trip tracking.

Screenshots

Hapn GPS4 screens
ShieldGPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hapn GPS at every 11 days against ShieldGPS's every 2 months. Hapn GPS also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 20). ShieldGPS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShieldGPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hapn GPS has 11K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hapn GPS ships an update every 11 days, ShieldGPS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hapn GPS versus ShieldGPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHapn GPSShieldGPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHapn Holdings, Inc.OG Systems, LLC (CA)

Customer experience

Hapn GPS

All ratings11,311 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative19.2%

ShieldGPS

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hapn GPS

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Tracking not real-time

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to set boundaries from the app
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Landscape mode for the app

ShieldGPS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hapn GPS

No in-app purchases

None

ShieldGPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hapn GPS free?
Hapn GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShieldGPS free?
ShieldGPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hapn GPS or ShieldGPS?
ShieldGPS is rated higher. Hapn GPS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while ShieldGPS averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do Hapn GPS or ShieldGPS have ads?
Neither Hapn GPS nor ShieldGPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hapn GPS or ShieldGPS?
Hapn GPS ships an update every 11 days, and ShieldGPS every 2 months. Most recently, Hapn GPS was updated on November 13, 2026 and ShieldGPS on November 3, 2026.

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