Comparison

JKChat vs Footprinting

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

Head to head
About

JKChat

Connect to Jedi Knight and Quake III Arena game servers to chat with players directly from your mobile device. Receive notifications, monitor server activity with widgets, and save your favorite servers for quick access.

Highlights
  • Connect to game servers
  • In-app chat
  • Push notifications
  • Server monitoring widgets
  • Save favorite servers
  • Watch games with minimaps
Features
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JKChat lets you connect to Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Quake III Arena servers and chat with other players without a computer. The app also features a possibility to connect to multiple servers, receive push notifications, watch games with Minimaps, save favourite servers, and monitor server activities with Widgets.

About

Footprinting

Features
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MEET WITH FRIENDS FIND NEW PLACES DRAG & DROP Drop a friend over a place to create a new meeting. Or, drop a place over a group of friends. Drag & drop lets you create meetings in seconds. WIDGETS See your next meeting on your phone's Home Screen with the small or medium widget. See your next 2 meetings with the large widget. APPLE WATCH See your next meeting on the face of your Apple Watch. Several styles to choose from on the different watch faces. Open the watch app to see a list all your meetings. MEETINGS Your meetings will be listed in chronological order from soonest meeting to furthest meeting. Each meeting will show you who said yes, who said no, and who hasn't responded yet. The total counts of yes, no, and don't know appear under the image of the place. GROUPS Organize your friends and family into groups. Then, drag and drop groups to quickly create meetings instead of dragging one friend at a time. PLACES Use the map to add your favorite places. Or, find new places to visit with friends and family. Add your own places to the map by taking a picture and entering the name of the place. You can choose if it's visible on your friends maps, or if it's visible on everyones maps. TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS Get to your meeting place with the provided turn-by-turn directions. When available, the directions will show places that are near your turn so you can spot them from far away. NOTIFICATIONS Get reminders so you don't miss your meetings. Do a long press on the notification to see more details. Get notifications for new friends and new meetings.

Screenshots

JKChat4 screens
Footprinting4 screens

Verdict

The call

JKChat and Footprinting 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

JKChat ships an update every 3 months, Footprinting every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
JKChat versus Footprinting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJKChatFootprinting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB36 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperVladimir BorozdinAaron Lieu

In-app purchases

None

JKChat

No in-app purchases

None

Footprinting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JKChat free?
JKChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Footprinting free?
Footprinting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JKChat or Footprinting have ads?
Neither JKChat nor Footprinting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JKChat or Footprinting?
JKChat ships an update every 3 months, and Footprinting every 2 months. Most recently, JKChat was updated on November 3, 2026 and Footprinting on November 12, 2026.

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