CrowdSurfur vs Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrowdSurfur
Easily locate friends and family members, track vehicles, and discover places with ratings. Coordinate group outings and stay connected through chat and location sharing.
- Locate friends and family
- Track vehicles
- View place ratings
- Group chat
- Privacy controls for tracking
- Vibration and map tracking
- Integrated with Google Maps
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Locate your friends or family members with Friends & Family Locator, the most sophisticated app for finding your friends, vehicle, and places. Friends & Family Locator is very handy if you go out together because it can easily communicate and track each other with Vibration or Map. You can also view the rating of places around you so you can see if the restaurant is any good before you decide to hang out there. Friends & Family Locator is a combination of advanced group chat, locator, and tracker at the same time. Try it now for FREE! Who should use Friends & Family Locator? If you like to hang out with your group of friends you will need an app to coordinate and keep track of everyone. From deciding where to go, to knowing where is everyone else at the moment. Our app is also great for families. You can track each other easily or find each other. Our app works for short or long distance so you can use it to track people in the parking lot, parking lot, or in the neighbourhood. FEATURES OF FRIENDS & FAMILY LOCATOR: 1 Locate your friends or family members on your group easily. 2 Locate with Vibrate or with Maps. Vibration will be more frequent the closer you are to your destination. 3 Get rating of each place before you decide to go. 4 Track vehicles of your group members. 5 Each member can toggle OFF the tracking anytime, ensuring their privacy. 6 Chat with your group members. 7 View who’s online on the main page. 8 Delete your message any time 9 Track through Vibration and Map. 10 Map option: On Foot, Car, or Bus. 11 Integrated with Google Maps. 12 Available in English and Spanish. 13 Modern app design and user friendly interface. How to use Friends & Family Locator: 1. Each group of friends will have a Ring Leader. In family setting, this can be the Dad or Mom. You can transfer the Ring Leader status to anyone in the group. 2. To add people to your group, simply choose from your Contact List. They can accept or reject your request. 3. You can send message to anyone in the group. 4. Any member can toggle OFF the tracking anytime to protect their privacy. 5. View the place rating before you visit or plan to visit it. 6. Select your target location to hangout (i.e restaurant, coffee shop, etc). 7. You can track through Vibration or with Map. The closer you get, the more frequent the vibration is. The tracking is still on even though the screen is off. 8. We will show you how far you are from the target location. 9. When you park you car, you can use default image or you can take the picture when you park your vehicle. We also have Help section in the app to help you navigate the app and take advantage of all the features. Please support us! In order to keep our app running, we display some ads in the app. You can get rid of the adds by paying only $ 0.99 a month or $9.99 a year! No one can beat our price. It’s such a small amount for an app with so many cool advanced features. Note: To allow the app to work smoothly, please give us permission to access your Contact List, Location, and Camera. --- Please rate and review Friends & Family Locator!
Tracking
This app provides real-time tracking for rental vehicles using smartphones, eliminating the need for dedicated GPS devices. It helps prevent theft, locate assets, and offers management features for rental businesses. The application displays points of interest and is cost-effective for managing fleets.
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Smartphone-based solution
- Theft and misuse prevention
- Fleet management features
- Points of interest display
- Cost-effective tracking
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Keepontrack is the first and only OFF-ROAD SaaS tracking application: powered by smartphones and integrated with our web backend, it provides real-time tracking of any vehicle, enabling rental companies to monitor the location and status of their fleet in real-time. NO GPS DEVICE TO BUY, SETUP, MAINTAIN, OR CHARGE. Keepontrack prevents theft and misuse of rental vehicles, helps companies quickly locate lost or stolen assets, and provides a comprehensive set of management features to scale your business. Keepontrack is a free application for boats, jet skis, bikes, and other rental vehicles. Each device connected to a rental business is monitored through our web backend. Accuracy We provide real-time positioning to the backend web application—never lose track of your clients or fleet again! User-Friendly A smartphone-based tracking application is easy to use and requires minimal training. Since most people are already familiar with mobile apps, the learning curve is virtually nonexistent. Cost-Effective Installing GPS devices on each rental vehicle can be expensive, especially for large fleets. In contrast, a smartphone-based tracking application is cost-effective, utilizing technology that most people already own. Customization A smartphone-based tracking application can be customized to meet the unique needs of each rental company. For example, it can be tailored to track specific equipment types or provide alerts when vehicles are due for maintenance. The application displays information shared by the rental business through the web backend, including points of interest in your area: restaurants, drawbridges, swing bridges, sandbars, islands, water depths, navigation beacons, and more! Support: Available in English and French Application Languages: English, French, Spanish, and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tracking at none against CrowdSurfur's 2. Tracking also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). CrowdSurfur's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. CrowdSurfur sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CrowdSurfur against 5.0 for Tracking. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
CrowdSurfur ships an update every 2 months, Tracking every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on June 14, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrowdSurfur | Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CROWDSURFUR LLC | Cedric Perret |
Customer experience
CrowdSurfur
Tracking
In-app purchases
CrowdSurfur
- One Month Subscription$0.99
- One Year Subscription$9.99
Tracking
No in-app purchases
Questions
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