AlerTrax vs 5 STAR TRACKING
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlerTrax
Track valuable assets like trailers, motorcycles, and equipment with GPS. Receive real-time location updates and get alerts if your items move or leave designated areas.
- Real-time GPS location tracking
- Movement detection alerts
- Geofencing capabilities
- Supports various assets (trailers, vehicles, equipment)
- Easy device mounting
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Mount the AlerTrax LTE device to your trailer, motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile, jetski, construction equipment, boat or any other asset you want to track. Know the GPS location of your expensive equipment at a glance. Be notified of any movement or if it leaves a certain area.
5 STAR TRACKING
Monitor and manage your vehicle fleet directly from your smartphone. Track vehicles in real-time, view journey details, and generate comprehensive reports on mileage and location history. This app is designed for existing customers to streamline fleet operations.
- Real-time vehicle tracking on map
- Vehicle details (journey time, battery, signal)
- Trace vehicle routes
- Generate log books
- Generate mileage and location reports
- View alert history
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Now perform vehicle monitoring and other important vehicle tracking operations from your smart phones. 5 Star Tracking Mobile App is exclusively made for 5 Star Tracking customers to perform fleet management and monitoring operations for mobile assets and automotive dealers. With the 5 Star Tracking app you can perform the following operations: • Track vehicles installed with 5 Star Tracking in real time on the map • Get details about the vehicle in use such time of journey, GPS Battery level & signal strength • Trace Vehicle Routes • Generate Vehicle/Operation log books • Generate reports from the system on mileage, alerts, route and location history As a 5 Star Tracking Customer, you can provide your feedback and reviews in the following review fields. Note: You must be a 5 Star Tracking customer to use this app’s full functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlerTrax at 100% against 5 STAR TRACKING's 0%. AlerTrax also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 5 STAR TRACKING's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
AlerTrax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AlerTrax's written reviews are positive against 0% of 5 STAR TRACKING's.
AlerTrax ships an update monthly, 5 STAR TRACKING every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlerTrax | 5 STAR TRACKING |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NautAlert, LLC. | VoltSwitch Technologies INC |
Customer experience
AlerTrax
5 STAR TRACKING
In-app purchases
AlerTrax
No in-app purchases
5 STAR TRACKING
No in-app purchases
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