Privus vs Meshtastic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Privus
This app uses your phone's accelerometer and gyroscope to estimate speed and distance traveled. It was developed as a school project to explore inertial navigation capabilities.
- Measures velocity
- Calculates distance
- Utilizes accelerometer
- Uses gyroscope
- School project origin
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This application was created for a school project 'Mobile Inertial Navigation'. The purpose of the app is to count velocity and distance only from the phone's inertial system - the accelerometer and the gyroscope. However, the measurements are rather inaccurate, because these sensors are not designed for this kind of use.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meshtastic at 4.1 against Privus's 3.3. Meshtastic also leads on ratings volume (837 vs 3) and device support (5 vs 2). Privus's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 44%) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Meshtastic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 837 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Privus's written reviews are positive against 44% of Meshtastic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Privus | Meshtastic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (837 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 44.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 837 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tomas Batek | Meshtastic LLC |
Customer experience
Privus
Meshtastic
Bugs and requests
Privus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
In-app purchases
Privus
No in-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
