ShieldGPS vs M2M Recharge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
M2M Recharge
This application allows customers to register their devices and access device information securely. Access is protected by a username and password system.
- Device registration
- View device data
- Username/password protection
- Secure access
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This app is for our customers to be able to register their devices and view device data behind a username / password system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ShieldGPS at 17 against M2M Recharge's 1. ShieldGPS also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.3). M2M Recharge's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ShieldGPS against 5.0 for M2M Recharge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShieldGPS has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShieldGPS ships an update every 2 months, M2M Recharge every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShieldGPS | M2M Recharge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OG Systems, LLC (CA) | M2M Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
ShieldGPS
M2M Recharge
In-app purchases
ShieldGPS
No in-app purchases
M2M Recharge
No in-app purchases
