ShieldGPS vs Pm247available
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.
Pm247available
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A platform for engineers to make themselves available and select where they would like to work and the type of jobs they would like to attend too. Allowing the planning and scheduling of reactive maintenance jobs by selecting the engineer who suit the job best and who are located clossest to the job.
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Verdict
ShieldGPS and Pm247available 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShieldGPS | Pm247available |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OG Systems, LLC (CA) | Neal Martin |
In-app purchases
ShieldGPS
No in-app purchases
Pm247available
No in-app purchases
