Dogtra PATHFINDER2 vs Arkive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dogtra PATHFINDER2
Track your dogs in real-time with this GPS system and app. Monitor up to 21 dogs within a 9-mile range, featuring enhanced e-collar commands and customizable fence options. Share tracking data and utilize offline maps for exploration.
- Real-time GPS dog tracking
- Track up to 21 dogs
- 9-mile range
- Enhanced e-collar commands
- GPS fence options (E-Fence, Geo-Fence, Mobile-Fence)
- Share tracking data
- Custom offline maps
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Cut’em loose. Explore more. Track your dogs real time with Dogtra PATHFINDER2. The new PATHFINDER2 is NOT compatible with PATHFINDER series. A feature packed new Dogtra PATHFINDER2 is a complete GPS tracking system with a FREE real time tracking and training app with FREE map, trailing up to 21 dogs concurrently within a 9-mile range. (Range may vary depending on terrain and your surroundings) The app is also available on a smart watch. Paired with a new GPS Connector’s tactile “E-COLLAR FUNCTION” button, PATHFINDER2 is more optimized for action without interruption. The Dogtra PATHFINDER2 has enhanced e-collar commands: Nick/Constant stimulation, Tone, plus new Pager Vibration and LED Locate light. The Dogtra PATHFINDER2 has updated GPS fence options, which now includes E-Fence along with Geo-Fence and Mobile-Fence. You can also share tracking with other PATHFINDER2 users, select notification preset per activity type, put GPS receivers to sleep mode, have GPS Connector to alert Bluetooth range or beep to locate itself, and use custom offline maps. The Dogtra PATHFINDER2 app requires the Dogtra PATHFINDER2 system to operate. The Dogtra PATHFINDER2 app works with iOS 14.0 and up with Bluetooth 5.0. The Dogtra PATHFINDER2 app works with Apple Watch series 5 and up.
Arkive
Explore scripture with in-depth word studies, historical context, and interactive timelines. This app offers a verse-by-verse reading experience, family-friendly stories, and tools for personal annotation and research.
- Verse-by-verse scripture reading
- Hebrew and Greek word studies
- Interactive timelines and maps
- Annotate and organize research threads
- Illustrated Bible stories for families
- Extensive study library
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Arkive is a Bible study app built around one idea: the text is the surface, and understanding is the goal. READ ONE VERSE AT A TIME Scroll through Scripture a verse per page, or switch to classic chapters with paragraphs, poetry lines and red letters, and swipe to turn the chapter. Every chapter opens with its own page, illustrated with public-domain engravings by Gustave Doré and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld or a historical photograph of the place, and every book begins with an introduction: who wrote it, when, its outline and its key verse. Read to Me reads aloud, follows along, keeps going into the next chapter and has a sleep timer. FOR FAMILIES 47 illustrated Bible Stories, from the Creation to Paul and Silas, with large pictures, Read to Me, and your place saved across devices. Arkive Originals are Bible stories painted for Arkive, from Adam and Eve to the first Easter, including Noah’s Ark, David and Goliath, Daniel in the Lions’ Den and Jonah and the Great Fish. Every quotation is from the King James Version, and each story ends with questions, a memory verse and a prayer to share. THE ORIGINAL WORDS Tap any verse, in any translation, to see its Hebrew or Greek word by word, with transliteration, grammar, Strong's definitions, the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew lexicon and the Abbott-Smith Greek lexicon. See where a word occurs, book by book, and how it is translated. Follow it to every other verse that uses it, or open a name in four Bible dictionaries, with what the name means and every verse they cite a tap away. Every Old Testament passage quoted in the New links both ways. HISTORY AND PLACE Chronicle puts the people, places and events of the Bible on a timeline and a map. Adams' Synchronological Chart of 1878, 6,000 years on one scroll, is built in and tappable: tap a year for the events around it, or a scene for its verses. Journeys traces Abraham, the Exodus, Jesus' ministry and Paul's voyages stop by stop, and any chapter opens a map of the places it names. YOUR OWN STUDY Collect verses, word studies and notes into threads around any question or theme. Highlight whole verses or just the words that matter, bookmark and annotate, and send a copy of a thread to a friend. The Explorer's Journal maps what you've read in each translation and leads you to the verses you missed. Everything syncs through iCloud and can be exported at any time, and Siri and Shortcuts can open any passage or thread. A STUDY LIBRARY INSIDE Nave's Topical Index of over 5,000 topics, Names of God, prophecies and their fulfillments, the parables and miracles of Jesus, a harmony of the Gospels, the covenants, the feasts of Israel, kings and rulers, angels, a converter for biblical weights and measures, the meaning of numbers, and family trees for over 3,000 people. Every entry is tied to the verses it comes from, and every verse shows the topics and entries that cite it. SEARCH LIKE A SCHOLAR Exact phrases, OR, exclusions, prefixes, words near each other and Strong's numbers, across the whole Bible or a single book. Search the Hebrew and Greek by grammar, such as every aorist imperative in Romans, and find topics, reference entries and Bible dictionary articles alongside the verses. MADE FOR IPAD A study panel sits beside the verse with its original words, related verses, commentary, topics and history. Chapter openers spread across the screen in landscape, and keyboard shortcuts move through Scripture without lifting your hands. TRANSLATIONS AND SOURCES KJV with its translators' marginal notes, the Berean Standard Bible with its footnotes, and NASB. Six commentaries, with book introductions: Matthew Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, John Gill, Adam Clarke, John Calvin, and Keil & Delitzsch. Easton's, Smith's, the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Hitchcock's Bible Names, and over 89,000 cross-references. Arkive works offline, except NASB, which is read online.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Arkive at 100% against Dogtra PATHFINDER2's 32%. Arkive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Dogtra PATHFINDER2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 2). On price, ads 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. Arkive sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dogtra PATHFINDER2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arkive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dogtra PATHFINDER2 has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Dogtra PATHFINDER2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Arkive's.
Dogtra PATHFINDER2 ships an update every 3 months, Arkive every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dogtra PATHFINDER2 | Arkive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 351 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dogtra | Garrett Franks |
Customer experience
Dogtra PATHFINDER2
Arkive
Bugs and requests
Dogtra PATHFINDER2
Reported bugs
5 issues- E-fence not working properly after updates
- Collar connectivity issues and random disconnections
- App crashing on startup or during use
- Inaccurate GPS location tracking
- Collar light and stimulation level issues
Requested features
5 requests- Easier e-fence setup and boundary editing
- Ability to share collar access across multiple devices
- Improved app organization and user interface
- Haptic feedback for collar button presses
- More map data updates and customization options
Arkive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dogtra PATHFINDER2
No in-app purchases
Arkive
- Small — $1.99$1.99
- Medium — $4.99$4.99
- Large — $9.99$9.99
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- XL — $24.99$24.99
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