Backtrack Location Logging vs Coverage Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backtrack Location Logging
This app offers a private and open-source solution for logging your device's location history. It provides an alternative to cloud-based services, ensuring your data remains yours and is saved locally or to your iCloud Drive. You can easily pause, resume, and view your location history within the app.
- Privacy-centric location logging
- Open-source solution
- Local data storage options
- CSV export for data visualization
- In-app location history viewing
- Configurable data collection frequency
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Backtrack is a privacy-centric, open-source location logging solution that provides you with a history of location data for your device. Backtrack provides an alternative to “Location History” solutions offered by many web mapping platforms, without selling your data or even sharing it with any third party. Your data is your property, and Backtrack respects this by saving your collected data directly to spaces that you have full control over. Pausing and resuming your location history is just one tap away, and you can view all of your collected data right in the app. KEY FEATURES: - Deep iOS integration that passively collects location data from your device with minimal impact on battery life - Offers configurable parameters to fine tune how often the location engine collects data - Choose whether to log data locally on device storage, or directly to a private iCloud Drive folder - All location data is written directly to a human-readable CSV (comma-separated values) file - CSV file is accessible through native Files app on iOS, and can be easily exported for storage or visualization using other tools - Location history for specific days can be viewed directly in the app
Coverage Map
This app provides a crowdsourced map of cellular network performance and coverage across the US, Canada, UK, and Puerto Rico. Users can view real-time speed test data, compare carrier performance, and check signal strength in specific areas. It also includes a built-in speed test to contribute to the map.
- Crowdsourced speed test map
- Real-time performance data
- Download, upload, and latency details
- Carrier and network type filters
- Built-in speed test functionality
- Signal strength mapping (US only)
- Data-driven coverage reports (US only)
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Coverage Map helps you find the #1 cell phone carrier in your area. It is a crowdsourced map of cellular networks in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico with more countries launching soon. SPEED TEST MAP (All Countries) • Highly accurate: see real-world performance reported by users • Real-time: map updates in real-time as new data comes in • Rich detail: tap any square to see download speeds, upload speeds, and latency for all carriers in that area • Powerful filters: filter by carrier, LTE/5G, download speeds, upload speeds, or see your speed tests only • Helpful color profiles: default, heat map, and best carrier help you visualize and understand the data • Easy to understand: see what carrier performs best in an area at a glance with the Best Carrier color profile BUILT-IN SPEED TEST (All Countries) • Test your speeds: see how fast your LTE or 5G connection is by running a speed test • Accurate results: get accurate results for download speed, upload speed, and latency • Recurring tests: run up to 500 recurring tests automatically and customize the pause duration between tests • Set a data limit: limit how much data the app can use • Tag your tests: tag a test as indoor, outdoor, driving, or other • Improve the Speed Map: running a speed test automatically contributes to the fastest-growing crowdsourced map of cellular networks (note: if your country is not currently supported, when we do launch in your country all of your tests will instantly be mapped and will show up on the map) SIGNAL STRENGTH MAP (US only) • Check reception: see where each carrier has great, good, or poor coverage • Compare coverage footprints: toggle between carriers to see how coverage footprints compare in different areas • Data for every location: the Signal Strength Map uses data from the FCC Broadband Collection, which has coverage data for the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii COVERAGE REPORT MAP (US only) • Data-driven reports: the Coverage Report Map aggregates all available data points to generate detailed reports of cellular coverage & performance in every state, county, city, and ZIP code • Percentage covered: see what percentage of an area each carrier covers • Weighted median: see weighted median values for download speed, upload speeds, and latency for a better picture of real-world cellular performance • Carrier rankings: see what carrier ranks best for coverage, speed, reliability, and overall performance in every area • Distribution graphs: see the distribution graphs for download speeds, upload speeds, and latency • Performance by time of day: see how data speeds vary over the course of day as network traffic picks up Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://coveragemap.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Coverage Map at 68% against Backtrack Location Logging's 0%. Coverage Map also leads on ratings volume (798 vs 2). Backtrack Location Logging's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Backtrack Location Logging holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coverage Map has 798 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Backtrack Location Logging's written reviews are positive against 68% of Coverage Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Backtrack Location Logging | Coverage Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (798 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 67.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 798 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Lechowicz | Coverage Map LLC |
Customer experience
Backtrack Location Logging
Coverage Map
Bugs and requests
Backtrack Location Logging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Coverage Map
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes when viewing maps
- Speed test failures and timeouts
- Inconsistent speed test results
- Incorrect location detection
Requested features
5 requests- Low data mode
- Offline coverage map downloads
- Ability to set test duration and frequency
- Display cell tower locations
- Expand to international coverage
In-app purchases
Backtrack Location Logging
No in-app purchases
Coverage Map
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Backtrack Location Logging free?
Is Coverage Map free?
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