Comparison

ThingTracker vs Periscope View

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ThingTracker

This tool helps you keep track of your belongings using your phone's camera and GPS. You can create records with photos, notes, and locations, and share access with others to view updates. All data is securely stored on your Google Drive.

Highlights
  • Track tools, equipment, and items
  • Use phone camera for photos
  • Record GPS location data
  • Store data on Google Drive
  • Share asset updates with others
  • View asset history on mobile and Drive
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ThingTracker is a lightweight, free asset tracking tool that uses your phone camera and GPS data to track tools, equipment, and just about anything you can take a photo of. All data is stored on your Google Drive, and anyone you give access to can link their ThingTracker app to your Google Drive folder to create and view shared asset updates. Using ThingTracker, you can: • create asset records with names, notes, photos, and location data generated by your phone GPS • update asset locations by taking a photo, or skip the photo and just update the asset with your current phone location • review asset updates on your mobile app, including updates from anyone who has linked to your Google Drive folder • review all asset updates on Google Drive, including a master record in a Google Spreadsheet and individual asset update photos

About

Periscope View

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Periscope View helps you make sure you're headed down the right path, or that your Tv-radio antenna is aimed properly. With the help of satellites, it allows you to view your surroundings up to a hundred miles or so with either a map or satellite image view. Provision is made for placing three colored pins at desired locations using either textual geosearch or via latitude and longitude coordinates or just tapping on a zoomed map. You can easily also save your current location.

Screenshots

ThingTracker4 screens
Periscope View3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ThingTracker at 10.0 against Periscope View's 15.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ThingTracker versus Periscope View: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingTrackerPeriscope View
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfiswift Technologies IncJohn Martin

In-app purchases

None

ThingTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Periscope View

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThingTracker free?
ThingTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Periscope View free?
Periscope View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ThingTracker or Periscope View have ads?
Neither ThingTracker nor Periscope View shows ads.

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