Cogent Beacon vs xBeaconBatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cogent Beacon
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Cogent Beacon puts the power of unit tracking in your pocket. Cogent Beacon is a companion app for Cogent Cloud Management Suite. This provides access to geofenced SMART Zones, current unit locations, and unit location history. This app does require purchasing licenses for Cogent Tracker devices and a registration to the Cogent Cloud portal to utilize the features within this app. The Cogent Beacon mobile app does not share your current position to any third parties and is strictly used to reference your current location in relation to units you are monitoring within your account.
xBeaconBatch
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This application is mainly used for batch upgrade and batch modification of parameters for beacon products, which is convenient and fast to modify beacon product information according to user needs and rules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Cogent Beacon at 3 against xBeaconBatch's 1. Cogent Beacon also leads on iOS requirement (14.5 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Cogent Beacon ships an update every 3 weeks, xBeaconBatch monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cogent Beacon | xBeaconBatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ViviScape | Shenzhen Lanke Xuntong Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Cogent Beacon
No in-app purchases
xBeaconBatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cogent Beacon free?
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Do Cogent Beacon or xBeaconBatch have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cogent Beacon or xBeaconBatch?
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