MYBACKUP vs Cogent Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MYBACKUP
Safely back up, restore, and synchronize personal data like contacts and calendar events. This solution helps prevent data loss due to phone theft, damage, or upgrades, allowing easy restoration to a new device.
- Backup personal data
- Restore personal data
- Synchronize data
- Supports contacts
- Supports calendar events
- Data protection
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MyBackup is a mobile based solution that allows subscribers to safely backup, restore and synchronize personal and sensitive data. Subscribers no longer need to worry about losing personal phone data in case of theft, phone damage, or simply phone change. With MyBackup solution, this data is easily restored to a new phone. (Currently contacts and calendar events are supported) IMPORTANT: Please note that you will not be able to use this application if you don't have an InvigoBackup account.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cogent Beacon at every 3 weeks against MYBACKUP's every 6 months. MYBACKUP's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 14.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MYBACKUP ships an update every 6 months, Cogent Beacon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MYBACKUP | Cogent Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Invigo Offshore | ViviScape |
In-app purchases
MYBACKUP
No in-app purchases
Cogent Beacon
No in-app purchases
