Comparison

Tracking for iPad vs Sensors Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

Tracking for iPad

Share your real-time location and historical routes with loved ones. Log adventures with photos, videos, and memos, or use it for discreet tracking if your device is stolen. Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and security.

Highlights
  • Live location sharing
  • Location history tracking
  • Timestamped location trails
  • Photo and video geotagging
  • Memos and notes
  • Discreet background tracking
  • Online storage for media
Features
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Let your loved ones track your location, whether you're out sailing in the sea, camping in the woods, navigating the urban jungle, or just walking home from school. Tracking for iPhone / Tracking for iPad enables remote tracking for your iPhone/iPad. Use it to view or share your device's precise current location AND location-histories, showing where you iPhone/iPad has been, at exactly what time, and how fast it was moving. Blog-as-you-go with timestamped location trails, photos, videos, and memos. Share your tracks with an unlimited number of viewers, or reserve sole encrypted monitoring access to YOU to track and locate your iPhone/iPad. Tracking for iPhone is a "Top 100 Paid Utilities App" in Austria, Ireland, and Norway. (appslists.net, November 2011) Tracking for iPad is a "Top 100 Paid Utilities App" in Australia, Belgium , Canada, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, and UK. (appslists.net, November 2011) "THE BEST PROGRAM. This program is really awesome I recommend it for everybody." - AH, Aug 8, 2011 IF YOU ARE PERSONALLY HOLDING YOUR IPHONE/IPAD, YOU CAN: • Share your live location and tracks automatically with anyone anywhere in the world. • Share instantaneous snapshots (photos) tagged to your location with your audience. • Share location-tagged videos and memos. • Your authorized viewers will be able to see you movements live via a secure web browser, and will be able to view your photos, video, memos immediately as they are posted alongside your live trail. IF SOMEONE STEALS YOUR IPHONE/IPAD: • This app runs in the background in a 'non-detected' mode. • Track down the thief's precise location to the exact spot with high accuracy (example: pinpoint exactly what parking spot in a large parking lot). • Watch live as your iPhone/iPad moves and pauses from location to location. • App can be set to trigger when iPhone/iPad moves out of the immediate local area (out of current cell phone tower coverage). FOR OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS, SCIENTISTS, AND GEOLOGISTS: Easily share your exciting adventures with your family and friends, in full color, live as it happens. Log special trips such as biking trips, camping trails, sailing expeditions, fishing expeditions, etc. Seamlessly create a log which includes: • Location trails, complete with time histories, waypoints and velocities. • Photos and movies pegged to the location where they were captured. • Geo-tagged memos! Share that hot fishing spot simply by capturing a photo or video of the moment using this app. • Free up space on your device by using an immediate transfer-to-online-storage mode for videos and photos. There are several other uses for this app, including photography, cartography, security, outdoor adventuring, speed logging, fleet tracking, and much more. NOTES REGARDING IN-APP PURCHASE OF ONLINE STORAGE SPACE: • Title of service: Tracking - Online Storage. • Length of subscription: 1,3, 6 or 12 months. • Price of subscription: $0.99 USD per 1,000MB online storage per month. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. • Terms Of Use: https://n1.ndili.com/termsofuse.html • Privacy Policy: http://www.ndilitechnologies.com/privacy BATTERY LIFE Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Sensors Toolbox

Diagnose your mobile device's status with this comprehensive tool. Access real-time data from all supported sensors, including motion, environmental, and hardware information. Test sensor functionality and view data graphically or in text format.

Highlights
  • Real-time sensor data display
  • Sensor testing functionality
  • Graphical and text data views
  • Detailed sensor descriptions
  • Altimeter, metal detector, compass
  • Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer
  • Barometer, location, battery status
Features
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Sensors toolbox is the absolute all-in-one diagnostic tool that lets you know virtually everything about your mobile device status. Get full information about all sensors supported by your tablet, smartphone or wearable device. View in comfortable layout all data from your mobile device sensors in real time, make a sensors tests. Check data on chart (graphic view) and text output available for each sensor and check a detailed description of each detectors and parameters. All multi tools and sensors device you need in one app: altimeter, metal detector, compass, sport tracker and much more. This sensors tool box app gives you access to data from: - accelerometer readings (linear acceleration and gravity sensors) - gyroscope (calibrated and uncalibrated) - device 3D orientation - kinetics sensors - rotation vector sensors - other motion and position sensors - magnetometer, ambient magnetic field values strength (micro Tesla, µT) - barometer, pressure sensor - location, accuracy, altitude - battery status - sound level meter and microphone meter (decibel) - device front and back camera resolution - smartphone display size, resolution - device, phone memory, RAM and CPU parameters and others sensors available in your mobile device. With this sensors multitool app you can check what kind of sensors contain your device and test all of this. It supports all the sensors on device and it will tell you which of them are not supported by your hardware. If you have any problems with this app or ideas to develop, please send us message to apps@examobile.com Have a fun at work with this ultimate tool!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sensors Toolbox at Free against Tracking for iPad's $4.99. Sensors Toolbox also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 38 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sensors Toolbox is free to download; Tracking for iPad costs $4.99 up front. Tracking for iPad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Sensors Toolbox sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sensors Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sensors Toolbox has 164 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Tracking for iPad's written reviews are positive against 58% of Sensors Toolbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tracking for iPad ships an update every 38 months, Sensors Toolbox every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tracking for iPad versus Sensors Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracking for iPadSensors Toolbox
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (30 ratings)4.7 (164 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNdili Technologies, Inc.ExaMobile S.A.

Customer experience

Tracking for iPad

All ratings30 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.8%

Sensors Toolbox

All ratings160 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tracking for iPad

Subscriptions9
  • 1,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$0.991 Month
  • 1,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$2.993 Months
  • 5,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$4.991 Month
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  • 1,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$5.996 Months
  • 1,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$11.991 Year
  • 5,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$14.993 Months
  • 5,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$29.996 Months
  • 5,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$59.991 Year
  • 25,000 MB Online-Storage Capacity$299.991 Year
One-time1
  • Highest Resolution and Accuracy Tracking$7.99
2 purchases

Sensors Toolbox

One-time2
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Go Premium, get new opportunities and features!$1.99

Questions

Is Tracking for iPad free?
Tracking for iPad costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sensors Toolbox free?
Sensors Toolbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tracking for iPad or Sensors Toolbox?
Sensors Toolbox is rated higher. Tracking for iPad averages 3.0 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Sensors Toolbox averages 4.7 from 164 ratings.
Do Tracking for iPad or Sensors Toolbox have ads?
Neither Tracking for iPad nor Sensors Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tracking for iPad or Sensors Toolbox?
Tracking for iPad ships an update every 38 months, and Sensors Toolbox every 5 months. Most recently, Tracking for iPad was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sensors Toolbox on October 23, 2026.

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