Batphone vs Oriient IndoorGPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Batphone
This app uses your device's microphone to identify your location indoors by analyzing ambient room sounds. It offers an alternative to GPS and iBeacon, aiming for greater accuracy in indoor positioning.
- Acoustic indoor localization
- Room ambience analysis
- Alternative to GPS/iBeacon
- Compares with Location Services
- Research tool
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Batphone is a research tool which demonstrates a method determining your location within a building. It's meant to be an alternative to GPS or iBeacon, and it works by using the microphone to record room ambience. These acoustic room fingerprints are used to recognize previously-tagged rooms when they are revisited. For comparison, it also shows the position retrieved from Location Services, which determines your coordinates using radio signals from GPS satellites, wifi and cellular base stations. Our experiments have shown that Batphone's acoustic method is more accurate than the radio method. Try it for yourself and let us know what you think! Fore more details, please see the report titled "Indoor Localization without Infrastructure using the Acoustic Background Spectrum" which was presented at the 2011 MobiSys conference.
Oriient IndoorGPS
Experience a cutting-edge indoor positioning system that offers highly accurate location tracking within buildings. This app showcases the capabilities of a proprietary technology, providing a first-hand look at its precision.
- Indoor positioning system demonstration
- High accuracy location tracking
- Experience proprietary technology
- First-hand feature showcase
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* Limited access to pre-registered users. This application enables you to experience Oriient's Indoor Positioning System first-hand. It demonstrates the features and best-in-class accuracy of Oriient's technology. Contact demo@oriient.me to schedule a demo in your location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Oriient IndoorGPS at 4.0 against Batphone's 3.3. Oriient IndoorGPS also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 19 months). Batphone's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Oriient IndoorGPS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Batphone ships an update every 19 months, Oriient IndoorGPS every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Batphone | Oriient IndoorGPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Tarzia | Oriient New Media inc. |
Customer experience
Batphone
Oriient IndoorGPS
In-app purchases
Batphone
No in-app purchases
Oriient IndoorGPS
No in-app purchases
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