Batphone vs The Concierge @ Lantheus
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.
The Concierge @ Lantheus
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The Concierge @ Lantheus app allows you to connect with your Lantheus workspace like never before. Enjoy all the amenities below: * Reserve desks & meeting rooms * Receive info about community events and news * Get information about nearby amenities in the area * Navigate and way-find easily around our spaces * ...and much more!"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Concierge @ Lantheus at every 2 months against Batphone's every 19 months. Batphone's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Batphone ships an update every 19 months, The Concierge @ Lantheus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Batphone | The Concierge @ Lantheus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Tarzia | Lantheus |
In-app purchases
Batphone
No in-app purchases
The Concierge @ Lantheus
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Batphone free?
Is The Concierge @ Lantheus free?
Do Batphone or The Concierge @ Lantheus have ads?
Which is updated more often, Batphone or The Concierge @ Lantheus?
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