Comparison

XGate vs eTechTracker

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

Head to head
About

XGate

This app provides essential communication and data services for satellite phone users in remote locations. It optimizes email, web browsing, and social media, while also offering weather forecasts and integration with navigation tools.

Highlights
  • Optimized email service
  • Accelerated web browsing
  • Photo compression and sending
  • Social media posting
  • Point weather forecasts
  • GRIB file handling
  • Integration with navigation apps
Features
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XGate is a suite of email, weather and social media services for satellite phone users. XGate is simply the fastest, easiest and most reliable satellite phone email available, saving you time, money and frustration when using your satellite phone. XGate encompasses all the services a sailor, adventurer or other remote traveler needs including optimized email, web compression, social media, pinpoint weather forecasts, GRIB file handling via PredictWind Offshore, and a robust ecosystem of compatible apps including: Expedition and SailGRIB for navigation; WeatherTrack; Weather 4D; iNavX; and Xaxero GribPlot for weather. More about XGate can be found at http://www.globalmarinenet.com XGate’s seamless integration with the world’s leading navigation and weather apps makes it simple to download critical data from many apps all within the highly optimized XGate system. With features such as mid file restart for dropped transmissions and Big Mail filters to choose what is downloaded, XGate greatly eases frustration and adds significant airtime savings. XGate services include: • Accelerated Email – Email service offers up to 20 times acceleration versus uncompressed speeds, saving up to 85% on satellite airtime. Works with a dedicated email address or third-party services such as Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo! Mail or your corporate mail address. Or, use a dedicated XGate email address for maximum security and performance. • Accelerated Web Browsing – Compression uses a web proxy service to provide users with 3-5 times average web acceleration, while also blocking ads, checking for malicious sites and compressing images. • Send photo – Compresses, resizes and sends photos over satellite. 2MB iPhone photos can be compressed to usable 25Kb images. User selectable size and quality. • Social media – Users can post text and photos to Facebook and Twitter over satellite. • Point Weather– Local and global weather forecasts including temperature, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation. • PredictWind Offshore – XGate includes the PredictWind Offshore app with GRIB weather file requestor and viewer. XGate also works with a wide range of other weather and navigation applications from leading providers. • Sailblogs – Users get free access to a Sailblogs Premium Basic account to help them share their adventures while travelling with their satphone. This App is available for FREE to XGate users meeting one of the following requirements. 1. Iridium AxcessPoint WiFi router, Redport Optimizer routers, Sattrans and Satstation docks, or the Globalstar GSP-9600 router. 2. One of the following devices and associated services - Inmarsat FleetBroadband - Inmarsat Isatphone - Inmarsat BGAN - Iridium Open Port - Iridium GO! - Iridium 9555 or 9575 - Iridium Legacy 9500, 9505, or 9505a - Iridium fixed phone based on 9522 such as the eurocom or beam rst100 - Aurora Iridium satellite terminal - MCG-101 Iridium satellite terminal - Thuraya and Thuraya IP - Globalstar 1600, 1700, 2900, Sat-Fi - VSAT service - Internet connection via WiFi 3. An XGate and/or XWeb username and password Standard network usage fees for airtime may apply when using this software. Please check with your satellite airtime provider for details. About Global Marine Networks, LLC Global Marine Networks (GMN), offers the industry’s fastest, most reliable and easy-to-use services including email, web, hardware and software. The company’s products include XGate high-speed satellite email, satellite terminals, airtime and vessel tracking systems. GMN has numerous awards and certifications for technical innovation. For more information on how GMN is Making Airtime Count™ visit http://www.globalmarinenet.com.

About

eTechTracker

Features
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eTechTracker is GPS based vehicle tracking system. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides reliable location and time information in all weather and at all times and anywhere on or near the Earth there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. eTechTracker provides Internet-based access to live vehicle tracking and asset management. Knowing where your vehicles and assets are at all times gives you the power to make time and money-saving decisions with a quick glance. Special Features - School Bus Solution - Cab Solution : Effective cab management - Immobilisation : Remotely Stop your vehicle [Successful Implementation for Collector office, Kolhapur] - Special Solution for Solid Waste Management Vehicles[Pilot Implementation for MCGM, Mumbai Corporation] - Remotely Air Conditioning Control [Successful Implementation for Global Cars] - Automation of Tippers, Drummers, JCBs, Compactors, Road Rollers[Successful Implementation for Live Works] - Special Interface for Road Construction Equipments - CCTV Integration Benefits of Vehicle Tracking - Track location of your vehicles from anywhere in the world. - Productivity of workers can be increased by being able to keep track of lunch hours, exposing unauthorized stops and breaks and by evaluating the overtime requests of workers. - GPS devices help businesses to become more customers friendly. For instance, a cab company that is using a vehicle tracking system can tell a customer exactly where the nearest cab is and give a realistic estimate on how long it will be. - By having all the relevant information on one screen, those running the software have easy access to answer enquiries rapidly and accurately. - By having detailed information on the whereabouts of all employees, business owners are far more in touch with their business operations. - Applications of Vehicle Tracking System - Taxi /buses management. - Special vehicles and heavy trucks Management. - Anti-theft security system for private vehicles. - Rent car management. - Private car safety and security. - Fleet Management - Asset Tracking - Refrigerated Vehicles - Oil Tankers - Distance Calculation - Stolen Vehicle recovery

Screenshots

XGate4 screens
eTechTracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: XGate at every 2 months against eTechTracker's every 5 months. XGate also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XGate ships an update every 2 months, eTechTracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
XGate versus eTechTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXGateeTechTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlobal Marine Networks, LLCTechlead Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

XGate

No in-app purchases

None

eTechTracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XGate free?
XGate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eTechTracker free?
eTechTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XGate or eTechTracker have ads?
Neither XGate nor eTechTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XGate or eTechTracker?
XGate ships an update every 2 months, and eTechTracker every 5 months. Most recently, XGate was updated on September 30, 2026 and eTechTracker on September 20, 2026.

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