Comparison

BatchGeo vs Hellotracks

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

Head to head
About

BatchGeo

This app allows users to interact with their saved maps and data on their iPhone or iPad. It serves as a companion to web-based map-making tools, offering a fast and fluid interface for accessing geographic information on the go.

Highlights
  • Interact with saved maps
  • Access map data
  • Fast and fluid interface
  • Mobile map viewing
  • Companion to web tools
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BatchGeo for iOS is a companion application for use with BatchGeo's map making tools. The app lets you interact with your saved maps and data using the full power of your iPhone or iPad. The interface is fast and fluid and makes accessing your maps on the go a real pleasure.

About

Hellotracks

This app provides real-time location tracking and route optimization for businesses managing mobile teams. It helps schedule jobs, track progress, and automatically dispatch tasks, improving field service management and reducing travel costs.

Highlights
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Route optimization
  • Job scheduling and dispatch
  • Automated check-ins/check-outs with geofences
  • Route recording with metrics
  • Slack and Google Calendar integration
Features
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An all-in-one tracking map: real-time location, route optimization, job schedule, dispatch, and completion progress. You can schedule, record and optimize your day routes. Share your progress and your live location with your team. Automatically dispatch jobs from Slack and schedule them on Google Calendar! Hellotracks is a real-time location tracking solution, perfectly suited for field service management. It is an all in one business GPS solution that runs as a mobile and web application. Hellotracks, an easy-to-use field staff tracker, is a perfect solution for mobility and micro-mobility services, maintenance & repair staff management, public sector services, logistics management, and distribution staff management. REAL TIME LOCATION TRACKING With Hellotracks you can have the field staff visibility you need to run your business. Locate your team or employees in real time. Live locations are updated every second while in movement. ROUTE OPTIMIZATION AND TRACK RECORDING Use your smartphone as a real time tracking GPS device. This allows you to record every route with distance, speed & elevation metrics. No start or stop buttons needed! HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCED TRAVEL COSTS WITH AUTOMATED JOB ASSIGNMENT Create jobs manually or import hundreds of jobs at once. Use our optimization web tools to distribute jobs to your field staff with just a single button. Employees can easily access job data, input relevant customer information and optimize routes. AUTO_CHECK_INS AND CHECK_OUTS WITH GEOFENCES Create places on your map and use auto check-ins and check-outs! Know when your mobile team arrives and leaves their destination. This is the simplest way to coordinate your mobile workforce. Hellotracks makes managing a mobile team so simple! Follow your team in real time, schedule, optimize and record all routes, get notified about all activities, communicate within the app & more. Hellotracks optimizes your field staff and workforce operations so you can worry about running your business.

Screenshots

BatchGeo4 screens
Hellotracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

BatchGeo and Hellotracks both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of Hellotracks's written reviews are positive against 25% of BatchGeo's. Hellotracks also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). BatchGeo's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 19). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for BatchGeo against 3.5 for Hellotracks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BatchGeo has 98 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of BatchGeo's written reviews are positive against 63% of Hellotracks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BatchGeo ships an update every 3 months, Hellotracks monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BatchGeo versus Hellotracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatchGeoHellotracks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (98 ratings)3.5 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBATCHGEO LLCHellotracks LLC

Customer experience

BatchGeo

All ratings55 ratings
Positive70.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative25.5%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

Hellotracks

All ratings19 ratings
Positive52.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative36.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral21.1%
Negative15.8%

Bugs and requests

BatchGeo

Reported bugs

46 issues
  • App stopped working
  • Email support is invalid
  • Errors out too many times
  • App will not display maps
  • New update destroyed functionality
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  • Unable to use search bar function
  • Unable to remove unwanted maps
  • Maps not saved to email
  • App freezes
  • Not compatible with Google Maps anymore
  • Took away one-click option to Google Maps
  • Latest update ruined the app
  • Apple Maps no longer supported
  • New update ruined the function
  • Blank screen after update
  • Stuck in constant spin, no map, no functionality
  • App release with glitches
  • Mapping functionality not working
  • Update is worse than previous version
  • User interface is now blotchy and mobile unfriendly
  • Keeps crashing
  • Pro version made it worse
  • New update is not user friendly
  • Last update ruined the app, useless
  • New version is complete trash, unusable
  • Stripped features out of the update
  • Cannot navigate to pins
  • Interface is choppy
  • Switched from Apple Maps to Google
  • Support site won't let people email
  • Latest update will screw up most of the functionality
  • Only one person shows up on the map at a location
  • App lacks detail of web app
  • Marker only shows title tag information
  • Info button comes up blank
  • GPS coordinates not translated to addresses in iOS app
  • App crashes while loading map
  • Terrain Map option doesn't work
  • Can't click on pins
  • App does not automatically zoom to current GPS location
  • Default zoom is of the entire United States
  • App does not list multiple contacts at the same addresses
  • Mobile web app is better than iPhone app
  • App does not load all maps
  • No search feature
  • Latest version of the App has messed up the test separation of row height

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add map creation functionality
  • Add a help menu
  • Improve customer support
  • Bring back Apple Maps support
  • Allow editing of saved maps on phone app
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  • Add option to choose between Google Maps and Apple Maps
  • Improve information density when tapping on a pin
  • Integrate with Google Maps for directions
  • Add route planner
  • Allow highlighting locations to visit or already visited
  • Add search feature
  • Allow editing contact info on pins
  • Add feature to share maps with team without giving full access
  • Ability to edit waypoints
  • Import/export KML files
  • Ability to create routes by shortest distance or fastest time
  • Add dark mode
  • Add advanced analytics dashboard
  • Allow users to choose their preferred mapping software
  • Add voice prompts for navigation on iPad
  • Display multiple contacts at the same address
  • Add ability to view search results on the map
  • Add feature to call up the app with the correct map via URL
  • Allow entering spreadsheet data within the app
  • Add option to set locator flag size

Hellotracks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BatchGeo

No in-app purchases

None

Hellotracks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BatchGeo free?
BatchGeo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hellotracks free?
Hellotracks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BatchGeo or Hellotracks?
Hellotracks is rated higher. BatchGeo averages 3.5 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while Hellotracks averages 3.5 from 19 ratings.
Do BatchGeo or Hellotracks have ads?
Neither BatchGeo nor Hellotracks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BatchGeo or Hellotracks?
BatchGeo ships an update every 3 months, and Hellotracks monthly. Most recently, BatchGeo was updated on September 28, 2026 and Hellotracks on September 15, 2026.

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