TrackAbout vs OnLocation Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrackAbout
This business-focused application provides cloud-based asset tracking and management for companies. It allows users to scan barcodes and optionally record GPS locations to optimize the use of physical, portable, and reusable assets.
- Cloud-based asset tracking
- Barcode scanning via smartphone camera
- Optional GPS location collection
- Management of various asset types
- Offline and online truck loading
- Customizable dynamic forms
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TrackAbout is a cloud-based asset tracking and management system. We help companies around the world optimize the use of millions of physical, portable, returnable and reusable fixed assets. PLEASE NOTE: This is a B2B app and is intended only for customers of the TrackAbout asset tracking ecosystem. You will need a TrackAbout account to log in. TrackAbout provides physical asset tracking, including specialties such as: • compressed gas cylinder tracking • durable medical equipment and home medical equipment tracking • chemical container tracking • keg tracking • IBC tote tracking • roll-off container or dumpster tracking • small tool tracking TrackAbout’s customers include Fortune 500 companies as well as small, independent operators. This app enables users to perform asset tracking operations by scanning barcodes using the smartphone's camera and, optionally, collecting the assets' GPS location using the smartphone's location services. Internal users can use the following actions and features: • Add New/Register Asset • Add New/Register Container/Pallet • Add New/Register Bulk Tank • Analysis • Branch Transfer Send/Receive • Close Lot • Collect Many Signatures/Sign Later • Condemn/Junk Asset • Create Order • Customer Audit • Delivery (simple and POD) • Empty Container/Pallet • Fill • Fill for Customer • Find Inventory • Inspection Scan/Sort Assets • Load/Unload Truck (offline and online) • Locate • Maintenance • Make Pack • Material Consolidation • Physical Inventory • Print Lot Labels • Recent Deliveries • Recent Payments • Reclassify Assets • Register Bundle • Remove from Lot • Replace Barcode • Reserve for Order • Return Assets • Send to Maintenance • Sort Container/Build Pallet (for Filling, Delivery, Maintenance and Interbranch Transfer) • Sort Trip • Truck Load Inventory • Unmake Pack • Vendor Receive • Search for assets by tag and view asset details and history • Dynamic Forms • Generic actions - action that can be customized just for you Follow-On Tracking® users can use the following actions and features: • Move Asset • Set Volume • Search for assets by tag and view asset details and history • Dynamic Forms • Generic actions Compatibility: • This app requires iOS 15.8.1 or higher.
OnLocation Mobile
This app automatically tracks employee presence on-site using geolocation. It facilitates remote check-ins, delivers safety updates, and allows for SOS alerts and workspace bookings.
- Automatic geofenced sign-in/out
- Remote work check-ins
- Instant safety notifications
- SOS alert with location sharing
- Estimated duration on-site
- Follow Me mode for remote work
- Employee scheduling
- Workspace booking
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The best workplace safety app is one that keeps track of who’s on-site automatically. If your organization uses MRI OnLocation, the mobile app is the perfect partner. Sign in and out for work using your smartphone’s geolocation and receive important safety updates via Instant Messages. AUTOMATIC SIGN IN / OUT Never forget to sign in / out for work again with our smart geofencing technology. WORKING REMOTELY Sign in for work wherever you are - receive important notifications and allow your employer to check in with you when working from home or out in the field. INSTANT MESSAGES Receive push notifications for important safety notices or when a visitor signs in to visit you. SOS ALERTS Send SOS alerts to designated SOS Responders from your organization and instantly share your location for immediate assistance. DURATION ON-SITE Working at risk? Inputting your estimated time on site will prompt a designated safety contact to check on you if you’re overdue to finish. FOLLOW ME Set the app to ‘Follow Me’ when working in remote locations or at risk, and ensure a designated safety contact knows where to find you in an emergency. EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING Schedule your working days, weeks, or months in advance before coming on-site, allowing your organization to create a flexible workplace and ensure spaces are available. WORKSPACE BOOKING Reserve a desk or space in your workplace through our mobile app, empowering you to choose where you’ll work best and collaborate with colleagues safely when on-site.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OnLocation Mobile at 4.5 against TrackAbout's 3.4. OnLocation Mobile also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and device support (3 vs 1). TrackAbout's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OnLocation Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrackAbout has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of TrackAbout's written reviews are positive against 20% of OnLocation Mobile's.
TrackAbout ships an update monthly, OnLocation Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrackAbout | OnLocation Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (23 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.7 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | TrackAbout | MRI Software |
Customer experience
TrackAbout
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In-app purchases
TrackAbout
No in-app purchases
OnLocation Mobile
No in-app purchases
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