Comparison

Paintball Commander vs GridTac

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

Head to head
About

Paintball Commander

Track teammates in real-time during paintball or airsoft games using GPS. Gain a significant advantage by seeing team members on a map. Supports game and team creation, password protection, and referee monitoring.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Create and manage games/teams
  • Password-protected teams
  • View team members on map
  • Monitor multiple teams
  • Referee mode
Features
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Paintball Commander turns your phone into the team's tactical map. Everyone on your team sees each other live, on satellite imagery, while you play - and the referees see everyone. That's free. No ads, and no bought advantages: who you see on the map depends on your team and your role, never on what you paid. • Live team map - your team in real time, and your position keeps being shared with the screen off • Draw the field - zones, boundaries and objectives. Saving them, so your team or everyone sees them, is Premium • Measure as you draw - distance, perimeter and area appear while you place the points • Referee mode - a neutral role that sees every team at once • Games and teams in seconds - invite by link or QR code, set who may invite, revoke anytime • Your own track - see where you actually went, free for the last 60 minutes • Follow along in a browser - the live map, your game history, and track export as GPX, KML or GeoJSON BEFORE THE GAME Create a game, draw the field, and share one link or QR code. Whoever scans it joins the right team without typing anything. You decide who else may invite, and any invitation can be revoked. DURING THE GAME The map shows every teammate as they move, with the newest positions marked as fresh and older ones drawn hollow, so you can tell what you are looking at. Set your own state in the game and the rest of the team sees it on the map. You choose how long you share your position when you join, and the app warns you before that time runs out. AFTER THE GAME Your game history and the tracks are on the website, and every track exports as GPX, KML or GeoJSON for whatever map tool you already use. FOR AIRSOFT, MILSIM AND HUNTING It works the same wherever a team needs to see itself on a map. A hunting party uses it the same way: everyone sees each other in real time, and stands, boundaries and drives are drawn on the map. Seeing your party costs nothing. Map positions are an aid. They never replace hunting safety rules, positive target identification or direct communication. Same app since 2012 - season after season of keeping a team visible to itself on real fields, with patchy coverage and a battery that has to last the day. PREMIUM Free to play, with the whole live map included, and your own track for the last 60 minutes. Premium adds saving the map objects you draw, your own track for the whole game, seeing where your teammates have been, and more frequent position updates. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription that runs monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and it renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://paintballcommander.com/privacypolicy.php

About

GridTac

Features
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GridTac turns your phone into a live tactical display for airsoft and milsim. See your whole team on the map in real time, drop markers, issue orders, and stay coordinated from kickoff to endex, without burning your battery. Built for the field, not the office. REAL-TIME TEAM MAP • See every teammate's live position on the map as they move. • Fog of war, you only see your own faction; the enemy stays hidden. • Battery-first design built to track through a full game day. TACTICAL TOOLS • Drop markers and points of interest for the whole team. • Issue orders and waypoints from commanders down to squads and individual players. • Team, squad and player chat to keep comms tight. • SOS beacon when a player needs help. MADE FOR THE FIELD • Download your play area for offline use, works where the signal doesn't. • Multiple base maps: tactical, satellite, topographic and elevation. • Grid references and bearing/distance for fast call-outs. • Runs without Google services — fine on de-Googled phones. FREE TO PLAY GridTac is free for your group. Create a game, invite your squad with a code or QR, and get on the field. GridTac is a companion tool for in-person airsoft and milsim events.

Screenshots

Paintball Commander4 screens
GridTac4 screens

Verdict

The call

Paintball Commander and GridTac are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Paintball Commander versus GridTac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintball CommanderGridTac
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB24 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperComplexITLinus Nilsson

In-app purchases

None

Paintball Commander

No in-app purchases

None

GridTac

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paintball Commander free?
Paintball Commander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GridTac free?
GridTac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paintball Commander or GridTac have ads?
Neither Paintball Commander nor GridTac shows ads.

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