Comparison

Paintball Commander vs Team Locator

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

Team Locator

Easily locate your family, sports team, or any group members without registration. Share a team name and password or invitation link to connect. Includes in-app messaging and optional map views to track locations, with customizable accuracy settings.

Highlights
  • Team member location tracking
  • No registration required
  • In-app messaging
  • Customizable location accuracy
  • Map view with tracked locations
  • Support for multiple teams
  • Geodetic north compass
Features
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This service locates your family, sport or any kind of team members. No registrations - just share your team name and password or invitation link with your members. In addition messaging between team members is provided to users. The location data of the team member is provided only by the request of the team member to increase the battery life. The location information is shared between your team members - i.e. the location data is not stored to any external servers. Optionally user can check all the tracked locations from the map view. Tuning of the desired location accuracy options might give you more accurate location data, but then a locating takes more time. You can join several teams at the same time (e.g. one for own family and other one for friends). The compass (red) is pointing to true geodetic north. If you try to locate only one member, the compass arrow (blue) starts to point towards this member. The custom map option supports a configuration of your shareable external Web Map, Tile Map, Web Map Tile or Web Feature Service (WMS/TMS/WMTS/WFS) or linked GPX files. Shareable map markers can be created by long press on the map or directly from Google map markers. Usage tips: - a short tap of the member name jumps into the right location of the map - a long tap of the member name or the marker in the map shows the detailed location data of the member - locate only one member or start the navigation via a single member detail Use cases preventing location updates: - power saving mode - missing authorization for "Always" location service Constant use of GPS and the network traffic will decrease the battery life of your mobile device.

Screenshots

Paintball Commander4 screens
Team Locator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paintball Commander at 88% against Team Locator's 0%. Paintball Commander also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Paintball Commander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintball Commander has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Paintball Commander's written reviews are positive against 0% of Team Locator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paintball Commander ships an update every 3 weeks, Team Locator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Paintball Commander versus Team Locator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintball CommanderTeam Locator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComplexITToni Korin

Customer experience

Paintball Commander

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Team Locator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Paintball Commander

No in-app purchases

None

Team Locator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paintball Commander free?
Paintball Commander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Team Locator free?
Team Locator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paintball Commander or Team Locator?
Paintball Commander is rated higher. Paintball Commander averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Team Locator averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Paintball Commander or Team Locator have ads?
Neither Paintball Commander nor Team Locator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paintball Commander or Team Locator?
Paintball Commander ships an update every 3 weeks, and Team Locator every 2 months. Most recently, Paintball Commander was updated on October 23, 2026 and Team Locator on October 24, 2026.

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