Comparison

myLocation vs Active SOS

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

Head to head
About

myLocation

Easily share and save precise GPS coordinates anywhere on Earth. Pin your current location or any spot on the map, and share it via text, email, or social media. Ideal for adventurers, travelers, or sharing your location in emergencies.

Highlights
  • Precise GPS coordinate sharing
  • Automatic and manual pin placement
  • Multiple sharing options (text, email, social media)
  • Intuitive map interface
  • Emergency location sharing
  • Customizable saved locations with notes
Features
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Embark on a seamless journey to any destination with myLocation—the ultimate iOS app for precise location sharing and saving. Whether you’re an adventurer exploring uncharted territories or simply need to share your exact spot with friends and family, myLocation makes it effortless. Key Features: • Precise Location Sharing: Share your exact GPS coordinates anywhere on Earth. Ideal for locations without a standard address, ensuring your contacts can find you without hassle. • Automatic Pin Placement: Instantly get your current location pinned on the map, or manually select any spot you wish to share or save for later. • Versatile Sharing Options: Share your location via text, email, social media, or even send a vCard contact file. Choose the method that suits you best. • Intuitive User Interface: Navigate through maps and place pins with ease. Our user-friendly design ensures a smooth experience, even for first-time users. • Safety First: Quickly share your location in emergencies. Send your coordinates to emergency services or trusted contacts with just a tap. • Customization: Personalize your pins and maps. Add notes to saved locations and organize them for quick access. Why Choose myLocation? • Reliability: Accurate GPS data ensures you always know where you are and can share it confidently. • Versatility: Suitable for travelers, hikers, sailors, and anyone who needs precise location data. • Privacy: Your location data is secure. Share only what you want, when you want. Download myLocation today and transform your device into a powerful GPS tool. Make sharing your corner of the world as easy as a tap!

About

Active SOS

This app provides a discreet and customizable way to communicate your status and location during emergencies. It's designed for families, corporations, and individuals needing a reliable safety alert system with a single button press.

Highlights
  • One-button SOS and SAFE alerts
  • Customizable alerts for various use cases
  • Discreet communication without drawing attention
  • Privacy-focused data handling
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Unlimited use cases and alerts
Features
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Active SOS is a customizable safety and security app built for families, corporations or any situation where your safety is important to you. It allows you to stay in touch with their family or co-workers and to communicate your exact status and location to as many people as you define; WITH ONE BUTTON. Whether the alert is an SOS alert or a SAFE alert, the same technology supports both types of customizable alerts. No fumbling for multiple apps. No need to draw attention to yourself. No need to drop pins or create text lists. Unlimited Use Cases and Unlimited Alerts - We have found many use cases for this app and outlined a few below. This app was originally built to help children in a crisis at school such as bullying or God forbid a shooter situation. It has grown way beyond that since we rolled it out. Privacy and Security - We committed to never accumulating or selling your data. App was designed by security professionals and privacy. Security of your data was built into our design since Day One. With this set of features, and commitments to privacy and security, we found many other uses for the app. It allows for customizable alerts for each user and for any number of use cases. Some of the key use cases we have found: - School Safety - for crime, shooter or medical emergencies and even alerts that don’t require 911. - Parent / Child alerts – empowering the child to communicate during a bullying or shooter situation in a way they have never had access to before. Simple, discreet, customizable. Use it as a crisis alert or just a check in app, without compromising their privacy or feeling they are being tracked 24/7. - Corporate Safety (especially Manufacturing and the Oil Field) – use it to send safety alerts or even as a remote timecard. - Rehab patients - to help them during recovery and communicate during rehab, including Relapse Alerts. Rehab patients use it to help track their activities with their sponsors and to give them a way to be accountable throughout the process without compromising their privacy. - Mobile Workers – Realtors and Home Health workers is it as a way to send alerts to track their activity and send their location to other people, as well as help protect them in bad situations as a lifeline if a customer or patient got out of hand or needed medical attention. - Relief Workers – Relief workers used it in the recent storms to track activities, send medical alerts, track locations where help and supplies were needed and help with search and rescue efforts. We find new use cases every day, but try it out for 30 days for free. We are confident it will give you a way to stay in touch with your team, help keep you and your family and others safe and protect your privacy in ways your current tracking apps do not. Apple License Agreement http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

myLocation4 screens
Active SOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Active SOS at Free against myLocation's $0.99. Active SOS also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). myLocation's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Active SOS is free to download; myLocation costs $0.99 up front. Active SOS sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. myLocation asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

myLocation holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myLocation has 326 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of myLocation's written reviews are positive against 67% of Active SOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myLocation ships an update every 2 months, Active SOS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
myLocation versus Active SOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyLocationActive SOS
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (326 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings326 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApostolos SamarasActive SOS

Customer experience

myLocation

All ratings326 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.3%

Active SOS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

myLocation

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Active SOS

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Package7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan - Professional7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan - Enterprise7 Days trial$14.991 Month
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  • Monthly Plan - Enterprise D$20.001 Month
  • Yearly Package7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan - Professional7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan - Enterprise7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan - Enterprise D$179.991 Year

Questions

Is myLocation free?
myLocation costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Active SOS free?
Active SOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, myLocation or Active SOS?
myLocation is rated higher. myLocation averages 4.6 out of 5 from 326 ratings, while Active SOS averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do myLocation or Active SOS have ads?
Neither myLocation nor Active SOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myLocation or Active SOS?
myLocation ships an update every 2 months, and Active SOS every 2 weeks. Most recently, myLocation was updated on October 11, 2026 and Active SOS on October 10, 2026.

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