BackTrace Mobile vs General Population
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BackTrace Mobile
This investigative tool allows law enforcement agencies to search for individuals who have been arrested and their interactions with law enforcement. It is a unique service feature paired with specific software.
- Search arrested persons
- View law enforcement interactions
- Investigative tool
- Paired with GTBM software
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Backtrace is a unique service feature paired with GTBM’s software. This investigative tool provides all Law Enforcement Agencies the ability to search for persons who have been arrested and their interactions with Law Enforcement.
General Population
Instantly connect with incarcerated individuals by sending them text messages that are converted into physical mail. This service handles all aspects of mailing, including postage and tracking, simplifying communication.
- Send text messages to inmates
- Convert messages to physical mail
- Handle all mailing logistics
- Includes postage
- Provides tracking
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Find and Message any inmate, instantly. We turn your text message into real mail, and handle everything else. Yes. Postage and Tracking too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BackTrace Mobile at weekly against General Population's every 5 months. BackTrace Mobile also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). General Population's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for BackTrace Mobile against 3.0 for General Population. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of BackTrace Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of General Population's.
BackTrace Mobile ships an update weekly, General Population every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BackTrace Mobile | General Population |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (7 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GTBM Inc | General Population |
Customer experience
BackTrace Mobile
General Population
In-app purchases
BackTrace Mobile
No in-app purchases
General Population
No in-app purchases
Questions
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