Eki Live vs ProxAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eki Live
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Eki Live shows the current or next train station in your Dynamic Island and lock screen while riding above-ground trains in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Live station data appears automatically when you start riding a train. There's no need to remember to open the app. You can still open the app to follow your journey or select a parallel railway. • Accurate GPS is required for tracking – underground trains are not fully supported. • Background location permission is required to use automatic background start feature. • Dynamic Island appears on supported devices only. Railway data is provided by the Association for Open Data of Public Transportation.
ProxAlert
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Ever doze off on the bus and worry about missing your stop? Travelling in an unfamiliar city and want to step off at the exact corner? Walking through a park and need to know when you've nearly reached a friend? ProxAlert is a simple alarm — except it goes off not by clock, but by your position on the map. Drop a pin, choose a distance, and you can finally put your headphones in, close your eyes or open a book. As you get close, ProxAlert gently nudges you. — WHAT IT DOES — * Multiple alerts on approach. At the same time: a quiet warning at 1 km, a clear ping at 200 m, a final "Get off!" at 50 m. * Radar map. See your position, the destination, and pulsing rings at your chosen radius. * Radar map. See your position, the destination, and pulsing rings at your chosen radius. * Apple Watch. Time-sensitive alerts on your wrist, even when your phone stays in your pocket. * Import from any map app. Apple Maps, Google Maps, Yandex Maps, 2GIS, OsmAnd — share a place with iOS Share and ProxAlert picks it up. Short links (goo.gl, maps.app.goo.gl) are expanded automatically. — WHY ProxAlert — * Works in the background — and even when the app is killed. iOS wakes it on the geofence the moment you cross your radius. * 100% on-device. No servers, no tracking, no analytics — coordinates never leave your iPhone. * 20 built-in alert sounds, from a soft chime to an insistent alarm. * 5 interface languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese. — WHEN IT SAVES YOU — * Metro, bus, train — nodded off, almost missed your stop. * Long road trip as a passenger — too lazy to check the map. * Walking in a new neighborhood — meeting up without staring at the phone. * Hikes and cycling routes — a heads-up before a tricky turn. * Delivery driver — drop the destination, get a ping closing in. Install, drop a pin, and never miss the right stop again — even if you've drifted off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ProxAlert at 3 against Eki Live's 1. ProxAlert also leads on iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
| Parameter | Eki Live | ProxAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TwoCentStudios | Ilya Lobkov |
In-app purchases
Eki Live
No in-app purchases
ProxAlert
No in-app purchases




