Location Buddy vs Where Now?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Location Buddy
This app privately tracks your daily movements and displays your location history on an interactive map. All your location data is securely stored only on your device, ensuring maximum privacy. It also allows for importing past data and exporting your history for backup or further analysis.
- Private location tracking
- Location history on map
- Low battery usage
- Import from Google Maps/Moves
- Export as JSON/SQLite
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Location Buddy is a private location tracker. It records your location throughout the day and lets you view your location history on a nice little map. Your location data is stored locally on your phone; it never leaves your device. Features: - Very low battery usage. - Explore your location history on a map. - Import location data from a Google Maps or Moves archive. - Export your location history as JSON or SQLite to inspect, edit, or back up.
Where Now?
This app helps you track your past locations, either manually or automatically. It offers fine-grained controls for background activity and keeps all location data on your device. You can optionally integrate it with a self-hosted remote endpoint.
- Manual location tracking
- Automatic location tracking
- Background activity controls
- On-device data storage
- Optional self-hosted endpoint integration
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Where Now? is an application for keeping track of where you've been either manually or automatically using background activity with fine-grained controls. All location data is captured entirely on device, and can optionally be integrated with a (free) open-source self-hosted remote endpoint.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Where Now? at every 2 weeks against Location Buddy's every 4 months. Where Now? also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 5.0 for Location Buddy against 5.0 for Where Now?. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Location Buddy ships an update every 4 months, Where Now? every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Location Buddy | Where Now? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Jee | Scott Boms |
Customer experience
Location Buddy
Where Now?
In-app purchases
Location Buddy
No in-app purchases
Where Now?
No in-app purchases
