Comparison

PackTrek vs Tracearr

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

Head to head
About

PackTrek

Features
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Transform your outdoor trips with PackTrek – the intelligent packing companion that helps you pack lighter, smarter, and never forget essentials again. Key Features Complete Gear Management Organize your entire equipment collection with weights, specifications, and usage tracking. Know exactly what you own and what you need. Smart Packing Lists Create detailed packing lists with automatic weight calculations and smart categorization. Perfect for hiking, backpacking, and bikepacking. Weight Optimization Track every gram with precision analytics. Visualize weight distribution and get recommendations to reduce your pack weight. AI-Powered Recommendations Let AI analyze your lists and suggest optimizations, missing items, and weather-appropriate gear based on your destination and trip type. Collaborative Planning Share and edit packing lists with your adventure partners in real time. Perfect for group trips and expedition planning. Equipment Database Access thousands of real outdoor gear items with accurate weights and prices. Make informed purchasing decisions. Advanced Analytics Gain deep insights into your packing patterns, gear usage, and weight trends across all your adventures. Perfect For Ultralight backpackers seeking weight optimization Day hikers wanting organized packing Bikepacking enthusiasts managing multiple bags Group leaders coordinating team gear Anyone who wants to pack smarter What You Get Unlimited gear and packing lists Real-time weight tracking AI packing list planning assistance Collaborative planning features Multi-language support Statistics and insights Start your next adventure with the perfect pack. Download PackTrek today!

About

Tracearr

Monitor your Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers from a single dashboard. Track active streams in real-time, build custom automation rules, and manage user trust scores. Analyze session history and gain insights into library usage.

Highlights
  • Real-time streaming dashboard
  • Flexible rule builder with 20+ conditions
  • Customizable trust scores
  • Session history and analytics
  • User profiles with activity details
  • Push notifications for alerts
  • Multi-server support
Features
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Tracearr is a real-time monitoring platform for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. One dashboard for all your media servers, on mobile and web. REAL-TIME STREAMING DASHBOARD See who's watching, what they're playing, and where they're streaming from - the moment it happens. Active sessions show device, quality, location, and transcoding status, and you can end a stream right from the dashboard. Live CPU and memory for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, and a banner when a media server goes down. Plex streams update over Server-Sent Events; Jellyfin and Emby are polled, or push updates through the optional Tracearr plugin. A live stream map shows where your viewers are watching from. AUTOMATIONS Build automations in the Tracearr web dashboard from 30+ condition fields: • Session behavior - concurrent streams, travel speed, unique IPs/devices in a time window, account inactivity • Stream quality - resolution, transcoding, bitrate thresholds • User attributes - specific users, trust score, account age • Device & client - device type, platform, player app • Network & location - country, IP ranges, local vs remote • Scope - target specific servers or media types Match all or any conditions in a group, and stack groups for finer control. A policy automation records a violation with a severity level when it matches. Then it can run any of these actions: • Send notifications (push, Discord, email, webhooks, ntfy, Gotify, Pushover, and more) • Adjust, set, or reset trust scores • Terminate streams • Message the client directly (Jellyfin/Emby) Chain multiple actions, branch with if/otherwise, and set cooldowns to prevent spam. Ready-made templates for common patterns - impossible travel, simultaneous locations, device velocity, concurrent streams, geo restrictions - get you started in seconds. In the app, pause or resume any automation, see what ran and why, and acknowledge alerts one at a time or all at once. TRUST SCORES Users earn (or lose) trust based on their behavior. Automations can adjust scores when they trigger. See at a glance which accounts might need attention. SESSION HISTORY & ANALYTICS Browse complete session history with filters: date range, user, platform, country, media type, and transcode decision. Search across your entire watch history. See aggregated stats - total plays, watch time, unique viewers. The web dashboard adds library analytics: storage, quality, duplicates, and engagement. Link Seerr, Overseerr, or Jellyseerr to see who requested each title and whether they watched it. USER PROFILES Search and sort your users, then open anyone to see recent sessions, known devices, locations, trust score, and violations across every server they use. Adjust a trust score on the spot. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Configure notifications for: • Violations (filter by severity) • Stream starts and stops • New device detection • Trust score changes • Server up/down status Set quiet hours to pause notifications overnight. High-severity violations and server-down alerts can break through quiet hours if you allow it. WIDGETS A Now Playing widget for the iPhone and iPad home screen and lock screen shows active streams and transcodes at a glance. It's new, and we'd like your feedback on GitHub or Discord. MULTI-SERVER SUPPORT Connect multiple Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby servers to a single Tracearr instance. Switch between servers or view combined stats. SELF-HOSTED & PRIVATE Tracearr runs on your hardware. Your watch history, user data, and analytics are stored on your server, and the mobile apps connect to it directly. Push notifications are delivered through Expo's push service. Import existing data from Tautulli or Jellystat so you don't start from zero. REQUIREMENTS You need a running Tracearr server to use this app. It's free, open source, and runs in Docker. Visit github.com/connorgallopo/tracearr for setup instructions. Questions or issues? Open an issue on GitHub or join the Discord community.

Screenshots

PackTrek4 screens
Tracearr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PackTrek at Free against Tracearr's $4.99. PackTrek also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Tracearr's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

PackTrek is free to download; Tracearr costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PackTrek ships an update every 10 days, Tracearr every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PackTrek versus Tracearr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPackTrekTracearr
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—3.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid TraumConnor Gallopo

In-app purchases

None

PackTrek

No in-app purchases

None

Tracearr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PackTrek free?
PackTrek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tracearr free?
Tracearr costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PackTrek or Tracearr have ads?
Neither PackTrek nor Tracearr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PackTrek or Tracearr?
PackTrek ships an update every 10 days, and Tracearr every 3 days. Most recently, PackTrek was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tracearr on October 9, 2026.

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