Comparison

FallGuard App vs ThingsLog LoRa Mapper

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

Head to head
About

FallGuard App

This app connects to a smart fall-monitoring device to provide real-time alerts and event history. It displays notifications, alert logs, and captured images, keeping caregivers informed about detected falls or lay-down events.

Highlights
  • Connects to FallGuard smart device
  • Real-time fall alerts
  • Event history review
  • Notifications for falls/lay-downs
  • Captured image display
Features
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FallGuard is a companion app designed to pair with the FallGuard smart fall-monitoring device. It allows users to securely connect their device, receive real-time alerts, and review recent fall or lay-down events detected by the system. Once paired, the app displays notifications, alert history, and captured images from your FallGuard device, helping caregivers, parents, and family members stay informed. FallGuard is developed by Kevin Tang, who built the system using computer vision and real-time alerting technology.

About

ThingsLog LoRa Mapper

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You just deployed a gateway. Does it cover the warehouse? The far end of the field? The basement of the building? Stop guessing. Walk the site with LoRa Mapper running and find out. LoRa Mapper connects to your ChirpStack server (v3 or v4, self-hosted or cloud), subscribes to your device over MQTT, and plots every uplink on a live map as you walk — colored by RSSI. By the time you're back at the van you have a clear picture of where the signal holds, where it drops, and whether you need to reposition the antenna or add another gateway. Built for the people who actually do this work: LoRaWAN integrators, network engineers, smart city teams, utility rollouts, and self-hosters who want a proper field tool instead of staring at the ChirpStack live frames page on a laptop. Real-time RSSI map Every uplink appears as a dot the moment it arrives. Green for strong, yellow for fair, red for weak. Walk slower in the red zones. Gateway pins and coverage lines Gateways are plotted automatically from uplink metadata or the ChirpStack API. Tap one to draw lines to every point it received — shows the actual coverage shape, not a theoretical circle. ChirpStack v3 and v4 Paste in your server URL and API key. The app detects your ChirpStack version, finds the MQTT broker, and handles wss:// / ws:// fallback across ports 8883 and 8083 automatically. Multiple surveys, named and saved Save each site as a named map. Reload later, keep adding points, or export and share with the customer. Export to CSV Every point exports with coordinates, RSSI, SNR, timestamp, and gateway ID — ready for a spreadsheet or QGIS. Runs in the background The MQTT connection stays alive while your screen is off. Pocket your phone and keep walking. No account to create. No subscription. Works with any ChirpStack deployment.

Screenshots

FallGuard App3 screens
ThingsLog LoRa Mapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

FallGuard App and ThingsLog LoRa Mapper are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FallGuard App versus ThingsLog LoRa Mapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFallGuard AppThingsLog LoRa Mapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB25 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMin TangITRANSFORMERS LABS LTD

In-app purchases

None

FallGuard App

No in-app purchases

None

ThingsLog LoRa Mapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FallGuard App free?
FallGuard App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThingsLog LoRa Mapper free?
ThingsLog LoRa Mapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FallGuard App or ThingsLog LoRa Mapper have ads?
Neither FallGuard App nor ThingsLog LoRa Mapper shows ads.

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