Comparison

FastRTK2Go vs NX Control

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

Head to head
About

FastRTK2Go

Features
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Turn the Eos receiver you already own into a local RTK base station. A local base is the best RTK performance you can achieve. The shorter the baseline, the faster you fix, the longer you hold it, and the better your accuracy holds up exactly where RTK usually falls apart — under canopy, beside buildings, in valleys, and at the edge of network coverage. If you have an Eos Skadi 200, 300 or Gold, you already have the hardware. WHY A LOCAL BASE Network RTK is convenient, but the longer the baseline to the reference station, the worse your rover performs. Atmospheric errors stop cancelling, initialization slows, and fixes drop and take longer to recover. In tough GNSS environments that is the difference between working and waiting. A base station a few hundred feet away removes most of that. Baseline errors shrink toward zero, ambiguity resolution gets faster and more reliable, and a marginal Float solution becomes a consistent Fixed one. Networks also upgrade slowly, because it means touching every station. Reference stations are often limited in the constellations and frequencies they support, and your rover can only use what the reference sends. Your own base is as modern as the receiver in your hand. And one base serves your whole crew, re-broadcasting corrections to every rover on site from a single network connection instead of a subscription per rover. You do not have to choose. Set your base position by network RTK, then work off your own local base — network-referenced coordinates, local-base performance. SET UP IN MINUTES FastRTK2Go walks you through it in five steps: Pick your receiver — pair over Bluetooth and the app confirms it is healthy and streaming before continuing. Choose how to set your reference coordinate. Capture the position. The app configures the receiver for base mode. Broadcast. No terminal commands, no configuration files, no manual RTCM message selection. The app sends the right commands for your receiver, verifies each step took effect, and tells you plainly if something is wrong instead of failing silently. FIVE WAYS TO SET YOUR REFERENCE COORDINATE Auto — no NTRIP account required. Tap once: FastRTK2Go finds the nearest base station, streams its corrections, and averages your position into a precise coordinate. No caster to choose, no mountpoint to look up, no credentials, no subscription of your own — and if the source it picked degrades, it moves you to another without you noticing. The fastest way to stand up a base, and the only one that works before you have bought anything. Network RTK — connect to an NTRIP caster, reach RTK Fixed, and average fixed samples into a precise coordinate. Best accuracy, and the way to augment infrastructure you already pay for. Manual entry — type known coordinates for a monument or control point. Recall a saved location — reuse a site you have set up before. Return to the same project and you are broadcasting in seconds. Approximate — start immediately from the receiver's autonomous position when relative accuracy is what matters. MODERN CONSTELLATIONS AND SIGNALS Broadcasts observations from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, and QZSS across modern frequencies, so your rovers use every satellite in view — faster initialization and better resilience under obstructed sky. WHILE YOU BROADCAST Live status shows the correction stream, connected rover count, and stream health. Diagnostics track satellite counts, correction latency, and position stability, so you can see your base is healthy at a glance rather than guessing. WHAT YOU NEED An Eos Skadi 200/300/Gold GNSS receiver A clear view of the sky for the base No NTRIP account needed — Auto sets your reference coordinate without one. Bring a FastRTK or your own NTRIP caster to set the position by network RTK. Discovery Management Group Support: https://fastrtk.com/support Privacy: https://fastrtk.com/privacy

About

NX Control

This application transforms your iPhone or iPad into a control and display for GSSI NX-series ground penetrating radar systems. It allows for live data collection, in-field interpretation with target marking and calibration, and project organization with photo attachments.

Highlights
  • Live 2D radar profiles
  • Quick Scan for single-line collection
  • Target marking with distance/depth
  • Depth calibration
  • Gain tuning
  • Project organization
  • Attach photos to scans
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NX Control turns your iPhone or iPad into the display and control surface for GSSI NX-series ground penetrating radar systems. Requires a compatible NX-series unit — the app cannot collect data on its own. COLLECT - Live 2D radar profiles with distance and depth scales - Quick Scan for immediate single-line collection - Survey wheel or time-based triggering INTERPRET IN THE FIELD - Place target marks and read exact distance and depth - Calibrate depth by fitting a hyperbola to a known target - Tune gain automatically or by hand, with a live gain curve - Background removal, scan detail, and boost filters ORGANIZE - Group scans into projects and areas of interest - Attach photos to document what you found

Screenshots

FastRTK2Go4 screens
NX Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

FastRTK2Go and NX Control 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
FastRTK2Go versus NX Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastRTK2GoNX Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiscovery Management GroupGSSI Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

FastRTK2Go

No in-app purchases

None

NX Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FastRTK2Go free?
FastRTK2Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NX Control free?
NX Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FastRTK2Go or NX Control have ads?
Neither FastRTK2Go nor NX Control shows ads.

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