Comparison

Nelos vs GhostLink

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

Head to head
About

Nelos

Features
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Stay connected beyond cell coverage. Nelos is an offline messaging, location sharing, and tracking app for families and small teams using MeshCore-compatible LoRa radios. Message your team, see everyone on a map, find trackers, and coordinate even when cell service or internet isn’t available. No radio yet? Offline maps, location history, and personal waypoints work right away. Connect a MeshCore-compatible radio to unlock messaging, teams, trackers, and help requests. STAY TOGETHER OFF-GRID • See teammates and compatible trackers on one map • Send team messages and direct messages over LoRa • Track family members, pets, and personal belongings with compatible trackers • Find a tracker faster with Find Mode • Create Safe Zones and get alerts when a tracker leaves or arrives • Look back at every alert in Activity • Send help requests and coordinate responses with your teams • Create and join teams offline using QR codes READY FOR THE OUTDOORS • Download detailed offline maps worldwide • Open a GPX route from any app and follow it on your offline map • Head to a teammate, tracker, waypoint, or route with Go to: a line and distance on the map, and an alert when you arrive • Mark campsites, meeting points, hazards, and other locations with waypoints • Review the last 24 hours of location history MORE WITH NELOS PRO Unlock multiple active teams, unlimited trackers per team, unlimited offline maps, GPX route import and saving, and up to 90 days of location history with a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVACY-FOCUSED No account required. No central message server. No ads. Your location never goes to our servers: it is shared only with your team, over LoRa, when you choose. Built for families, hiking, camping, outdoor adventures, travel, volunteer teams, festivals, and other off-grid situations. COMPATIBLE HARDWARE Off-grid communication requires MeshCore-compatible LoRa hardware. Download maps before heading out. Location updates and message delivery depend on your devices, radio conditions, terrain, positioning availability, and permissions. Help requests go only to members of your teams, not to emergency services or to Nelos. Nelos should not be your only means of communication or safety in critical situations.

About

GhostLink

Features
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Share your location. Leave no trace GhostLink is a private location-sharing app that helps friends, family, and trusted connections find each other without requiring phone numbers, email accounts, social logins, or an unnecessarily detailed autobiography. Whether you’re meeting friends, checking that someone arrived safely, coordinating a trip, or locating the one person who said “I’m almost there” twenty minutes ago, GhostLink gives you a simple private map for sharing GPS location. WHY GHOSTLINK? • Private location sharing Send encrypted location updates only to people you choose. • Live GPS map View trusted connections and recent movement on a clean, easy-to-read map. • Location trails See where someone recently traveled, with adjustable trail durations. • Privacy radius Share an approximate location instead of your exact coordinates. Close enough to meet up, not close enough to identify your favorite couch cushion. • Expiring connections Location sharing can end automatically instead of becoming a permanent digital houseplant nobody remembers watering. • No phone number or email Your cryptographic identity is created on your device. A username helps friends find you without turning GhostLink into another social network. • Recovery phrase Restore your identity using a private recovery phrase—no “forgot password?” email required. GhostLink is useful as a friend tracker, family locator, travel companion, meetup map, safety check-in tool, private GPS tracker, and encrypted location-sharing app. Your location is personal. Share it deliberately, temporarily, and with fewer awkward group-chat directions.

Screenshots

Nelos4 screens
GhostLink3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GhostLink at none against Nelos's 1. Nelos's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Nelos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GhostLink asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nelos ships an update every 4 days, GhostLink every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Nelos versus GhostLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNelosGhostLink
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB136 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThe Quyen LeTeo Udovcic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nelos

One-time1
  • Nelos Pro Lifetime$24.99
None

GhostLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nelos free?
Nelos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GhostLink free?
GhostLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nelos or GhostLink have ads?
Neither Nelos nor GhostLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nelos or GhostLink?
Nelos ships an update every 4 days, and GhostLink every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nelos was updated on November 10, 2026 and GhostLink on October 31, 2026.

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