Gear Locker vs Overhead 1090
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Gear Locker
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Making lists sucks. Building a loadout is awesome. Gear Locker keeps every piece of gear you own in one place, then packs it into loadouts you can print and go. Cameras, drones, laptops, radios, camping gear: if you spent money on it, it belongs in your locker. YOUR LOCKER Every item gets its own dataplate: make, model, counts, accessories, and any detail you care about. You decide how deep your records go. A name is enough; the details can come later. BUILD LOADOUTS LIKE A GAME Equip gear for a trip the way you kit a character. Range day, three night hike, family camp: tap plates to equip them, hit COMMIT, and the loadout is saved forever. Reuse it next trip or build a new one. PRINT THE MANIFEST Every loadout prints a pack sheet with OUT and IN checkboxes and a signature line. Pack against it, hand it to whoever checks the truck, or file it for your records. CHECK GEAR OUT AND IN Red means out in the field. Green means home in the locker. Check out a whole loadout at once and see at a glance what came home. YOUR SERIALS STAY YOURS Fields you mark sensitive, like serial numbers, are encrypted on your device before they sync. We cannot read them. Ever. ADD GEAR BY VOICE (PRO) Describe the gear in plain words and the fields fill themselves. You review everything before it saves. CHOOSE YOUR LOOK Three themes: Safe, Neutral, and Techy. Your locker should feel like your world. FREE TO USE, FOREVER The free tier covers 3 categories and 6 items with every feature included, and it never expires. Gear Locker Pro unlocks unlimited categories, unlimited gear, and voice entry: $5.99 a month, $39.99 a year, or $99.99 once for lifetime access. Nothing is ever deleted if you step back down. Built for people who take their gear seriously.
Overhead 1090
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Overhead 1090 turns your own ADS-B receiver into a beautiful live radar picture of the sky above you. No accounts. No subscriptions. No aircraft data leaving your network. If your antenna can hear it, Overhead 1090 shows it β with the low-latency, unfiltered view that only a local receiver can deliver. WHAT YOU GET β’ Live radar map β every aircraft your receiver hears, updated in real time on a gorgeous dark map β’ Aircraft details β callsign, registration, type, altitude, speed, heading, and distance from home β’ Reports β traffic by hour and day, busiest hours, top operators and types β’ Sightings β a feed of the notable stuff: military contacts, low passes, rare types, new airframes, closest approaches β’ Logbook β a searchable log of every flight your receiver has heard, each with its ground track β’ All your receivers β run more than one antenna? Add them all and filter by who heard what β’ Built for iPad β a full-screen radar display β’ Apple TV β the living-room big board. Put the sky above your house on the biggest screen you own β’ One purchase unlocks iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV WORKS WITH YOUR RECEIVER Overhead 1090 connects to ADS-B receivers on your local network that expose dump1090-compatible data β including popular Raspberry Pi feeder setups. Setup is as simple as pointing the app at your receiver's address; it can even find it for you. No receiver yet? Demo mode lets you explore the full app with realistic sample traffic. WHY LOCAL IS BETTER Internet flight trackers filter, delay, and aggregate. Your receiver doesn't. Overhead 1090 shows exactly what's broadcast over your head the moment it's received β including traffic that never appears on the big tracking sites. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your aircraft data stays on your network. Overhead 1090 has no analytics, no ads, and no accounts. The app's privacy label is "Data Not Collected." β Overhead 1090 is for hobbyist and educational use. It is not certified for real-world navigation, air traffic control, or safety-of-life use. Requires a dump1090-compatible ADS-B receiver on your local network for live data (demo mode works without one). The app logs traffic while it is open.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gear Locker at Free against Overhead 1090's $4.99. Gear Locker also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Overhead 1090's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Gear Locker is free to download; Overhead 1090 costs $4.99 up front. Gear Locker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Overhead 1090 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Gear Locker | Overhead 1090 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $4.99 |
| Update frequency | β | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Knight | Michael Russo |
In-app purchases
Gear Locker
- Gear Locker Lifetime$99.99
Overhead 1090
No in-app purchases









