Comparison

Private Tracker vs Abfahrt

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

Head to head
About

Private Tracker

This minimalist GPS tracker offers a private and battery-efficient way to record your journeys. It utilizes OpenStreetMap for detailed mapping and allows GPX export. A subscription unlocks full map detail and export capabilities.

Highlights
  • Private GPS tracking
  • High-resolution OpenStreetMap
  • GPX export
  • Battery efficient
  • No registration required
  • Own OpenStreetMap servers
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Clean, fast, and private GPS tracker. High-resolution OpenStreetMap maps. Export in GPX. Easy on the battery. No registration. Own OpenStreetMap servers are used to guarantee privacy. The usage data is neither collected nor shared. Subscription unlocks OpenStreetMap maps on all zoom levels and full GPX export. In free mode, OpenStreetMap maps can be zoomed in only to the city overview level and only the first five minutes of track are exported. If you purchased track export before, you can still use it without subscription. Apple maps can be used without limitations. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Abfahrt

Features
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Abfahrt is a departure board for the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund: the S-Bahn, U-Bahn, trams, buses and regional trains in and around Frankfurt, read the way somebody standing at the stop reads it. WHAT IT SHOWS • What leaves next, with the live time rather than the timetable wherever RMV has one. • Which way out it goes from — the platform at a station, or the side of the street, named by the stop everything there calls at next. • How late it is running, and whether it has been cancelled at all. • Where the next vehicles of a line actually are, drawn on a map, when you tap it. • The whole run of a train or bus, stop by stop, with the times it is keeping. • Service messages from across the network, narrowed to the lines and stops you care about. NEAR ME The stops within 500 metres, nearest first, with the modes that call at each one. Abfahrt opens here, so it asks for your position when this screen is shown — one reading at a time, never followed — and passes it through its own server to RMV to find the stops around you. Say no, and search, saved stops and boards all go on working. KEPT ON YOUR PHONE The stops you save, and the order you put them in, stay on the device. There is no account to make and nothing to sign in to. NOTHING IS TRACKED No advertising, no analytics, no cookies, no account and no profile of you anywhere. Nothing is sold. BUILT TO BE READ A stop can run eight modes and a phone holds one, so modes start folded and what you open stays open. The minutes are set large because they are the thing you are squinting at from the far end of a platform; everything else is set quietly. Live data comes from the open interface of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. This is not an RMV product and cannot sell you a ticket — for fares and official notices, see rmv.de.

Screenshots

Private Tracker4 screens
Abfahrt3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abfahrt at none against Private Tracker's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Private Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Abfahrt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Abfahrt every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Private Tracker versus Abfahrt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate TrackerAbfahrt
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer64 CharactersThananan Tungdamneonsawasdi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Private Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Track Export$6.99
None

Abfahrt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Private Tracker free?
Private Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Abfahrt free?
Abfahrt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Private Tracker or Abfahrt have ads?
Neither Private Tracker nor Abfahrt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Private Tracker or Abfahrt?
Private Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Abfahrt every 2 weeks. Most recently, Private Tracker was updated on November 6, 2026 and Abfahrt on November 6, 2026.

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