Locate Beacon vs BeaconSET Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locate Beacon
This utility app enables your device to act as a Proximity Beacon using iBeacon™ Technology. It can also detect nearby beacons in various formats, providing real-time distance estimates and alerts. Users can configure identifiers and calibrate their own beacons.
- Transmit as Proximity Beacon
- iBeacon™ Technology support
- Detect Eddystone, iBeacon, AltBeacon formats
- Real-time distance estimates
- Alerts for nearby beacons
- Calibrate owned beacons
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Makes your device transmit as a Proximity Beacon with iBeacon™ Technology and configurable identifiers. Finds nearby beacons with Eddystone, iBeacon and AltBeacon formats with real-time distance estimates and displays all identifiers of each one discovered. Provides alerts when beacons are around and allows you to calibrate beacons you own. This app requires a device with Bluetooth Low Energy.
BeaconSET Plus
This utility app allows users to scan, connect to, read, and modify miniBeaconPlus devices. It is optimized for iOS 11 for the best user experience.
- Scan BeaconPlus devices
- Connect to BeaconPlus
- Read BeaconPlus information
- Modify BeaconPlus settings
- Optimized for iOS 11
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This app is a tool for miniBeaconPlus devices， you can do the following things while you using BeaconSET+: 1.scan BeaconPlus devices; 2.connect to your BeaconPlus; 3.read information from your BeaconPlus; 4.modify your BeaconPlus; Tips:After our extensive testing，BeaconPlus devices have the best compatibility with iOS11. We recommend that you update to iOS11 for the best experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Locate Beacon at 3.4 against BeaconSET Plus's 2.3. Locate Beacon also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Locate Beacon holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Locate Beacon's written reviews are positive against 14% of BeaconSET Plus's.
Locate Beacon ships an update every 5 weeks, BeaconSET Plus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locate Beacon | BeaconSET Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (16 ratings) — better | 2.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | Yunli-Wuli Network Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Locate Beacon
BeaconSET Plus
In-app purchases
Locate Beacon
No in-app purchases
BeaconSET Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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