Locate Beacon vs Beacon Alert
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.
Beacon Alert
This app allows you to manage multiple beacons and receive notifications when they enter or exit your proximity. It supports adding up to 20 beacons through in-app purchases.
- Manage multiple beacons
- Add up to 20 beacons
- Receive entry/exit notifications
- Beacon enabled device required
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Never lose track of what matters. Beacon Alert helps you monitor Bluetooth beacons and records where they were last seen. Receive alerts when a beacon disappears and quickly navigate back to its last known location. Perfect for keys, bags, equipment, pets, vehicles, and anything equipped with a compatible Bluetooth beacon. FEATURES • Monitor multiple beacons • Instant alerts when a beacon goes out of range • Notifications when a beacon returns nearby • Save the last known location automatically • View lost locations by beacon name • Rename and organize beacons • Open saved locations in Apple Maps or Google Maps • Background monitoring support • Clean and easy-to-use interface • Privacy focused — your data stays on your device BEACON ALERT PRO Unlock even more features with Beacon Alert Pro: • Unlimited saved beacons • Lost location history • Custom beacon names • Advanced notifications Beacon Alert is designed to help you find and recover important items faster and with confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beacon Alert at 100% against Locate Beacon's 31%. Beacon Alert also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Locate Beacon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 48 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Beacon Alert sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Locate Beacon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beacon Alert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locate Beacon has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Locate Beacon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beacon Alert's.
Locate Beacon ships an update every 5 weeks, Beacon Alert every 48 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locate Beacon | Beacon Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | Carlos Chaparro |
Customer experience
Locate Beacon
Beacon Alert
In-app purchases
Locate Beacon
No in-app purchases
Beacon Alert
- Beacon Alert Pro$1.99
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