Locate Beacon vs BeaconX Pro
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.
BeaconX Pro
This utility app allows users to scan, connect to, and read data from BeaconX Pro devices. It also enables configuration of device parameters for iBeacon, Eddystone, and sensor data. Explore device possibilities on the developer's website.
- Scan BeaconX Pro devices
- Connect to BeaconX Pro
- Read iBeacon, Eddystone, and Sensor data
- Configure device parameters
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The app is a tool for BeaconX Pro devices, you can do the following things while you using BeaconX Pro 1.Scan BeaconX Pro devices; 2.Connect to BeaconX Pro; 3.Read information from BeaconX Pro,including iBeacon, Eddystone and Sensor data etc. 4.Configure BeaconX Pro's parameters. For more information about the device and it’s possibilities, please visit https//:www.mokosmart.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Locate Beacon at 3.5 against BeaconX Pro's 2.5. Locate Beacon also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, 3.5 against 2.5. 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 0% of BeaconX Pro's.
Locate Beacon ships an update every 5 weeks, BeaconX Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locate Beacon | BeaconX Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | Moko Technology Ltd |
Customer experience
Locate Beacon
BeaconX Pro
In-app purchases
Locate Beacon
No in-app purchases
BeaconX Pro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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