Locate Beacon vs KBeaconPro
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.
KBeaconPro
Configure KBeaconPro Bluetooth devices with this utility app. Adjust general settings like device name and measure power. Scan for various advertisement packets and customize parameters for iBeacon and KSensor devices.
- Set general device parameters
- Scan advertisement packets
- Configure iBeacon parameters
- Configure KSensor parameters
- Adjust device name and power
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KBeaconPro application was used to configure the parameters of the KBeaconPro Bluetooth device. Key Features -Set general parameters about KBeaconPro device, for example, device name, measure power; -Scan iBeacon, Eddystone, KSensor advertisement packet; -Configure parameters of iBeacon, such as UUID, MajorID; -Configure parameters of KSensor, such as Tx power, advertisement period;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KBeaconPro at 4.0 against Locate Beacon's 3.4. KBeaconPro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Locate Beacon's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). 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.
KBeaconPro holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locate Beacon has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Locate Beacon ships an update every 5 weeks, KBeaconPro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locate Beacon | KBeaconPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (16 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | KKM Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Locate Beacon
KBeaconPro
In-app purchases
Locate Beacon
No in-app purchases
KBeaconPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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