Locate Beacon vs DX
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.
DX
This utility app facilitates wireless control and data transmission for smart products via Bluetooth. It allows for device scanning, connection, information reading, and data read/write operations. Users can also filter scanned devices by name and signal strength.
- Device scanning
- Device connection
- Device information reading
- Data read and write
- Filter devices by name and RSSI
- Wireless control
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DX-smartDX-smart Bluetooth debugging assistant is an APP specially created by Shenzhen Daxia Longque Technology Co., Ltd. for intelligent wireless control. This APP can be connected with our bluetooth module and transmit data, and can also control our smart products and solutions. Wireless products can be verified extremely fast. function list: 1.Device scanning 2.Device connection 3.Device information reading 4.Data read and write 5.Filter scanned devices by name and RSSI level 6.Preset function - stay tuned
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Locate Beacon at 3.4 against DX's 1.0. Locate Beacon also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locate Beacon has 16 ratings behind it against 1, 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 DX's.
Locate Beacon ships an update every 5 weeks, DX every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locate Beacon | DX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (16 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | 官志 周 |
Customer experience
Locate Beacon
DX
In-app purchases
Locate Beacon
No in-app purchases
DX
No in-app purchases
