NAO Logger vs Pax Validation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NAO Logger
This app enables indoor location setup using Bluetooth beacons and advanced sensors. It allows users to track their location with bearing and accuracy on a map. Requires a free Pole Star partner account to use.
- Indoor location setup
- Bluetooth Low Energy beacons
- Advanced sensors fusion
- Real-time location tracking
- Bearing and accuracy display
- Map visualization
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Set up Indoor Location at your place with NAO Logger within minutes! Make NAO learn, then enjoy your location, watching it move as you go, with bearing and accuracy halo on the map! Delivered by Pole Star, NAO Logger includes NAO SDK, the best-in-class indoor location solution. NAO Logger allows you to use the iOS flavor of NAO Campus, based on Bluetooth Low Energy beacons + advanced sensors fusion. This proven solution has been in use on actual sites since July 2012. To use NAO Logger, you need a (free) Pole Star partner account. Background Disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life." Notes: - The NAO Logger terms of service (https://www.nao-cloud.com/TermsOfService.pdf) and privacy policy (https://www.nao-cloud.com/PrivacyPolicy.pdf) are available from our website. - For any technical question, comments, suggestions or bug reports, please contact our support team at support-naocloud@polestarusa.com - Compatible Bluetooth Low Energy beacons are sold by Pole Star separately. For more information, please contact us on sales@polestarusa.com
Pax Validation
This app streamlines passenger processing at airports, enhancing safety and security. It offers automated, touchless validation at various checkpoints throughout the passenger journey.
- Automated passenger validation
- Touchless processing
- Enhanced safety and security
- Improved passenger experience
- End-to-end journey coverage
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SITA Passenger Intelligent has been designed to enable the airport to improve the passenger's experience, safety, and security. Also provides the airport and its operational teams with intuitive, automated, and touchless passenger validations at passenger processing points across the end-to-end passenger journey in and around the airport.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pax Validation at 3 against NAO Logger's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NAO Logger against 5.0 for Pax Validation. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
NAO Logger ships an update every 4 months, Pax Validation every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NAO Logger | Pax Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pole Star SA | SITA Information Networking Computing USA Inc |
Customer experience
NAO Logger
Pax Validation
In-app purchases
NAO Logger
No in-app purchases
Pax Validation
No in-app purchases
