Comparison

LocationNow vs Geofence Alerts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LocationNow

Monitor and manage IoT devices with real-time tracking, geofencing, and alert notifications. Configure devices remotely, view historical data, and generate reports for people and asset monitoring. Supports single and group device tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time IoT device tracking
  • Geofence creation for alerts
  • Over-the-air device configuration
  • Breadcrumb history visualization
  • Report generation
  • Single and group device support
  • Satellite and normal map views
Features
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LocationNow App is the ideal tool to monitor Laipac's IoT devices. This App provides real-time access to track the IoT devices, configure the IoT devices over the air, create geofences for exit and entry alerts, receive alerts, visualize breadcrumb history, create reports, and access critical information for people and asset monitoring. This App can track a single device and groups of devices. Install this App on your phone or tablet to protect your investment at your fingertips. What's New? • This version boasts a new look and functionality to help you stay connected to your devices (people and assets). • A sleek design and easy navigation • Smooth & fast transitions for an excellent in-app experience • Can locate a single device and group of devices, work with multiple geofences, generate visual breadcrumb trails, and manage device/user profiles. • Available in both Satellite view as well as Normal view.

About

Geofence Alerts

Receive notifications when you enter or leave a specified geographical area. Useful for travel, navigation, and remembering important items before departing a location.

Highlights
  • Enter/leave region notifications
  • Customizable geofence radius
  • Map-based geofence setup
  • Departure reminders
  • Location tracking alerts
Features
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Geofence is the best app that you can use get notified while entering or leaving a region. Where can we use the app?? 1) While travelling in train or a car, listening to songs or sleeping, this app will alert you that you are about to reach your destination and you can be conscious. 2) While searching a new unknown place, this app will let you know that you are in track and searching the location properly. 3) You can get intimated when you are leaving a location, so that you can double check you took keys, ID card and access card. How to use the app to start tracking location? 1) Accept the Location notifications alert that pops up when you open the apps for the first time 2) Click Add/Delete Geofence and when you are on map view, long press on any location that you want to track. A annotation will drop and you will be notified when you enter that region . 3) Default settings- Always notifies when you are entering a region with in 100 meters radius. 4) You can change the default settings and get notified while leaving a location, by clicking on settings cog present with any annotation. Note:- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

LocationNow4 screens
Geofence Alerts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LocationNow at 25% against Geofence Alerts's 0%. Geofence Alerts's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LocationNow ships an update every 8 months, Geofence Alerts every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LocationNow versus Geofence Alerts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocationNowGeofence Alerts
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaipac Technology Inc.katuri dinesh

Customer experience

LocationNow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Geofence Alerts

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

LocationNow

No in-app purchases

None

Geofence Alerts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LocationNow free?
LocationNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geofence Alerts free?
Geofence Alerts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LocationNow or Geofence Alerts have ads?
Neither LocationNow nor Geofence Alerts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LocationNow or Geofence Alerts?
LocationNow ships an update every 8 months, and Geofence Alerts every 3 months. Most recently, LocationNow was updated on October 7, 2026 and Geofence Alerts on October 24, 2026.

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